International Linguistic Olympiad for schoolchildren

The International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL ) is an annual competition in theoretical , mathematical and applied linguistics among schoolchildren. It has been held since 2003 at the initiative of Russian linguists with many years of experience in conducting traditional olympiads in mathematics and linguistics (see Moscow Open Traditional Olympiad in Linguistics and Mathematics ).

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Country Participation

The year in which the Olympiad was held in this country is highlighted by blackout.

A country	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Bangladesh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
Bulgaria	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	+
Great Britain	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Hungary	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
Germany	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-
Greece	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-
India	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Ireland	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Spain	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+
Kazakhstan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+
Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
China	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
Latvia	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Lithuania	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Netherlands	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Norway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UAE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isle Of Man	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
Pakistan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-
Poland	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Russia	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Romania	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
Serbia	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-
Singapore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-
Slovenia	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
USA	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Taiwan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
Turkey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+
Finland	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+
France	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-
Czech	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
Sweden	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-
Estonia	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+

Two teams from Poland, Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Slovenia, South Korea and Bulgaria are announced (one from Moscow and one from St. Petersburg from Russia), but in the year when the Olympics are held in a certain country, this country has the right state an additional command. Thus, in particular, in 2004 , when the competition was held in Moscow , another team from Tula was announced from Russia; in 2007 , during the Olympiad in St. Petersburg, there were two teams from this city, and in 2003, Bulgaria , which hosted the Olympiad, announced the third mini-team of one person (while the usual number of team members is four).

Participants from Bulgaria , the United Kingdom , Ireland , Spain , the Netherlands , Poland , Russia , Serbia , the USA , Ukraine , Sweden , and Estonia are selected based on the results of the linguistic competitions in these countries. Others are selected from students of any educational institutions, or according to the results of non-linguistic Olympiads.

Competition

The competition consists of two parts - personal and team.

Personal competition is held first. In it, each participant is invited to solve five linguistic problems and hand over their solutions on paper. Six hours are allotted to the decision. All tasks are translated into the native language of each participant, and therefore are designed in such a way that they are equally difficult for speakers of different languages and, if possible, do not capture languages that any participants may know. Each task is subsequently evaluated by a certain number of points from 0 to 20 in increments of one tenth of a point.

Team competition, with the exception of the first Olympiad, consists of solving only one complex and extraordinary linguistic problem. The passed decision is evaluated by the jury according to a certain system, after which three (or more) winning teams are identified, receiving awards for first, second and third places, respectively.

Statistics

No.	year	a place	dates	countries	student	01!	02!	03!	The best decision	honorable mention	teams	site
XVII	2019	South Korea	beginning of august
XVI	2018	Prague , Czech Republic	July 26-30	thirty	192							[one]
XVI	2017	Dublin , Ireland	July 31 - August 4	27	172	ten	18	22	eight	33	43	[2]
XIV	2016	Mysore , India	July 25-29	thirty	167	ten	17	26	eight	24	43	[3]
XIII	2015	Blagoevgrad , Bulgaria	July 20 - July 24	29th	168	7	17	22	7	31	43	[four]
XII	2014	Beijing China	July 21 - July 25	28	152	7	13	21	9	28	39	[five]
Xi	2013	Manchester , UK	July 22 - July 26	26	138	7	12	17	7	35	35	[6]
X	2012	Ljubljana , Slovenia	July 29 - August 4	26	131	eight	13	sixteen	ten	24	34	[7]
IX	2011	Pittsburgh , USA	July 25-29	nineteen	102	four	eight	13	five	25	27	[eight]
VIII	2010	Stockholm , Sweden	July 19-23	18	99	3	9	15	15	23	26	[9]
VII	2009	Wroclaw , Poland	July 26–31	17	86	2	9	eleven	9	20	23	[ten]
VI	2008	Slynchev-Bryag , Bulgaria	August 4-9	eleven	63	3	7	ten	6	-	sixteen	[eleven]
V	2007	Saint Petersburg ( Zelenogorsk ), Russia	July 31 - August 4	9	61	2	6	four	3	-	15	[12]
IV	2006	Tartu , Estonia	August 1-6	9	51	3	6	four	6	2	13	[13]
III	2005	Leiden , the Netherlands	August 8-12	9	50	one	one	four	eight	9	13	-
II	2004	Moscow , Russia	August 2-6	7	43	3	four	7	9	-	12	[14]
I	2003	Borovets , Bulgaria	September 6-12	6	33	3	2	2	9	-	9	[15]

