Following 12 days of intense mathematical competition at the 65th International Mathematical Olympiad, the United States topped the points table and won the competition for the ninth time, 2 points ahead of China. Here are the results from IMO 2024.
While China missed out on continuing its 5-year winning streak, its 16-year-old mathlete Haojia Shi (pictured below) was the only competitor to achieve a perfect score across the six questions, repeating his extraordinary success from last year.
Elsewhere, India’s team was thrilled to finish a best-ever fourth place, and Jessica Wan was the highest-scoring female mathlete.
There was also success for the United Kingdom’s team as well, finishing seventh in Bath with Alex Chui and Samuel Sturge winning Gold medals.
Top 10 countries
| # | Country | Team size M / F | Pts | G | S | B | HM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States of America | 5 / 1 | 192 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 People’s Republic of China | 6 / 0 | 190 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea | 6 / 0 | 168 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 🇮🇳 India | 6 / 0 | 167 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 6 / 0 | 165 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 6 / 0 | 162 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 6 / 0 | 162 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 6 / 0 | 155 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 6 / 0 | 151 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 5 / 1 | 151 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Of the 609 participants, a record 81 of whom were female, 54 achieved Gold medals, 121 achieved Silver medals and 145 achieved Bronze medals, with a further 170 gaining Honourable Mentions.
The competition consists of six problems worth 7 points each. You can find out more about the format of the International Mathematical Olympiad here.
Top 10 individuals
| # | Contestant | Country | M / F | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haojia Shi | 🇨🇳 People’s Republic of China | M | 42 |
| 2 | Ivan Chasovskikh | 🏳️ Neutral | M | 40 |
| 3 | Alexander Wang | 🇺🇸 United States of America | M | 38 |
| 4 | Satoshi Kano | 🇯🇵 Japan | M | 37 |
| 5 | László Bence Simon | 🇭🇺 Hungary | M | 35 |
| 5 | Adhitya Mangudy Venkata Ganesh | 🇮🇳 India | M | 35 |
| 5 | Qiming Xu | 🇨🇳 People’s Republic of China | M | 35 |
| 5 | Hyeongjoe Chu | 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea | M | 35 |
| 5 | Alex Chui | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | M | 35 |
| 5 | Jessica Wan | 🇺🇸 United States of America | F | 35 |
Distribution of competitors’ scores in each of the six questions
You can also find the problems from IMO 2024 below.
The next International Mathematical Olympiad will be held at Sunshine Coast, Australia. Congratulations to all of this Olympiad’s mathletes, team leaders, officials, and everyone who made the event possible.