International Physics Olympiad
physics competition for high-school students
The International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) is a physics competition for secondary school students and is one of the International Olympiads. The main aim of IPhO is to test the highest level of knowledge, critical thinking, problem solving, right practices of presentation and analysis, and hands-on skills in theoretical and experimental physics.
The first IPhO was organized by Prof. Czesław Ścisłowski in Warsaw (Poland) in 1967. Since then, the Olympiad has been organized annually in different countries as a 9-10-days competition wherein national teams comprising a maximum of five of their best physics students and two team leaders participate.[1]
Overview
change| Number | Year | Host Country | Host City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1967 | Poland | Warsaw |
| 2 | 1968 | Hungary | Budapest |
| 3 | 1969 | Czechoslovakia | Brno |
| 4 | 1970 | Soviet Union | Moscow |
| 5 | 1971 | Bulgaria | Sofia |
| 6 | 1972 | Romania | Bucharest |
| 1973 | Not held as no country was willing to organise it. | ||
| 7 | 1974 | Poland | Warsaw |
| 8 | 1975 | East Germany | Güstrow |
| 9 | 1976 | Hungary | Budapest |
| 10 | 1977 | Czechoslovakia | Hradec Králové |
| 1978 | Not held as no non-socialist country was ready to organise the competition without a prior, necessary long-time preparation effort. | ||
| 11 | 1979 | Soviet Union | Moscow |
| 1980 | Not held as no non-socialist country was ready to organise the competition without a prior, necessary long-time preparation effort. | ||
| 12 | 1981 | Bulgaria | Varna |
| 13 | 1982 | West Germany | Malente |
| 14 | 1983 | Romania | Bucharest |
| 15 | 1984 | Sweden | Sigtuna |
| 16 | 1985 | Yugoslavia | Portorož |
| 17 | 1986 | United Kingdom | London-Harrow |
| 18 | 1987 | East Germany | Jena |
| 19 | 1988 | Austria | Bad Ischl |
| 20 | 1989 | Poland | Warsaw |
| 21 | 1990 | Netherlands | Groningen |
| 22 | 1991 | Cuba | Havana |
| 23 | 1992 | Finland | Helsinki |
| 24 | 1993 | United States | Williamsburg |
| 25 | 1994 | China | Beijing |
| 26 | 1995 | Australia | Canberra |
| 27 | 1996 | Norway | Oslo |
| 28 | 1997 | Canada | Sudbury |
| 29 | 1998 | Iceland | Reykjavík |
| 30 | 1999 | Italy | Padova |
| 31 | 2000 | United Kingdom | Leicester |
| 32 | 2001 | Turkey | Antalya |
| 33 | 2002 | Indonesia | Bali |
| 34 | 2003 | Taiwan | Taipei |
| 35 | 2004 | South Korea | Pohang |
| 36 | 2005 | Spain | Salamanca |
| 37 | 2006 | Singapore | Singapore |
| 38 | 2007 | Iran | Isfahan |
| 39 | 2008 | Vietnam | Hanoi |
| 40 | 2009 | Mexico | Mérida |
| 41 | 2010 | Croatia | Zagreb |
| 42 | 2011 | Thailand | Bangkok |
| 43 | 2012 | Estonia | Tartu and Tallinn |
| 44 | 2013 | Denmark | Copenhagen |
| 45 | 2014 | Kazakhstan | Astana |
| 46 | 2015 | India | Mumbai |
| 47 | 2016 | Switzerland and Liechtenstein | Zurich |
| 48 | 2017 | Indonesia | Yogyakarta |
| 49 | 2018 | Portugal | Lisbon |
| 50 | 2019 | Israel | Tel Aviv |
| 2020 | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A Russia-organized IdPhO 2020 was held instead as an IPhO endorsed event. | ||
| 51 | 2021 | Lithuania | Vilnius (online) |
| 52 | 2022 | Switzerland | Held online; Belarus was supposed to be host but cancelled due to involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 53 | 2023 | Japan | Tokyo |
| 54 | 2024 | Iran | Isfahan |
| 55 | 2025 | France | TBD |
| 56 | 2026 | Colombia | TBD |
| 57 | 2027 | Hungary | TBD |
| 58 | 2028 | South Korea | TBD |
| 59 | 2029 | Ecuador | TBD[2] |
References
change- ↑ "The International Physics Olympiad". www.ipho-new.org.
- ↑ "IPho - Documentations". Retrieved 2022-08-13.
