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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). 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 yet 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, 13 other countries in Europe have organized the EGMO. The number of participating countries has grown from 19 in the first edition to 57 in the eleventh edition, and the number of contestants from 70 in the first edition to 222 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 national Mathematical Olympiads and other Team Selection Tests (TSTs), 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	European country with most points	Overall most points	Teams	Refs
1	Cambridge	2012	April 10–16	Poland	Poland	19
2	Luxembourg	2013	April 8–14	Belarus Serbia	Belarus Serbia United States	22
3	Antalya	2014	April 10–16	Ukraine	Ukraine	29
4	Minsk	2015	April 14–20	Ukraine	Ukraine	30
5	Busteni	2016	April 10–16	Russia	Russia	39
6	Zurich	2017	April 6–12	Ukraine	United States	44
7	Florence	2018	April 9–15	Russia	Russia	52
8	Kyiv	2019	April 7–13	Ukraine	United States	50
9	Egmond aan Zee (online)	2020	April 15–21	Russia	Russia	53
10	Kutaisi (online)	2021	April 9–15	Russia	Russia	55
11	Eger (hybrid)	2022	April 6–12	Romania	United States	57
12	Portorož	2023	April 13–19	Ukraine	China	55
13	Tsqaltubo	2024	April 11–17	Ukraine	United States	54
14	Pristina	2025	April 11–17	Italy	China	56
15	Bordeaux	2026	April 9–15	Romania	China	67
16	Šibenik	2027	April 11–17
17	Vilnius	2028

Medal table

The 66 countries that have won a medal are as follows:

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

The individuals with the most medals and appearances at the EGMO can be found on the "EGMO: Hall of Fame" section of the website. There have been 28 perfect scores (USA - 8, Russia, China - 4 each, Ukraine - 3, Serbia, Turkey - 2 each, UK, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Israel - 1 each) in the first 13 editions of the competition.

At the 15th edition held in Bordeaux, France in April 2026, Shreya Shantanu Mundhada became the first Indian to win a gold medal at EGMO, as India secured its best-ever team ranking of 6th place among 67 participating countries, winning one gold, one silver, and one bronze medal

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 2021 in Zürich, Switzerland.
• The Pan-American Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (PAGMO), the first edition organized virtually by a group of South American countries.

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
• European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2025
• European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2026