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The International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) is an annual competitive programming competition and one of the International Science Olympiads for secondary school students. The first IOI was held in 1989 in Pravetz, Bulgaria. It is the second largest science olympiad, after the International Mathematical Olympiad, in terms of number of participating countries (88 at IOI 2022). Each country sends a team of up to four students, plus one team leader, one deputy leader, and guests.

The contest consists of two days of computer programming/coding and problem-solving of algorithmic nature. To deal with problems involving very large amounts of data, it is necessary to have not only programmers, "but also creative coders, who can dream up what it is that the programmers need to tell the computer to do. The hard part isn't the programming, but the mathematics underneath it."[1]

Students in each country are selected for their country's team through national computing contests. Students at the IOI compete on an individual basis. There is no official team ranking.

The IOI is one of the most prestigious computer science competitions in the world. UNESCO and IFIP are patrons.

Competition structure and participation

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The competition room at the IOI 2006
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A bronze medal from IOI 2006 in Mexico
In front of the competition room at the IOI 2007

On each of the two competition days, the students are typically given three problems which they have to solve in five hours. Each student works on his/her own, with only a computer and no other help allowed, specifically no communication with other contestants, books etc. Usually to solve a task the contestant has to write a computer program (only in C++) and submit it before the five-hour competition time ends. The program is graded by being run with secret test data. From IOI 2010, tasks are divided into subtasks with graduated difficulty, and points are awarded only when all tests for a particular subtask yield correct results, within specific time and memory limits. In some cases, the contestant's program has to interact with a secret computer library, which allows problems where the input is not fixed, but depends on the program's actions – for example in game problems. Another type of problem has known inputs which are publicly available already during the five hours of the contest. For these, the contestants have to submit an output file instead of a program, and it is up to them whether they obtain the output files by writing a program (possibly exploiting special characteristics of the input), or by hand, or by a combination of these means. Pascal has been removed as an available programming language as of 2019.[2]:11

IOI 2010 for the first time had a live web scoreboard with real-time provisional results. Submissions will be scored as soon as possible during the contest, and the results posted. Contestants will be aware of their scores, but not others', and may resubmit to improve their scores. Starting from 2012, IOI has been using the Contest Management System (CMS) for developing and monitoring the contest.

The scores from the two competition days and all problems are summed up separately for each contestant. At the awarding ceremony, contestants are awarded medals depending on their relative total score. The top 50% of the contestants are awarded medals, such that the relative number of gold : silver : bronze : no medal is approximately 1:2:3:6 (thus 1/12 of the contestants get a gold medal).

Prior to IOI 2010, students who did not receive medals did not have their scores published, making it impossible for a country to be ranked by adding together scores of its competitors unless each wins a medal. From IOI 2010, although the scores of students who did not receive medals are still not available in the official results, they are known from the live web scoreboard. In IOI 2012 the top 3 nations ranked by aggregate score (Russia, China and USA) were subsequently awarded during the closing ceremony.

Analysis of female performance shows 77.9% of women obtain no medal, while 49.2% of men obtain no medal. "The average female participation was 4.4% in 1989–1994 and 2.2% in 1996–2014." It also suggests much higher participation of women on the national level, claiming sometimes double-digit percentages in total participation on the first stage.[3] President of the IOI (2011-2014), Richard Forster, says the competition has difficulty attracting women and that in spite of trying to solve it, "none of us have hit on quite what the problem is, let alone the solution."[1]

In IOI 2017 held in Iran, due to not being able to participate in Iran, the Israeli students participated in an offsite competition organized by IOI in Russia.[2]:11 Due to visa issues, the full USA team was unable to attend, although one contestant Zhezheng Luo[4] was able to attend by traveling with the Chinese team[5] and winning gold medal and 3rd place in standings.[6]

In IOI 2019 held in Azerbaijan, the Armenia team did not participate due to the dispute between the two countries, despite the guarantees provided[7] and official invitation letter sent by the host Azerbaijan.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both the IOI 2020 and IOI 2021, originally scheduled to be hosted by Singapore, were held as online contests. The IOI 2022, hosted by Indonesia, was held as a hybrid event, with around 25% of the contestants participating online.[8]

