International Linguistics Olympiad

International Linguistics Olympiad
Abbreviation	IOL
Region	International
Years	2003 – present
Frequency	annual (every July-August)
Official website	ioling.org

Languages:

English 한국어

International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) is the largest international linguistics competition and is one of thirteen International Science Olympiads. It started in 2003 and is now held annually, traditionally between late July and mid-August.

History

The first linguistic olympiad for secondary school students was organized in 1965.

Eligibility

Participating teams will consist of no more than four contestants and will be accompanied by a team leader.

The contestants must be less than 20 years old on the first day of the competition, and must be pre-university students. Eligibility may be extended to students attending an affiliated school in another country or registered as home educated. Citizens living in another country may be eligible for inclusion in the team, at the discretion of the National Organizers. (However, the norm is that contestants will represent the country where they live/are educated.)

Contestants should be chosen on the basis of participation in a country-wide contest in linguistics or a related field held by a recognized national organization (including that of another country), open to any resident of the country obtaining their education in the country.This contest should be held in a language of education in that country and should not exclude from participation any students who would otherwise be eligible. It will therefore normally be held in (one of) the official language(s) of the country. Contestants who are eligible for multiple qualifying contests may compete in only one such competition.

Format

IOL consists of individual and team contests.

Individual Contest

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Team Contest

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Awards

Individual Contest

Gold Medal, Silver Medal, Bronze Medal. Honorable Mentions.

Team Contest

Gold Trophy, Silver Trophy, Bronze Trophy. Honorable Mentions.

Best Solutions

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Hall of Fame

Repeated medalists. Dream Team.

Problems

Problems and solutions of IOL are published after the event every year on the official website of IOL.^[1]

Past contests

No.	Year	Location	Country	Dates		Countries	Participants	Webpage	Problems
1	2003	Borovets	Bulgaria	September 6	September 12	6	33	Link	Link
2	2004	Moscow	Russia	July 31	August 2	7	43	Link	Link
3	2005	Leiden	Netherlands	August 8	August 12	9	50	Link	Link
4	2006	Tartu	Estonia	August 1	August 6	9	51	Link	Link
5	2007	Saint Petersburg	Russia	July 31	August 4	9	61	Link	Link
6	2008	Slantchev Bryag	Bulgaria	August 4	August 9	11	63	Link	Link
7	2009	Wrocław	Poland	July 26	July 31	17	86	Link	Link
8	2010	Stockholm	Sweden	July 19	July 24	18	99	Link	Link
9	2011	Pittsburgh	United States	July 24	July 30	19	102	Link	Link
10	2012	Ljubljana	Slovenia	July 29	August 4	26	131	Link	Link
11	2013	Manchester	United Kingdom	July 22	July 26	26	138	Link	Link
12	2014	Beijing	China	July 21	July 25	28	152	Link	Link
13	2015	Blagoevgrad	Bulgaria	July 20	July 24	29	166	Link	Link
14	2016	Mysore	India	July 25	July 29	31	167	Link	Link
15	2017	Dublin	Ireland	July 31	August 4	29	180	Link	Link
16	2018	Prague	Czechia	July 25	July 31	29	192	Link	Link
17	2019	Yongin	Republic of Korea	July 29	August 2	35	209	Link	Link
–	2020	Ventspils	Latvia	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
18	2021	Ventspils	Latvia	July 19	July 23			Link

Future Hosts

List of Future Hosts of IOL (provisional)
No.	Year	Location	Country
19	2022	Casltetown	Isle of Man
20	2023	TBA	Hungary
201	204	TBA	Brazil

Participating countries

This table contains incomplete or incorrect data.

Country	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Sum
Australia							1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	11
Bangladesh													1	1	1			3
Brazil									2	1	1	1		1	1	2	2	8
Bulgaria	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	17
Canada									1	1	1	1	1	1				6
Canada Anglophone															1	1	1	3
Canada Francophone															1	1	1	3
China										2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	8
Czechia	1									1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	9
Denmark																1	1	2
Estonia	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	17
Finland			1	1												1	1	4
France													1					1
Germany						1	1	1		1						1	1	6
Greece										1		1						2
Hungary										1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	8
India							1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2+1	1	2	2	10
Ireland							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	11
Isle of Man											1	1	1	1	2	1	1	7
Israel										1								1
Japan										1	1		2	2	2	2	2	7
Kazakhstan													2	2	2	2	2	5
Latvia	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	17
Lithuania				1														1
Malaysia																2	2	2
Nepal																	1	1
Netherlands	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	17
Norway								1										1
Pakistan												1		1				2
Poland		1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	16
Republic of Korea						2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2+1	11
Romania			1							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
Russia	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	17
Serbia		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1							10
Singapore								1	1	1	1	1	1					6
Slovenia						1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12
Spain					1							1	1	1	1			5
Sweden					1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	13
Taiwan														2	2	2	2	4
Turkey											1		1	1	1			4
Ukraine												1	2	1	2	1	1	6
United Arab Emirates									1									1
United Kingdom (UK)							1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	11
USA					2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	13
Uzbekistan																	1	1
Vietnam									1									1
Countries competing	6	7	8	9	9	12	16	17	18	23	24	26	28	29	29	30	31

References

↑ "Problems", official IOL website.

External links

[1] "Problems", official IOL website.

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