The International Astronomy Olympiad

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The International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO) is an annual astronomy educational event for 14-18 year olds from different countries, including an intellectual competition. But a exception happened in 2017, a boy from Bangladesh named Abdullah Al Junayed, aged 14, received Diploma I at the XXII International Astronomy Olympiad. Although he was a remote contestant with a guest recording, he excelled in the competition.

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Diploma I of XXII International Astronomy Olympiad

International Astronomy Olympiad is one of the international Olympiad for schoolchildren. One of the main tasks of the IAO is to attract talented young people around the globe to solve the problems of astronomy and natural sciences.

Logo of IAO

The Olympiad is held annually during the first two months of astronomical autumn at an observatory, scientific research centre (city) or institute of one of the participating countries. The Olympiad is held in 3 rounds: theoretical, observational and practical.

The Olympiad is designed for schoolchildren of adolescence, when interest in astronomy is most actively developing. Then preparation for participation still represents useful and targeted training, without becoming an end in itself and a kind of training. This is the fundamental idea of ​​the International Astronomy Olympiad.

Teams from Armenia, Bulgaria, Brazil, China, Crimea, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Moscow, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Thailand, Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Ukraine, Estonia, United States of America participated in the International Astronomy Olympiads. While Estonia, Moscow and Crimea have separate teams.

Affiliated Olympiad: Asia-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APA).

List of Olympiads

XX century

Olympiad number Year Dates Country or Territory City Number of participating countries Number of observer countries
I 1996 November 1-9 Russia Nizhny Arkhyz 4 1
II 1997 21-28 October Russia Nizhny Arkhyz 4 0
III 1998 20-27 October Russia Nizhny Arkhyz 5 1
IV 1999 25 September - 2 October Crimea Scientific 7 2
V 2000 20-27 October Russia Nizhny Arkhyz 8 0

XXI century

Number
Olympiad 		Year Dates Time zone City Country or
territory 		Number
of participating countries 		Number of
observer countries
VI 2001 September 26 - October 3 UT+3 Scientific Crimea 7 2
VII 2002 October 22-29 UT+4 / UT+3 Nizhny Arkhyz Russia 11 -
VIII 2003 October 3-8 UT+2 Stockholm Sweden 13 2
IX 2004 October 1-9 UT+3 Simeiz Crimea 18 -
X 2005 October 25 - November 2 UT+8 Beijing China 15 2
XI 2006 November 10-19 UT+5:30 Bombay India 16 3
XII 2007 September 29 - October 7 UT+3 Simeiz Crimea 23 1
XIII 2008 October 13-21 UT+2 Trieste Italy 19 1
XIV 2009 November 8-16 UT+8 Hangzhou China 17 1
XV 2010 October 16-24 UT+3 Zander Crimea 19 -
XVI 2011 September 22-30 UT+6 Almaty Kazakhstan 19 2
XVII 2012 October 16-24 UT+9 Gwangju Korea 20 2
XVIII 2013 September 6-14 UT+3 Vilnius Lithuania 20 -
XIX 2014 October 12-21 UT+6 Bishkek - Cholpon-Ata Kyrgyzstan 17 -
XX 2015 October 15-23 UT+3 Kazan Russia 13 -
XXI 2016 October 5-13 UT+3 Smolyan-Pamporovo Bulgaria 16 -
XXII 2017 October 27 - November 4 UT+8 Weihai China 13 2
XXIII 2018 October 6-14 UT+5:30 Colombo Sri Lanka 19 -
XXIV 2019 October 19-27 UT+3 / UT+2 Piatra-Neamt Romania 20 -
XXV (IRAO) 2021 November 5-13 UT+1 Milan (IRAO) Italy 15 -
XXVI (IRAO) 2022 October 15-24 UT+2 / UT+1 Matera (IRAO) Italy 12 1

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