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'''International Linguistics Olympiad''' ('''IOL''') is the largest international linguistics competition and is one of thirteen [[:wikipedia:International Science Olympiads|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===
...

===Team Contest===
...

==Awards==
===Individual Contest===
Gold Medal, Silver Medal, Bronze Medal. Honorable Mentions. 

===Team Contest===
Gold Trophy, Silver Trophy, Bronze Trophy. Honorable Mentions. 

===Best Solutions===
...

===Hall of Fame===
Repeated medalists. Dream Team.

==Problems==
{{See also|Problem:IOL}}
Problems and solutions of IOL are published after the event every year on the official website of IOL.<ref>[http://ioling.org/problems/ "Problems"], official IOL website.</ref>

==Past contests==
<!-- Past contests-->
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!No.
!Year
!Location
!Country
!colspan="2"|Dates
!Countries
!Participants
!Webpage
!Problems
|-
||1
| [[IOL 2003 Borovets|2003]]
| [[:wikipedia:Borovets|Borovets]]
| {{BGR}}
| September 6
| September 12
| 6
| 33
| [http://www.philol.msu.ru/~otipl/new/main/mol/sum-2003-en.php?page=0 Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2003 Link]
|-
||2
| [[IOL 2004 Moscow|2004]]
| [[:wikipedia:Moscow|Moscow]]
| {{RUS}}
| July 31
| August 2
| 7
| 43
| [http://www.philol.msu.ru/~otipl/new/main/mol/index-en.php Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2004 Link]
|-
||3
| [[IOL 2005 Leiden|2005]]
| [[:wikipedia:Leiden|Leiden]]
| {{NLD}}
| August 8
| August 12
| 9
| 50
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20090307100113/http://www.ilo3.leidenuniv.nl/ Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2005 Link]
|-
||4
| [[IOL 2006 Tartu|2006]]
| [[:wikipedia:Tartu|Tartu]]
| {{EST}}
| August 1
| August 6
| 9
| 51
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720130341/http://www.olympiaadid.ut.ee/ilo4/ Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2006 Link]
|-
||5
| [[IOL 2007 Saint Petersburg|2007]]
| [[:wikipedia:Saint Petersburg|Saint Petersburg]]
| {{RUS}}
| July 31
| August 4
| 9
| 61
| [https://archive.is/20121221134319/http://www.ilolympiad.spb.ru/ Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2007 Link]
|-
||6
| [[IOL 2008 Slantchev Bryag|2008]]
| [[:wikipedia:Slantchev Bryag|Slantchev Bryag]]
| {{BGR}}
| August 4
| August 9
| 11
| 63
| [http://iol6.linguistics-bg.com/index.php Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2008 Link]
|-
||7
| [[IOL 2009 Wrocław|2009]]
| [[:wikipedia:Wrocław|Wrocław]]
| {{POL}}
| July 26
| July 31
| 17
| 86
| [http://www.math.uni.wroc.pl/~msliw/lingw/iol/index.php Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2009 Link]
|- 
||8
| [[IOL 2010 Stockholm|2010]]
| [[:wikipedia:Stockholm|Stockholm]]
| {{SWE}}
| July 19
| July 24
| 18
| 99
| [http://www.iol.nu/ Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2010 Link]
|- 
||9
| [[IOL 2011 Pittsburgh|2011]]
| [[:wikipedia:Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh]]
| {{USA}}
| July 24
| July 30
| 19
| 102
| [http://www.ioling.org/2011/ Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2011 Link]
|-
||10
| [[IOL 2012 Ljubljana|2012]]
| [[:wikipedia:Ljubljana|Ljubljana]]
| {{SVN}}
| July 29
| August 4
| 26
| 131
| [http://www.ioling.org/2012/ Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2012 Link]
|- 
||11
| [[IOL 2013 Manchester|2013]]
| [[:wikipedia:Manchester|Manchester]]
| {{GBR}}
| July 22
| July 26
| 26
| 138
| [http://www.uklo.org/iol-2013 Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2013 Link]
|-
||12
| [[IOL 2014 Beijing|2014]]
| [[:wikipedia:Beijing|Beijing]]
| {{CHN}}
| July 21
| July 25
| 28
| 152
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20140731091609/http://ioling.itccc.org.cn/ Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2014 Link]
|-
||13
| [[IOL 2015 Blagoevgrad|2015]]
| [[:wikipedia:Blagoevgrad|Blagoevgrad]]
| {{BGR}}
| July 20
| July 24
| 29
| 166
| [http://iol13.linguistics-bg.com Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2015 Link]
|-
||14
| [[IOL 2016 Mysore|2016]]
| [[:wikipedia:Mysore|Mysore]]
| {{IND}}
| July 25
| July 29
| 31
| 167
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160112080851/http://iol14.plo-in.org/ Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2016 Link]
|-
|15
| [[IOL 2017 Dublin|2017]]
| [[:wikipedia:Dublin|Dublin]]
| {{IRL}}
| July 31
| August 4
| 29
| 180
| [http://www.iol2017.ie/ Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2017 Link]
|-
|16
| [[IOL 2018 Prague|2018]]
| [[:wikipedia:Prague|Prague]]
| {{CZE}}
| July 25
| July 31
| 29
| 192
| [http://iol.ff.cuni.cz Link]
| [http://www.ioling.org/problems/2018 Link]
|-
|17
| [[IOL 2019 Yongin|2019]]
| [[:wikipedia:Yongin|Yongin]]
| {{KOR}}
| July 29
| August 2
| 35
| 209
| [http://iol2019.com Link]
| [https://ioling.org/problems/2019 Link]
|-style="background: #FCC"
| –
| [[IOL 2020 Ventspils|2020]]
| [[:wikipedia:Ventspils|Ventspils]]
| {{LVA}}
| colspan="6"|''Cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''
|-
|18
| [[IOL 2021 Ventspils|2021]]
| [[:wikipedia:Ventspils|Ventspils]]
| {{LVA}}
| July 19
| July 23
| 
| 
| [https://iol2020.org Link]
| 
|}

== Future Hosts ==
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of Future Hosts of IOL (provisional)
!No.
!Year
!Location
!Country
! colspan="2" |Dates
!Webpage
|-
|19
|[[IOL 2022|2022]]
|Casltetown
|Isle of Man
|
|
|
|-
|20
|[[IOL 2023|2023]]
|TBA
|Hungary
|
|
|
|-
|201
|[[IOL 2024|204]]
|TBA
|Brazil
|
|
|
|}

== Participating countries==
This table contains incomplete or incorrect data.
{| class="wikitable"
! 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
| colspan="3" | 
| 6
|-
| Canada Anglophone
| colspan="14" | 
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 3
|-
| Canada Francophone
| colspan="14" | 
| 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==
<references />

==External links==

*[https://ioling.org/ Official IOL website]
*[https://www.facebook.com/international.linguistics.olympiad Facebook]
*[https://twitter.com/IOLing_official Twitter]

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