Members

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Former members

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Summary

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Number Year Dates Host country Host city Results Website
1 1989 May 16–19 Bulgaria Bulgaria Pravetz [9]
2 1990 July 15–21 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Belarus, Soviet Union Minsk [10]
3 1991 May 19–25 Greece Greece Athens [11]
4 1992 July 11–21 Germany Germany Bonn [12]
5 1993 October 16–25 Argentina Argentina Mendoza [13] [14]
6 1994 July 3–10 Sweden Sweden Haninge [15] [16]
7 1995 June 26 – July 3 Netherlands Netherlands Eindhoven [17]
8 1996 July 25 – August 2 Hungary Hungary Veszprém [18]
9 1997 November 30 – December 7 South Africa South Africa Cape Town [19]
10 1998 September 5–12 Portugal Portugal Setúbal [20]
11 1999 October 9–16 Turkey Turkey Antalya-Belek [21]
12 2000 September 23–30 China China Beijing [22]
13 2001 July 14–21 Finland Finland Tampere [23]
14 2002 August 18–25 South Korea Korea Rep. Yong-In [24]
15 2003 August 16–23 United States United States Kenosha, Wisconsin [25]
16 2004 September 11–18 Greece Greece Athens [26]
17 2005 August 18–25 Poland Poland Nowy Sącz [27] [28]
18 2006 August 13–20 Mexico Mexico Mérida, Yucatán [29]
19 2007 August 15–22 Croatia Croatia Zagreb [30] [31]
20 2008 August 16–23 Egypt Egypt Cairo [32]
21 2009 August 8–15 Bulgaria Bulgaria Plovdiv [33] [34]
22 2010 August 14–21 Canada Canada Waterloo, Ontario [35] [36]
23 2011 July 22–29 Thailand Thailand Pattaya [37] [38]
24 2012 September 23–30 Italy Italy Sirmione and Montichiari [39] [40]
25 2013 July 6–13 Australia Australia Brisbane [41] [42]
26 2014 July 13–20 Taiwan Taiwan Taipei [43] [44]
27 2015 July 26 – August 2 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Almaty [45] [46]
28 2016 August 12–19 Russia Russia Kazan [47] [48]
29 2017 July 28 – August 4 Iran Iran Tehran [49] [50]
30 2018 September 1–8 Japan Japan Tsukuba [51] [52]
31 2019 August 4–11 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Baku [53] [54]
32 2020 September 13–19a Singapore Singapore online [55] [56]
33 2021 June 19–25 Singapore Singapore online [57] [58]
34 2022 August 7–15 Indonesia Indonesia Yogyakarta [59] [60]
35 2023 August 28 – September 4 Hungary Hungary Szeged [61] [62]
36 2024 September 1–8 Egypt Egypt Alexandria [63]
37 2025 Bolivia Bolivia La Paz [64]
38 2026 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan

All-time medal table

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As of 2023
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)1002712139
2 Russia (RUS)684012120
3 United States (USA)653816119
4 South Korea (KOR)484728123
5 Poland (POL)425035127
6 Japan (JPN)35281073
7 Romania (ROU)335836127
8 Iran (IRN)316523119
9 Bulgaria (BGR)275145123
10 Taiwan (TWN)256127113
Totals (10 entries)4744652441183

Multiple IOI winners

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The following is a list of the top performers in the history of the IOI.[65] The P sign indicates a perfect score, a rare achievement in IOI history. The U sign indicates an unofficial participation, where a contestant participated in a host's second team. Also, first (I), second (II) and third (III) places among gold medalists are indicated where appropriate.