MOT Medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2003	Borovets , Bulgaria	Alexandra Petrova Boris Turovsky Edin Nayatovich	Miriam Ploy Maria Shkapa	Polina Oskolskaya Ivan Dobrev
2004	Moscow , Russia	Ivan Dobrev Alexander Piperski Ralitsa Markova	Maria Mamykina Todor Chervenkov Tsvetomila Mikhailova Tymon Slochinski	Alexandra Zabelina Ksenia Kuzmina Alexey Nazarov Margus Niizoo Natalya Kharchenko Nikita Medyankin Sophia Oskolskaya
2005	Leiden , the Netherlands	Ivan Dobrev	Eleanor Glazova	Nikita Medyankin Tsvetomila Mikhailova Alexander Piperski Ivaylo Grozdev
2006	Tartu , Estonia	Maria Kholodilova Ivaylo Dimitrov Pavel Sofroniev	Jordan Mekhanji Eleanor Glazova Mikhail Minkov Daniil Zorin Sergey Malyshev Alexander Daskalov	Julia Taran Nikita Medyankin Diana Aitay Pavel Sventkowski
2007	Saint Petersburg , Russia	Adam Hesterberg Lukas Tsegela	Kira Kiranova Mikhail Minkov Arseniy Vetushko-Kalevich Sander Payusalu Teele Valma Angel Found	Anna Shlomina Jordan Mekhanji Elizaveta Rebrova Maria Kholodilova
2008	Sunny Beach , Bulgaria	Alexander Daskalov Hanzhi Zhu Milan Abel Lopuhaa	Anand Natarajan Matej Yanicki Morris Elper Dmitry Perevozchikov Lukas Tsegela Andrey Nikulin Marcin Filar	Guy Tabachnik Chun Kyu Gang Radoslav Burny Diana Sofronieva Jeffrey Lim Karol Konaszynski Jordan Mekhanji Rebecca Jacobs Tatyana Polevaya Georgi Rangelov
2009	Wroclaw , Poland	Diana Sofronieva Lukas Tsegela	Vitaliy Pavlenko Andrey Nikulin Jordan Mekhanji Arthur Semenyuk Irene Tamm Lukas Kalinowski Vitold Malecki Aakanksha Sarda Rebecca Jacobs	Deiana Kamburova Shimon Musel Elena Volkova Laura Adamson Alan Juan Ben caller Tomasz Dobrzycki John Berman Jung Yip Lee Sergey Bernstein Hye Chin Ryu
2010	Stockholm , Sweden	Vadim Tukh Andrey Nikulin Ben Sklyaroff	Martin Camacho Damien Jiang Tianyi Daria Vasilieva Allen Yuan Alexey Pegushev Lukas Kalinowski Krzysztof Pavlak Daniel Rutsky Maciej Dulemba	Miriam Parve Miroslav Manolov Alexander Irita Alan Chan Vitaliy Pavlenko Arthur Semenyuk Mona Teppor Jacob Park Diana Glazova Shimon Kanonovich Roman Stasinski Ellen Sinot Yunus Porteus Ana Pavlovich Song Ji Un
2011	Pittsburgh , USA	Morris Alper Eva Lotta Kesper Daria Vasilieva Alexey Kozlov	Wesley Jones Allen Yuan Ekaterina Malina Anton Sokolov Alexander Wade Victor Valov Duligur Ibeling Paul Lau	Min Que Kim Elena Rykunova Arthur Semenyuk Hyun park Rock Kaufman Vadim Tukh Daniel Mitropolsky Nick Moore Daniel Rutsky Aaron Klein Dimitar of Christ Mikhail Afanasyev Ralph Ahi
2012	Ljubljana , Slovenia	Anton Sokolov Alexander Wade Vadim Tukh Anderson Wang Konrad Myszkowski Jonathan Hongsun Kim Marine Ivanov Christian Kostadinov	Darryl Woo Allan Sadun Eva Lotta Kesper Tom white Daniel Rutsky Aaron Klein Ilya Pogodaev Max Allmendinger Ivan Tadeu Ferreira Antounis Filho Rock Kaufman Sagar Sarda Hong Boom Choi Ji Wook Kim	Pedro Nevis Lapis Magdalena Dakeva Eric Andersen Ants Oscar Meesalu Omri Faraggi Anna Sarukhanova Melanie Duncan Baihuang lee Anita Mujumdar Yash Sinha Esther Scheinkman Amelia Shaye Lim Gene Mette Triin Purde Edita Gaizik Anne Ng Yin-Yi Eric Tamre
2013	Manchester , UK	Alexander Wade Anton Sokolov Matthias Medek Gabriel Alvis da Silva Dinis Michal Hadrishch Willow Gumnishka Esther Scheinkman	Omri Faraggi Yash Sinha Polina Pleshak Kuzma Smirnov Martina sieba Aaron Klein Irika Arrick Boryana Hadzhisk Ivan Zverev Huysu Yun Jeffrey Ling Julia Markova	Nilai Sarda Vesko Milev Marine Ivanov Ivan Lutskanov Jacob Karlsson Lagerros Tom McCoy Martina Jude Ants Oscar Meesalu Milena Velikova Jong Young Choi Ekaterina Novikova Maciej Kuharski Daniel Lovsted Maximilian Schindler Jiyun Sung Sarah Tam Ruling Jan Bayer
2014	Beijing China	Milos Mazurkevich-Dubenski Darryl Woo Daniel Lovsted Elysia Warner Anastasia Dmitrieva Danila Shumsky Dan Mircea Mirja	Ada Melentieva Catherine Woo Chen Tianlu Yang huan Alexander Babiak Zhang Ming Lara Yerman Chen Run Kaisuke yamara Stanislav Wilczinski Hampus Eric David Lane Daven Lahotti Xue Dailin	Anindya Sharma Elena Chaparova Maciej Kotsot Matthias Medek Rajan dalal Yojin Jang Dmitry Zelensky Annika Kluge Emma Christina Johansen Kevin Matthew Lee Gleb Nikolaev James Alexander Blockham James Matthew Abel Julia Markova Shonit Koroleva Elishka Freibergerova Yang Hazhan Vitaly Gusev Glen Ye Same Hong Simone Yusuan Huang Maria Aristova
2015	Blagoevgrad , Bulgaria	James Wedgwood Samuel Ahmed James Alexander Blockham Danil Panev Kevin Young Liam McKnight Ada Melentieva	Kevin Matthew Lee Yin Ming Po Connor Stewart Roy Valentin Dimov Daniil Vedeneev Stanislav Freylak Zhiu Xu Julin Gau Dan Mircea Mirja Katarzyna Kowalska Ralitsa Darjonova Anthony Bracey Ivan Oleksyuk Theodora-Elena Solovan Jan Peter Zhuvan Ren Tina Vladimirova	Balint Ugrin Nilai Sarda Petr Gaygitsa Zdravko Ivanov Anastasia Alyokhina Pim Speler Naomi Solomons Anna Tatarenko Jay Young Aalok Milind Sath Anthony Bruce Ma Diana Murzagalieva Luke Gardiner Nadezhda Dimitrova Radina Dobreva Emma McLean Irina Chesnokova Isabelle Yen Matia Lovshin Naoki Nishiyama Samvida Sudhesh Venkates Timur Davilov

