European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad

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The European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) is a mathematical olympiad for girls which started in 2012. It is similar to, and was inspired by, the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO).^[1][2] Although the competition is held in Europe, several countries from outside Europe, from Peru to Japan, are invited to take part in the competition each year, this is similar to the CGMO, which is also attended by contestants from outside China.

EGMO is an annual international mathematics competition similar in style to the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), with two papers, each consisting on three problems to be solved in 4.5 hours, taken on consecutive days. Participating countries send teams consisting of four female mathematicians below the age of 20 who are not enrolled at a university. Each of the six problems are marked out of 7, therefore, the maximum total possible is 42 points.

The first edition was held in Cambridge, UK. Since then, 9 other countries in Europe have organised the EGMO. The number of participating countries have grown from 19 in the first edition to 54 in the tenth edition, and the number of contestants from 61 in the first edition to 213 in the tenth edition. The competitors participate as a team of 4 under the national flag but the contest itself is individual. The selection process varies between countries, but it often involves the results obtained in the national Mathematical Olympiads and in other tests, which become progressively more selective.

The best classified are awarded according to this criterion:

• the first classified, for about 1/12 of the competitors receive a gold medal
• the following 1/6 of the general classification receive a silver medal
• the subsequent 1/4 of the general classification receive a bronze medal
• all those who have not received a medal but have scored the maximum points in at least one of the six problems receive an honorable mention.

In 2021, inspired by the success of the EGMO, two new international Olympiad competitions aimed at girls were launched:

• a new international programming competition, the (EGOI), the first edition of which was held in Zurich, Switzerland.^[3]
• Pan-American Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (PAGMO), the first edition organised virtually by a group of South American countries.^[4]

Summary[]

EGMO 2012[]

The first EGMO took place in April 2012 at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge and was run by the United Kingdom Mathematical Trust.^[5] Nineteen countries, including three from outside Europe, took part: Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.^[6]

There were two four-and-a-half hour examinations, which were held at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences.^[1]

EGMO 2013[]

The second EGMO took place in April 2013 in Luxembourg and was run by the Association des Mathématiciens du Luxembourg in cooperation with the Lycée Aline Mayrisch. 22 countries took part.

EGMO 2014[]

The third EGMO was held in April 2014 in Antalya, Turkey, organized by TÜBİTAK. 29 countries took part.^[7][8]

EGMO 2015[]

The fourth EGMO was held in April 2015 in Minsk, Belarus. 30 teams took part.^[9]

EGMO 2016[]

The fifth EGMO was held in April 2016 in Bușteni, Romania. 39 teams took part.^[10]

EGMO 2017[]

The sixth EGMO was held in April 2017 in Zürich, Switzerland. 44 teams took part.^[11]

EGMO 2018[]

The seventh EGMO was held in April 2018 in Florence, Italy.^[12]

195 contestants from 51 countries (including 15 countries from outside Europe) took part. The mean score was 16.81 out of a total of 42, making this to be the easiest EGMO based on that statistic. A total of 17 gold medals (scores ≥ 32), 39 silver medals (scores ≥ 22), and 52 bronze medals (scores ≥ 15) were awarded. The top 5 countries on the medal tally were: Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Ukraine. There were 5 perfect scores^[13].^[14][15]

EGMO 2019[]

The eighth EGMO was held in April 2019 in Kiev, Ukraine.^[16]

196 contestants from 49 countries (including 13 countries from outside Europe) took part. The mean score was 16.75 out of a total of 42. A total of 19 gold medals (scores ≥ 29), 37 silver medals (scores ≥ 21), and 56 bronze medals (scores ≥ 16) were awarded. The top 5 countries on the medal tally were: the United States, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Poland, and Serbia. (Serbia) was the only perfect scorer^[17].^[18]

EGMO 2020[]

The ninth EGMO was planned to be held in 2020 in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. However it was held virtually from 15-21 April 2020.^[19]

204 contestants from 52 countries (including 13 countries from outside Europe) took part. The mean score was 13.01 out of a total of 42. A total of 19 gold medals (scores ≥ 26), 42 silver medals (scores ≥ 18), and 51 bronze medals (scores ≥ 11) were awarded. The top 5 countries on the medal tally were: Russia, Serbia, Romania, the United States, and the United Kingdom. There were no perfect scores, Amina Abu Shanab (Romania) was the top scorer with 39/42.^[20]

EGMO 2021[]

The tenth EGMO was organised by Georgia from 10-14 April 2021. ^[21] It was planned to be held in Kutaisi at Akaki Tsereteli State University but was eventually organised as a virtual event due to Coronavirus pandemic.^{[22] [23]}

213 contestants from 54 countries (including 17 countries from outside Europe) took part. The mean score was 9.77 out of a total of 42. A total of 27 gold medals (scores ≥ 21), 30 silver medals (scores ≥ 14), 52 bronze medals (scores ≥ 8), 4 honourable mentions (a score of 7 from one question alone) were awarded. The top 5 countries on the medal tally were: Russia, the United States, Peru, Romania, and the United Kingdom.^[24] There were three perfect scores, all from Russia.^[25]

EGMO 2022[]

The eleventh EGMO will be held at Eger^[26] in Hungary from 6-12 April 2022.^[27]

Medal table[]

The current ten countries with the best all-time results are as follows:^[28]

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honorable Mentions
1	United States	24	11	5	0
2	Russia	16	4	0	0
3	Romania	14	19	10	0
4	Ukraine	13	17	10	2
5	Serbia	12	9	14	3
6	Hungary	9	10	19	0
7	United Kingdom	7	13	13	3
8	Poland	6	8	12	0
9	Peru	6	5	2	2
10	Mexico	5	11	12	1

EGMO Hall of Fame[]

The most decorated matheletes in the history of EGMO are (Romania),^[29][30][31] (Serbia), and Danielle Wang (USA) with 4 gold medals each.^[32]

is the only contestant to have managed two perfect scores in the EGMOs.^[33][34]

Others to win 4 medals are Ana Onoprishvili (Georgia) and Alexandra Timofte (Romania) with 3 golds and 1 silver each, (Mexico) with 2 golds and 2 silvers,^[35][36] and Marijana Vujadinovic (Serbia) and Yanta Wang^[37] (Switzerland) with 2 silvers and 2 bronzes each.

Carla Fermin (Peru),^[38][39] Zsuzsanna Baran (Hungary), (United Kingdom),^{[40][41][42][43]} Andela Sarkovic (Serbia), and Izabella Tolokno (Russia) have won 3 gold medals each.

Anna Mustata (Ireland)^[44] participated in EGMOs on 5 occasions.^[45][46]

References[]

External links[]

• https://www.egmo.org/
• European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2012
• European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2014
• European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2017
• European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2018
• European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2020
• European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2022