The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is an annual international high school mathematics competition focused primarily on pre-collegiate mathematics, and is the oldest of the international science olympiads.[1] The awards for exceptional performance include medals for roughly the top half participants, and honorable mentions for participants who solve at least one problem perfectly.[2]
This is a list of participants whom have achieved notability. This includes participants that went on to become notable mathematicians, participants who won medals at an exceptionally young age, or participants who scored highly.
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The following table lists all IMO Winners who have won at least three gold medals, with corresponding years and non-gold medals received noted (S denotes a silver medal, B denotes a bronze medal and P denotes a perfect score.)
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Lisa Sauermann | Germany | 2007 S | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 P |
Christian Reiher | Germany | 1999 B | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
Reid W. Barton | United States | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 P | |
Wolfgang Burmeister | East Germany | 1967 S | 1968 | 1969 S | 1970 P | 1971 |
Iurie Boreico | Moldova | 2003 S | 2004 | 2005 P | 2006 P | 2007 S |
Martin Härterich | West Germany | 1985 B | 1986 | 1987 P | 1988 S | 1989 |
Teodor von Burg | Serbia | 2007 B | 2008 S | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
László Lovász | Hungary | 1963 S | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | |
József Pelikán | Hungary | 1963 S | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | |
Nikolay Nikolov | Bulgaria | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 S | 1995 P | |
Kentaro Nagao | Japan | 1997 S | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
Vladimir Barzov | Bulgaria | 1999 S | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |
Peter Scholze | Germany | 2004 S | 2005 P | 2006 | 2007 | |
Makoto Soejima | Japan | 2005 B | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 P | |
Simon Norton | United Kingdom | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 P | ||
John Rickard | United Kingdom | 1975 P | 1976 | 1977 P | ||
Sergey Ivanov | Soviet Union | 1987 P | 1988 | 1989 P | ||
Theodor Banica | Romania | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | ||
Evgenia Malinnikova | Soviet Union | 1989 | 1990 P | 1991 P | ||
Sergey Norin | Russia | 1994 P | 1995 P | 1996 | ||
Yuliy Sannikov | Ukraine | 1994 P | 1995 | 1996 | ||
Ciprian Manolescu | Romania | 1995 P | 1996 P | 1997 P | ||
Ivan Ivanov | Bulgaria | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | ||
Nikolai Dourov | Russia | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | ||
Tamás Terpai | Hungary | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | ||
Stefan Hornet | Romania | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | ||
Vladimir Dremov | Russia | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | ||
Mihai Manea | Romania | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | ||
Tiankai Liu | United States | 2001 | 2002 | 2004 | ||
Oleg Golberg | Russia ('02, '03) United States ('04) |
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Béla András Rácz | Hungary | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 P | ||
Andrey Badzyan | Russia | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 P | ||
Rosen Kralev | Bulgaria | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 P | ||
Przemysław Mazur | Poland | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
Tak Wing Ching | Hong Kong | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
A number of IMO medalists have gone on to become notable mathematicians. The following IMO medalists have received a Fields Medal, a Wolf Prize or a Clay Research Award, awards which recognise groundbreaking research in mathematics; a European Mathematical Society Prize, an award which recognizes young researchers; or one of the American Mathematical Society's awards (a Bôcher Memorial Prize in Analysis, Cole Prize in Algebra, Cole Prize in Number Theory or Veblen Prize in Geometry and Topology) recognizing research in specific mathematical fields.
G denotes an IMO gold medal, S denotes a silver medal, B denotes a bronze medal, and P denotes a perfect paper.
Name | Team | IMO | Fields Medal | Wolf Prize | EMS Prize | AMS research prizes | Clay Award |
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Grigory Margulis | Soviet Union |
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George Lusztig | Romania |
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Henryk Iwaniec | Poland |
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László Lovász | Hungary |
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Andrei Suslin | Soviet Union |
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Vladimir Drinfel'd | Soviet Union |
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János Kollár | Hungary |
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Jean-Christophe Yoccoz | France |
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Paul Vojta | United States |
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Alexander Goncharov | Soviet Union |
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Richard Borcherds | United Kingdom |
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Timothy Gowers | United Kingdom |
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Peter Kronheimer | United Kingdom |
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Gábor Tardos | Hungary |
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Grigori Perelman | Soviet Union |
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Alexis Bonnet | France |
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Laurent Lafforgue | France |
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Daniel Tătaru | Romania |
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Zoltán Szabó | Hungary |
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Ricardo Pérez-Marco | Spain |
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Dominic Joyce | United Kingdom |
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Stanislav Smirnov | Soviet Union |
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Terence Tao | Australia |
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Elon Lindenstrauss | Israel |
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Ngô Bảo Châu | Vietnam |
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Emmanuel Grenier | France |
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Vincent Lafforgue | France |
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Ben J. Green | United Kingdom |
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Artur Ávila | Brazil |
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Bo'az Klartag | Israel |
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IMO medalists have also gone on to become notable computer scientists. The following IMO medalists have received a Nevanlinna Prize, a Knuth Prize, or a Gödel Prize; these awards recognise research in theoretical computer science. G denotes an IMO gold medal, S denotes a silver medal, B denotes a bronze medal, and P denotes a perfect paper.
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László Lovász | Hungary |
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László Babai | Hungary |
B 1966 |
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Johan Håstad | Sweden |
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Peter Shor | United States |
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Alexander Razborov | Soviet Union |
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