Team Winners

room	Year	A place	Gold	Silver	Bronze	The best overall result on an individual tour
one	2003	Borovets , Bulgaria	Netherlands	Saint Petersburg, Russia)	Russia Moscow)	Netherlands
2	2004	Moscow , Russia	Saint Petersburg, Russia)	Latvia	Bulgaria-1	Bulgaria-1
3	2005	Leiden , the Netherlands	Netherlands	Russia Moscow)	Saint Petersburg, Russia)	Bulgaria-1
four	2006	Tartu , Estonia	Bulgaria-2	Netherlands	Poland-1	Bulgaria-1
five	2007	Saint Petersburg ( Zelenogorsk ), Russia	USA-2 Russia Moscow)	Bulgaria-1 Bulgaria-2	Not handed	Estonia
6	2008	Sunny Beach , Bulgaria	USA-2 Bulgaria East	Netherlands USA-1	Not handed	USA
7	2009	Wroclaw , Poland	USA red	South Korea-1	Russia Moscow)	Russia Moscow)
eight	2010	Stockholm , Sweden	Latvia	Russia Moscow)	Poland-2	Usa blue
9	2011	Pittsburgh , USA	USA red	Saint Petersburg, Russia)	Russia Moscow)	USA red
ten	2012	Ljubljana , Slovenia	Usa blue	Netherlands	Poland-2	Saint Petersburg, Russia)
eleven	2013	Manchester , UK	USA red	Saint Petersburg, Russia)	Bulgaria-1 Romania	USA red
12	2014	Beijing China	USA red	Russia 1	Russia 2	USA red
13	2015	Blagoevgrad , Bulgaria	UK-west	USA red	Poland white Netherlands