Thailand at the International Science Olympiads

Thailand first participated at the International Science Olympiad (ISO)—a group of academic competitions for secondary school students—in 1989, when it sent representatives to compete in the International Mathematical Olympiad in Germany. Since then, it has expanded to send representatives to every branch of the annual competition.

Selection as the country's representatives for the ISO is highly competitive, and involves multiple steps of examinations and academic training camps organised by the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology (IPST) and the Promotion of Academic Olympiads and Development of Science Education Foundation (POSN). Country representatives are awarded international scholarships for undergraduate and graduate studies in their fields.^[1]

In addition to the International Mathematical Olympiad, Thailand first sent representatives to the International Physics Olympiad and International Chemistry Olympiad in 1990, the International Olympiad in Informatics and International Biology Olympiad in 1991, the International Astronomy Olympiad and International Junior Science Olympiad, and the International Geography Olympiad in 2015. Thailand will first send representatives to the International Philosophy Olympiad in 2018.^[2]

Hosted Olympiad[edit]

Olympiads	Host city
1995 International Biology Olympiad	Bangkok
1999 International Chemistry Olympiad	Bangkok
2007 International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics	Chiang Mai
2011 International Physics Olympiad	Bangkok
2011 International Olympiad in Informatics	Pattaya
2015 International Mathematical Olympiad	Chiang Mai
2017 International Chemistry Olympiad	Nakhon Pathom
2017 International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics	Phuket
2018 International Earth Science Olympiad	Kanchanaburi
2023 International Junior Science Olympiad	Bangkok

Medal tables[edit]

International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)[edit]

Olympiads	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honours	Total	Rank
Braşov 1959	Did not participate
Sinaia 1960
Veszprém 1961
České Budějovice 1962
Wrocław 1963
Moscow 1964
Berlin 1965
Sofia 1966
Cetinje 1967
Moscow 1968
Bucharest 1969
Keszthely 1970
Žilina 1971
Toruń 1972
Moscow 1973
Erfurt 1974
Burgas 1975
Lienz 1976
Belgrade 1977
Bucharest 1978
London 1979
Washington 1981
Budapest 1982
Paris 1983
Prague 1984
Joutsa 1985
Warsaw 1986
Havanna 1987
Canberra 1988
Braunschweig 1989	0	0	1	2	3	–
Beijing 1990	0	0	2	2	4	–
Sigtuna 1991	0	1	1	3	5	–
Moscow 1992	0	1	0	0	1	–
Istanbul 1993	0	0	2	0	2	–
Hong Kong 1994	0	0	3	1	4	–
Toronto 1995	0	1	2	1	4	–
Mumbai 1996	0	0	1	2	3	–
Mar del Plata 1997	0	0	1	4	5	–
Taipei 1998	0	0	2	1	3	–
Bucharest 1999	0	0	3	0	3	–
Daejeon 2000	0	1	3	0	4	–
Washington 2001	0	2	2	0	4	–
Glasgow 2002	0	2	2	2	6	–
Tokyo 2003	1	1	3	1	6	–
Athens 2004	0	0	4	2	6	–
Mérida 2005	0	4	2	0	6	–
Ljubljana 2006	1	3	2	0	6	–
Hanoi 2007	1	3	2	0	6	–
Madrid 2008	2	3	1	0	6	–
Bremen 2009	1	5	0	0	6	–
Astana 2010	1	5	0	0	6	–
Amsterdam 2011	3	2	1	0	6	–
Mar del Plata 2012	3	3	0	0	6	–
Santa Marta 2013	1	4	1	0	6	–
Cape Town 2014	0	4	2	0	6	–
Chiang Mai 2015	2	3	1	0	6	–
Hong Kong 2016	2	2	1	1	6	–
Rio de Janeiro 2017	3	0	2	1	6	–
Cluj-Napoca 2018	3	3	0	0	6	–
Bath 2019	3	3	0	0	6	–
Saint Petersburg 2020	2	3	1	0	6	–
S aint Petersburg 2021	1	3	2	0	6	–
Oslo 2022	3	2	1	0	6	–
Chiba 2023	1	3	1	1	6	–
Total	31	64	52	24	171	–

