British Mathematical Olympiad

International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

The UK has been competing at the IMO since 1967. Since 1991 this participation has been organised by the BMOC/BMOS; each year, a Leader’s report is produced. Some other reports are also available where more than one report, or unofficial reports, were produced for a given year.

At the end of the Trinity olympiad training and selection camp, a squad of about ten people is selected, from which the final team of 6 and a first reserve are selected at the IMO selection camp at the end of May.

At the IMO, there are two papers, each of three questions, with each question marked out of 7 points. For past papers, see the official IMO site.

IMO year Country Dates Team Leader’s report
IMO 1967 Yugoslavia 3–12 July HTML
IMO 1968 USSR 5–18 July HTML
IMO 1969 Romania 5–20 July HTML
IMO 1970 Hungary 8–22 July HTML
IMO 1971 Czechoslovakia 10–21 July HTML
IMO 1972 Poland 5–17 July HTML
IMO 1973 USSR 5–16 July HTML
IMO 1974 East Germany 4–17 July HTML
IMO 1975 Bulgaria 3–16 July HTML
IMO 1976 Austria 7–21 July HTML
IMO 1977 Yugoslavia 1–13 July HTML
IMO 1978 Romania 3–10 July HTML
IMO 1979 United Kingdom 30 June–9 July HTML
(1980) Luxembourg 8–13 July HTML or scanned PDF
(1980) Finland wanted
IMO 1981 U.S.A. 8–20 July wanted
IMO 1982 Hungary 5–14 July HTML or scanned PDF
IMO 1983 France 1–12 July wanted
IMO 1984 Czechoslovakia 29 June–11 July HTML or scanned PDF
IMO 1985 Finland 1–11 July HTML or scanned PDF
IMO 1986 Poland 4–15 July HTML or scanned PDF
IMO 1987 Cuba 5–16 July HTML or scanned PDF
IMO 1988 Australia 9–21 July HTML or scanned PDF
IMO 1989 West Germany 13–24 July HTML or scanned PDF
IMO 1990 China 9–19 July HTML or scanned PDF
IMO 1991 Sweden 12–23 July HTML or scanned PDF
IMO 1992 Russia 10–21 July HTML or scanned PDF
IMO 1993 Turkey 13–24 July HTML or PDF
IMO 1994 Hong Kong 8–20 July HTML or scanned PDF
IMO 1995 Canada 13–25 July HTML or scanned PDF
IMO 1996 India 5–17 July HTML or PDF
IMO 1997 (home) Argentina 18–31 July HTML or PDF
IMO 1998 Taiwan 10–21 July HTML or PDF
IMO 1999 Romania 10–22 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2000 South Korea 13–25 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2001 U.S.A. 1–14 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2002 United Kingdom 19–30 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2003 Japan 7–19 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2004 Greece 6–18 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2005 Mexico 8–19 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2006 (home) Slovenia 6–18 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2007 Vietnam 19–31 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2008 (home) Spain 10–22 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2009 Germany 10–22 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2010 Kazakhstan 2–14 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2011 Netherlands 13–24 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2012 (home) Argentina 4–16 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2013 Colombia 18–28 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2014 South Africa 3–13 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2015 (home) Thailand 4–16 July HTML or PDF
IMO 2016 Hong Kong 6–16 July PDF
IMO 2017 (home) Brazil 12–23 July PDF
IMO 2018 (home) Romania 3–14 July PDF
IMO 2019 (home) United Kingdom 11–22 July PDF
IMO 2020 (home) Russia 19–28 September virtual event because of COVID-19 pandemic
IMO 2021 (home) Russia 14–24 July PDF; virtual event because of COVID-19 pandemic
IMO 2022 (home) Norway 6–16 July
IMO 2023 (home) Japan 2–13 July PDF
IMO 2024 (home) United Kingdom 11–22 July
IMO 2025 (home) Australia 10–20 July
IMO 2026 China
IMO 2027 Hungary
IMO 2028 Saudi Arabia

Some past UK IMO selection tests are available.