List of International Mathematical Olympiad participants

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 whom solve at least one problem perfectly.[2]

This is a list of participants who 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.

Exceptionally young medalists

Name Team(s) Year Awards Age (on final day of IMO)
Terence Tao Australia 1986 Bronze 10 years, 363 days
Raúl Chávez Sarmiento Peru 2009 Bronze 11 years, 271 days
Terence Tao Australia 1987 Silver 11 years, 364 days
Alex Chui Hong Kong 2020 Silver 12 years, 156 days
Akshay Venkatesh Australia 1994 Bronze 12 years, 241 days
Yeoh Zi Song Malaysia 2014 Bronze 12 years, 245 days
Raúl Chávez Sarmiento Peru 2010 Silver 12 years, 263 days
Terence Tao Australia 1988 Gold 13 years, 4 days
Warren Bei Canada 2021 Silver 13 years, 78 days
Alex Chui Hong Kong 2021 Gold 13 years, 90 days
Zhuo Qun Song Canada 2010 Bronze 13 years, 170 days
Damjan Davkov North Macedonia 2021 Silver 13 years, 199 days
Jeremy Kahn United States 1983 Silver 13 years, 259 days
Raúl Chávez Sarmiento Peru 2011 Gold 13 years, 273 days
Pawel Kröger East Germany 1972 Perfect Score 13 years, 354 days
Pasin Manurangsi Thailand 2007 Silver 13 years, 359 days
Warren Bei Canada 2022 Gold 14 years, 66 days
Ömer Cerrahoğlu Romania 2009 Gold 14 years, 80 days
Pipitchaya Sridam Thailand 2021 Gold 14 years, 136 days
Zhuo Qun Song Canada 2011 Gold 14 years, 170 days
William Cheah Australia 2023 Silver 14 years, 181 days
Damjan Davkov North Macedonia 2022 Silver 14 years, 187 days
Harvey Yau United Kingdom 2014 Silver 14 years, 190 days
Jeremy Kahn United States 1984 Silver 14 years, 258 days
Lisa Sauermann Germany 2007 Silver 14 years, 309 days
Noam Elkies United States 1981 Perfect Score 14 years, 329 days
Pasin Manurangsi Thailand 2008 Gold 14 years, 351 days
Aleksandr Khazanov United States 1994 Perfect Score 15 years, 77 days
Sergei Konyagin Soviet Union 1972 Perfect Score 15 years, 83 days
Ethan Yong-Ern Tan Australia 2018 Gold 15 years, 125 days
Simon P. Norton United Kingdom 1967 Gold 15 years, 135 days
Vladimir Drinfeld Soviet Union 1969 Perfect Score 15 years, 156 days
Damjan Davkov North Macedonia 2023 Gold 15 years, 184 days
Yuliy Sannikov Ukraine 1994 Perfect Score 15 years, 259 days
Yang Yihan Singapore 2024 Gold 15 years, 271 days

High-scoring participants

The following table lists all IMO Winners who have won at least three gold medals, with corresponding years and non-gold medals received noted (P denotes a perfect score.)

Name Team(s) Years
Zhuo Qun Song Canada 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 P
Teodor von Burg Serbia 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Lisa Sauermann Germany 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 P
Nipun Pitimanaaree  Thailand 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Christian Reiher Germany 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Luke Robitaille United States 2019 2020 2021 2022
Reid W. Barton United States 1998 1999 2000 2001 P
Alex Chui Hong Kong ('20, '21)
United Kingdom ('22, '23, '24) 		2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Wolfgang Burmeister East Germany 1967 1968 1969 1970 P 1971
Iurie Boreico Moldova 2003 2004 2005 P 2006 P 2007
Lim Jeck Singapore 2009 2010 2011 2012 P 2013
Martin Härterich West Germany 1985 1986 1987 P 1988 1989
László Lovász Hungary 1963 1964 1965 P 1966 P
József Pelikán Hungary 1963 1964 1965 1966 P
Nikolay Nikolov  Bulgaria 1992 1993 1994 1995 P
Kentaro Nagao Japan 1997 1998 1999 2000
Vladimir Barzov Bulgaria 1999 2000 2001 2002
Peter Scholze Germany 2004 2005 P 2006 2007
Pranjal Srivastava India 2018 2019 2021 2022
Makoto Soejima Japan 2005 2007 2008 2009 P
Alex Gunning Australia 2012 2013 2014 P 2015
Andrew Carlotti United Kingdom 2010 2011 2012 2013
Simon Norton United Kingdom 1967 1968 1969 P
John Rickard United Kingdom 1975 P 1976 1977 P
Sergei Ivanov Soviet Union 1987 P 1988 1989 P
Theodor Banica Romania 1989 1990 1991
Eugenia 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) 		2002 2003 2004
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
Chung Song Hong North Korea 2011 2012 2013
Dong Ryul Kim South Korea 2012 2013 2014
Allen Liu United States 2014 2015 2016 P
Sheldon Kieren Tan Singapore 2014 2015 2016

Notable participants

A number of IMO participants have gone on to become notable mathematicians. The following IMO participants have either received a Fields Medal, an Abel Prize, 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 Blumenthal Award in Pure Mathematics, Bôcher Memorial Prize in Analysis, Cole Prize in Algebra, Cole Prize in Number Theory, Fulkerson Prize in Discrete Mathematics, Steele Prize in Mathematics, or Veblen Prize in Geometry and Topology) recognizing research in specific mathematical fields. Grigori Perelman proved the Poincaré conjecture (one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems), and Yuri Matiyasevich gave a negative solution of Hilbert's tenth problem.