Name Team Years
Gennady Korotkevich Belarus G(II) 2012 GP(I) 2011 G(I) 2010 G(I) 2009 G 2008 G 2007 S 2006
Bruce Merry South Africa G 2001 G 2000 S 1999 B 1998 B 1997 B 1996
Rumen Hristov Bulgaria G 2012 G 2011 G(II) 2010 S 2009 S 2008
Hristo Venev Bulgaria G 2016 G 2015 G 2014 G 2013 S 2012
Encho Mishinev Bulgaria G 2017 G 2014 S 2016 S 2015 S 2013
Egor Lifar Russia G 2021 G 2019 S 2020 S 2018 S 2017
Harris Leung Hong Kong G 2021 G(III) 2020 S 2019 B 2018 B 2017
Zixiang Zhou Canada G 2022 G 2021 G 2020 G(III) 2019 S 2018
Wolfgang Thaller Austria G 1997 G 1996 S 1999 S 1998
Andrzej Gąsienica-Samek Poland G 1999 G 1998 G 1997 S 1996
Martin Pettai Estonia G 2002 G 2001 G 2000 S 1999
Alex Schwendner United States G 2005 G 2003 S 2004 S 2002
Filip Wolski Poland G(I) 2006 G 2005 G 2004 G 2003
Goran Žužić Croatia G 2008 G 2007 S 2009 B 2006
Vlad Alexandru Gavrilă Romania G 2013 G 2012 S 2011 B 2010
Eduard Batmendijn Slovakia G 2015 G 2013 G 2012 S 2014
Rareș Darius Buhai Romania G 2015 G 2014 G 2013 G 2012
Yuta Takaya Japan G(I) 2017 G 2016 G 2015 G 2014
Nikoloz Birkadze Georgia G 2020 G 2019 G 2018 S 2017
Dorijan Lendvaj Croatia G 2022 G 2021 S 2020 B 2019
Patrick Pavić Croatia G 2022 G 2021 G 2020 S 2019
Fredrik Huss Sweden GP(I) 1993 GP(I) 1992 S 1991
Martin Mareš Czech Republic G 1995 G 1994 GP(I) 1993
Vladimir Martianov Russia G 1999 GP(I) 1998 G(I) 1997
John Pardon United States G 2007 G 2006 G 2005
Marcin Andrychowicz Poland G 2008 G 2007 G 2006
Neal Wu United States G 2010 G 2009 G 2008
Shogo Murai Japan G 2012 G 2011 G 2010
Scott Wu United States GP(I) 2014 G 2013 G 2012
Jarosław Kwiecień Poland G 2016 G 2015 G 2014
Vladimir Romanov Russia G 2019 G 2018 G 2017
Masataka Yoneda Japan G 2020 G 2019 GU 2018
Daiki Kodama Japan G 2023 G 2022 G 2021

Feeder competitions

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Most participating countries use feeder competitions to select their team. A number of these are listed below:

Further information: National Olympiad in Informatics

Notes

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1.^a IOI 2020 virtual closing ceremony was held on September 23, 2020.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Robson, Frank (10 August 2013). "Numbers game". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Minutes of the Meetings held in Kazan, Russian Federation" (PDF). ioinformatics.org. General Assembly of International Olympiad in Informatics. 19 August 2016. pp. 7, 11.
  3. ^ Maggiolo, Stefano (2015). "An Update on the Female Presence at the IOI" (PDF). Olympiads in Informatics. 9, 127–137 (2015). London, U.K.: ioinformatics.org: 127–137. doi:10.15388/ioi.2015.10. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Zhezheng Luo". stats.ioinformatics.org.
  5. ^ Simões, Gabriel (31 July 2017). "IOI 2017, first round - Codeforces". Codeforces. Retrieved 4 August 2017. There is really only one USA contestant on site, it looks like he came with the Chinese team (straight from China).
  6. ^ "IOI 2017: Results". stats.ioinformatics.org.
  7. ^ "General Assembly Minutes of the Meetings held in Almaty, Kazakhstan 26 July – 2 August, 2015" (PDF).
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  56. ^ "IOI 2020 Website". ioi2020.sg.
  57. ^ "IOI 2021 Results".
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  59. ^ "IOI 2022 Results".
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  61. ^ "IOI 2023 Results".
  62. ^ "IOI 2023 Website". ioi2023.hu.
  63. ^ "IOI 2024 Website". ioi2024.eg.
  64. ^ "IOI 2025 Website". ioi2025.bo.
  65. ^ "Hall of Fame". stats.ioinformatics.org.
  66. ^ http://olimpiada.info/Romanian National Informatics Olympiad Archived 2019-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
  67. ^ "Informatica Olympiade".
  68. ^ "Home — NOI.PH".
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