International Linguistics Olympiad

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International Linguistics Olympiad
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AbbreviationIOL
RegionInternational
Years2003 – present
Frequencyannual (every July-August)
Official websiteioling.org

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 Dates Webpage
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

  1. "Problems", official IOL website.

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