USA Earns First Place at 65th International Mathematical Olympiad
JULY 20, 2024

Washington, DC—The United States team, sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America’s American Mathematics Competitions (MAA AMC), has secured First Place in the 65th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), held from July 11 to 22, 2024, in Bath, United Kingdom. The six high school team members also received medals for their outstanding individual performances.

The IMO is the world’s premier high school mathematics competition, attracting the best young mathematicians from around the globe. This year, 108 countries and 609 students competed. The US team scored 192 points, earning them first place. Individual scores are based on solutions to six challenging problems. Notably, US team members Alexander Wang and Jessica Wan placed in the top five individual rankings (third and fifth places, respectively).

The 2024 USA IMO Team members are:
Jordan Lefkowitz, 17 (Connecticut)
Krishna Pothapragada, 18 (Illinois)
Jessica Wan, 18 (Florida)
Alexander Wang, 16 (New Jersey)
Qiao (Tiger) Zhang, 16 (California)
Linus Tang, 18 (California)

Team USA (left to right) — Jessica Wan, Alexander Wang, Tiger Zhang, Jordan Lefkowitz, Carl Schildkraut (Deputy Leader), Krishna Pothapragada, Linus Tang

Jessica Wan’s inclusion marks a significant milestone. She is the first young woman to join the USA IMO team since 2007.

The US team is expertly guided by coach John Berman and deputy coach Carl Schildkraut after completing intensive training at the MAA Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program, designed and run by former USA IMO leader Po-Shen Loh.

Students qualify for the USA IMO team through a series of competitions organized by the MAA AMC. A special thanks to Jane Street for supporting this year’s team!

Each year, approximately 300,000 K-12 students from over 6,000 schools and learning centers worldwide participate in these competitions. Participants from the MAA AMC program are also featured on other countries’ IMO teams, including Canada and Pakistan.

For more information on MAA AMC, including how to host a competition, participate, and other ways to get involved, please visit maa.org/amc.

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美国获得今年奥数比赛第一名，中国第二、韩国第三、印度第四、白俄罗斯第五。美国队六个队员四个华裔，这回没被华裔全包了。

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刚刚，中国IMO奥数憾失第一，五连冠统治被美国队终结

意外！全球奥数终极对决，第65届IMO，中国队以2分之差，憾失团体第一……
卫冕失败，“五连冠”被终结。

此次中国6位选手共摘得5金1银，总分190分，团体排名第二，位列美国队之后。
中国队共计在IMO上拿下过24次第一；过去连续5年，中国队都坐上了团体冠军的宝座，堪比乒乓球一样的统治力。
但现在，王座易主，“中国二队”上位。
不过，不过遗憾之外，今年中国六位选手中，出现了继罗炜、付云皓、韦东奕之后，中国队有史以来第4位IMO双满分（连续两年获得满分）选手：
来自浙江省诸暨市海亮高级中学的史皓嘉。
本次IMO他以个人总分第一获得金牌，也是全场唯一满分选手。

除此之外，印度队首次排名第四（去年第九），瑞典队一银三铜两荣誉奖久违地6人全部拿奖，都引发了不小的关注。