The European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) is a mathematical olympiad for girls which started in 2012, and is held in April each year. It was inspired by the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO).^[1][2] Although the competition is held in Europe, it is open to female participants from all over the world, and is considered the most prestigious mathematics competition for girls. In recent years, participants from around 55 countries have been invited to the competition.

Process and scoring

The competition is similar in style to the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), with two papers, each consisting of 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, making the maximum possible score 42 points.

The first edition was held in Cambridge, UK. Since then, 10 other countries in Europe have organized the EGMO. The number of participating countries have grown from 19 in the first edition to 57 in the eleventh edition, and the number of contestants from 61 in the first edition to 226 in the eleventh 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.

Medals are awarded according to this criterion:

• The top 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.

Summary

	Venue	Year	Date	Winner	Teams	Refs
1	Cambridge	2012	April 10 – April 16	Poland	19	[3]
2	Luxembourg City	2013	April 8 – April 14	Belarus  Serbia  United States	22	[4]
3	Antalya	2014	April 10 – April 16	Ukraine	29	[5]
4	Minsk	2015	April 14 – April 20	Ukraine	30	[6]
5	Busteni	2016	April 10 – April 16	Russia	39	[7]
6	Zürich	2017	April 6 – April 12	United States	44	[8]
7	Florence	2018	April 9 – April 15	Russia	52	[9]
8	Kyiv	2019	April 7 – April 13	United States	50	[10]
9	Egmond aan Zee	2020	April 15 – April 21	Russia	53	[11]
10	Kutaisi	2021	April 9 – April 15	Russia	55	[12]
11	Eger	2022	April 6 – April 12	United States	57	[13]
12	Portorož	2023	April 13 – April 19	China	55	[14]
13	Tskaltubo	2024	April 11 – April 17			[15]
14	Prishtina	2025				[16]

Medal table

The 61 countries that have won a medal are as follows:^[17]

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honorable Mentions
1	United States	31	12	5	0
2	Romania	16	25	10	0
3	Russia	16	4	0	0
4	Ukraine	15	22	8	1
5	Hungary	12	12	22	0
6	Serbia	12	9	17	7
7	Peru	9	6	2	2
8	Australia	9	5	5	3
9	Poland	8	21	15	1
10	United Kingdom	8	15	18	3
11	Bulgaria	6	23	14	3
12	Turkey	6	17	16	6
13	Belarus	6	10	23	4
14	Mexico	5	14	15	2
15	Japan	5	4	21	2
16	Israel	4	9	6	3
17	China	4	0	0	0
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	12	12	3
19	Kazakhstan	3	9	10	4
20	Georgia	3	8	8	7
21	Germany	3	6	9	3
22	Italy	2	10	25	5
23	France	2	10	16	7
24	Saudi Arabia	2	6	13	9
25	Slovakia	2	4	8	4
26	Czech Republic	2	3	11	9
27	Azerbaijan	2	0	8	8
28	Canada	1	8	7	4
29	Netherlands	1	6	14	12
30	Brazil	1	4	16	2
31	Croatia	1	4	4	4
32	Moldova	1	3	14	5
33	Lithuania	1	3	7	5
34	North Macedonia	1	2	9	13
35	Switzerland	0	6	12	10
36	India	0	4	14	3
37	Ireland	0	3	5	12
38	Belgium	0	3	3	12
39	Spain	0	3	2	5
40	Slovenia	0	2	8	12
41	Bangladesh	0	2	6	2
42	Latvia	0	1	7	10
43	Mongolia	0	1	7	3
44	Norway	0	1	6	6
45	Finland	0	1	4	2
46	Indonesia	0	1	4	0
47	Chile	0	1	1	2
48	Costa Rica	0	1	1	2
49	Kosovo	0	1	1	2
50	Ecuador	0	0	4	5
51	Austria	0	0	4	2
52	Greece	0	0	3	6
53	Luxembourg	0	0	3	6
54	Denmark	0	0	3	4
55	Iran	0	0	3	0
56	Cyprus	0	0	2	7
57	Tunisia	0	0	2	5
58	Tajikistan	0	0	2	5
59	Albania	0	0	1	11
60	Syria	0	0	1	1
61	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	0

The individuals with the most medals and appearances at the EGMO can be found on the "EGMO: Hall of Fame" section of the website.^[18] There have been 28 Perfect Scores (USA - 8, Russia and China- 4 each, Ukraine - 3, Serbia, Turkey - 2 each, UK, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Israel - 1 each) in the first 12 editions of the competition; 14 of them in the 2023 edition. Jelena Ivancic (Serbia) and Jessica Wan (USA) achieved two Perfect Scores.

Impact

Several international Olympiad competitions aimed at girls were launched, inspired by the success of the EGMO. These include:

• The European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI), an international programming competition, the first edition of which was held in Zurich, Switzerland.^[19]
• The Pan-American Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (PAGMO), the first edition organized virtually by a group of South American countries.^[20]

References

External links

• Official European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad Site
• 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