G denotes an IMO gold medal, S denotes a silver medal, B denotes a bronze medal, and P denotes a perfect score.

 Name   Team   IMO   Fields Medal   Wolf Prize   EMS Prize   AMS research prizes   Clay Award   Abel Prize 
 Grigory Margulis    Soviet Union   S 1962  1978 2005 2020
 George Lusztig    Romania   S 1963, S 1962  1985 (Cole algebra)
 Henryk Iwaniec    Poland   S 1966, 1965  2002 (Cole number theory)
 László Lovász    Hungary   P 1966, P 1965, G 1964, S 1963  1999 1982, 2012 (Fulkerson) 2021
 Andrei Suslin    Soviet Union   G 1967  2000 (Cole algebra)
 János Pintz    Hungary   B 1969, P 1968,B 1967  2014 (Cole number theory)
 Vladimir Drinfeld    Soviet Union   P 1969  1990 2018
 Andrei Zelevinsky    Soviet Union   S 1969 2018 (Steele)
 Alexander Merkurjev    Soviet Union   S 1972  2012 (Cole algebra)
 Pierre-Louis Lions    France   1973  1994
 János Kollár    Hungary   P 1974, G 1973  2006 (Cole algebra)
 Jean-Christophe Yoccoz    France   P 1974, S 1973  1994
 Sergey Fomin    Soviet Union   S 1974 2018 (Steele)
 Paul Vojta    United States   P 1975  1992 (Cole number theory)
 Alexander Goncharov    Soviet Union   G 1976  1992
 Richard Borcherds    United Kingdom   G 1978, S 1977  1998 1992
 Timothy Gowers    United Kingdom   P 1981  1998 1996
 Peter Kronheimer    United Kingdom   S 1981  2007 (Veblen)
 Michel Goemans    Belgium    1981, 1982   2000 (Fulkerson)
 Gábor Tardos    Hungary   S 1982, S 1981, 1979  1992
 Grigori Perelman    Soviet Union   P 1982     2006[3] 1996[4]
 Alexis Bonnet    France   S 1984, S 1983  1996
 Laurent Lafforgue    France   S 1985, S 1984  2002 2000
 Daniel Tătaru    Romania   P 1985, P 1984  2002 (Bôcher)
 Zoltán Szabó    Hungary   S 1985  2007 (Veblen)
 Jeremy Kahn    United States   G 1986, G 1985, S 1984, S 1983  2012
 Ricardo Pérez-Marco    Spain   S 1986, 1985  1996
 Dominic Joyce    United Kingdom   S 1986  2000
 Stanislav Smirnov    Soviet Union   P 1987, P 1986  2010 2004 2001
 Terence Tao    Australia   G 1988, S 1987, B 1986  2006 2002 (Bôcher) 2003
 Elon Lindenstrauss    Israel   B 1988  2010 2004 2001 (Blumenthal)
 Ngô Bảo Châu    Vietnam   G 1989, P 1988  2010 2004
 Emmanuel Grenier    France   B 1989  2000
 Vincent Lafforgue    France   P 1991, P 1990  2000
 Eugenia Malinnikova    Soviet Union   P 1991, P 1990, G 1989  2017
 Akshay Venkatesh    Australia   B 1994  2018
 Artur Avila    Brazil   G 1995  2014 2008
 Emmanuel Breuillard    France   G 1995  2012
 Ben J. Green    United Kingdom   S 1995, S 1994  2008 2004
 Maryam Mirzakhani    Iran   P 1995, G 1994   2014 2009 (Blumenthal) 2014
 Boáz Klartag    Israel   S 1996  2008
 Ciprian Manolescu    Romania   P 1997, P 1996, P 1995  2012
 Adrian Ioana    Romania   S 1999  2012
 Mark Braverman    Israel   G 2000, B 1999, B 1998  2016
 Ana Caraiani    Romania   G 2003, G 2002, S 2001  2020
 Kaisa Matomäki    Finland   2003, 2002  2020
 Simion Filip    Moldova   S 2005, B 2004  2020
 Peter Scholze    Germany   G 2007, G 2006, P 2005, S 2004  2018 2016 2015 (Cole algebra) 2014

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 score.

 Name   Team   IMO   Nevanlinna Prize   Knuth Prize   Gödel Prize 
 László Lovász    Hungary   P 1966, P 1965, G 1964, S 1963  1999 2001
 László Babai    Hungary   P 1968, S 1967, S 1966  2015 1993
 Johan Håstad    Sweden   G 1977  1994, 2011
 Peter Shor    United States   S 1977  1998 1999
 Alexander Razborov    Soviet Union   G 1979  1990 2007
 Subhash Khot    India   S 1995, S 1994  2014

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO)".
  2. ^ "47th International Mathematical Olympiad Results".
  3. ^ Perelman was awarded a Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture, but he declined the Medal.
  4. ^ Perelman was awarded an EMS prize for his proof of the Soul theorem, but he declined the prize.

References

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