National Geographic World Championship

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The National Geographic World Championship (previously called the International Geography Olympiad, which is now the title of another similar competition for older schoolchildren) is a biennial, two-day long international geography competition typically held in late July or early August. The Championship was first held in 1993, and is sponsored by the National Geographic Society. Teams of three students plus one alternate are selected from among those who finished highest in their respective countries' national competitions (e.g. the National Geographic Bee in the U.S.A. or the Australian Geography Competition in Australia). On the first day of competition, these teams take a written test on which all members confer and work together, then take part in a team geography skills-testing activity, such as using a map to find specified locations in unfamiliar surroundings. The scores from these two events are tallied, and the top three teams advance to the final round on the second day. The final round consists of questions primarily in the style of the National Geographic Bee, as a moderator (since 1993, Alex Trebek of the American game show Jeopardy!) reads questions to one team or one individual at a time. These questions may also involve the use of visual aids such as maps or photographs. Members of the top three teams receive bronze, silver, or gold medals for finishing third, second, or first, respectively.

[edit] Locations and Winners

1993

Location: London, England, UK

  • First place: United States
  • Second place: United Kingdom
  • Third place: Russia

1995

Location: Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.

  • First place: Australia (Michael Lyon, Victoria; Patrick Chan, New South Wales; Michael Molinari, Western Australia)
  • Second place: United Kingdom
  • Third place: Canada

1997

Location: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Dates: August 5-6

  • First place: Canada (Durgesh Saraph, Ontario; Rohan Verghese, Ontario; Armand Gaudry, British Columbia; Pierre-Marc Lanteigne, Quebéc)
  • Second place: Argentina
  • Third place: Russia

1999

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dates: August 10-11

  • First place: United States (David Beihl, Saluda, South Carolina; Jason Borschow, San Juan, Puerto Rico; John Kizer, Portsmouth, Ohio; Evan Sparks, Germantown, Tennessee)
  • Second place: Canada
  • Third place: Russia

2001

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dates: August 1-2

  • First place: United States (Kyle Haddad-Fonda, Bellevue, Washington; Nicholas Jachowski, Pukalani, Hawaii; Steven Young, Reston, Virginia; Joe Henry Legan, Haughton, Louisiana)
  • Second place: Canada
  • Third place: Hungary

2003

Location: Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.

Dates: July 15-16

  • First place: United States (John Rice, Maddock, North Dakota; Dallas Simons, Nashville, Tennessee; Alexander Smith, Burlington, North Carolina)
  • Second place: Germany
  • Third place: France

2005

Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

Dates: July 11-14

  • First place: United States (Team members: Captain Andrew Wojtanik, Overland Park, Kansas; Jesse Weinburg, Coral Gables, Florida; Karan Takhar, North Attleboro, Massachusetts)
  • Second place: Russia (Team members: Captain Ivan Prokhorov; Vera Efremova; Renat Faritovich)
  • Third place: Canada (Team members: Captain Daniel Siracusa; Nathan Friedman; John Yao).

2007

Location: San Diego, California, U.S.A.

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