International Physics Olympiad (IPhO)[edit]

Olympiads	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honours	Total	Rank
Warsaw 1967	Did not participate
Budapest 1968
Brno 1969
Moscow 1970
Sofia 1971
Bucharest 1972
Warsaw 1974
Güstrow 1975
Budapest 1976
Hradec Králové 1977
Moscow 1979
Varna 1981
Malente 1982
Bucharest 1983
Sigtuna 1984
Portorož 1985
London 1986
Jena 1987
Bad Ischl 1988
Warsaw 1989
Groningen 1990	0	0	0	0	0	−
Havana 1991	0	0	1	0	1	–
Helsinki 1992	0	0	1	0	1	–
Williamsburg 1993	0	0	0	1	1	–
Beijing 1994	0	0	0	0	0	−
Canberra 1995	0	0	0	0	0	−
Oslo 1996	0	0	0	2	2	–
Sudbury 1997	0	0	0	3	3	–
Reykjavík 1998	0	0	0	1	1	–
Padova 1999	0	0	1	2	3	–
Leicester 2000	0	0	0	1	1	–
Antalya 2001	0	0	1	3	4	–
Bali 2002	1	2	1	1	5	–
Taipei 2003	1	1	0	3	5	–
Pohang 2004	1	1	3	0	5	–
Salamanca 2005	2	2	1	0	5	–
Singapore 2006	1	4	0	0	5	–
Isfahan 2007	1	2	2	0	5	–
Hanoi 2008	3	2	0	0	5	–
Mérida 2009	1	4	0	0	5	–
Zagreb 2010	5	0	0	0	5	–
Bangkok 2011	3	1	1	0	5	–
Tallinn/Tartu 2012	3	1	1	0	5	–
Copenhagen 2013	3	2	0	0	5	–
Astana 2014	4	1	0	0	5	–
Mumbai 2015	1	4	0	0	5	–
/ Zürich 2016	2	3	0	0	5	–
Yogyakarta 2017	2	3	0	0	5	–
Lisbon 2018	1	4	0	0	5	–
Jerusalem 2019	1	3	1	0	5	–
Vilnius 2021	0	3	2	0	5	–
Switzerland 2022	0	5	0	0	5	–
Tokyo 2023	1	2	2	0	5	–
Total	37	50	18	17	122	–

International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO)[edit]

Olympiads	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honours	Total	Rank
Prague 1968	Did not participate
Katowice 1969
Budapest 1970
Moscow 1972
Sofia 1973
Bucharest 1974
Veszprém 1975
Halle 1976
Bratislava 1977
Toruń 1978
Leningrad 1979
Linz 1980
Burgas 1981
Stockholm 1982
Timişoara 1983
Frankfurt 1984
Bratislava 1985
Leiden 1986
Veszprém 1987
Espoo 1988
Halle 1989
Paris 1990	0	0	1	0	1	–
Łódź 1991	0	0	2	0	2	–
Pittsburgh/ Washington 1992	0	0	3	0	3	–
Perugia 1993	0	0	2	1	3	–
Oslo 1994	0	1	3	0	4	–
Beijing 1995	0	1	2	0	3	–
Moscow 1996	0	1	1	0	2	–
Montreal 1997	0	2	1	1	4	–
Melbourne 1998	0	1	2	1	4	–
Bangkok 1999	0	3	1	0	4	–
Copenhagen 2000	0	2	2	0	4	–
Mumbai 2001	1	2	1	0	4	–
Groningen 2002	3	1	0	0	4	–
Athens 2003	3	1	0	0	4	–
Kiel 2004	0	2	2	0	4	–
Taipei 2005	1	3	0	0	4	–
Gyeongsan 2006	1	2	1	0	4	–
Moscow 2007	1	3	0	0	4	–
Budapest 2008	1	3	0	0	4	–
Cambridge 2009	0	4	0	0	4	–
Tokyo 2010	3	1	0	0	4	–
Ankara 2011	2	2	0	0	4	–
Washington 2012	1	1	1	0	3	–
Moscow 2013	1	3	0	0	4	–
Hanoi 2014	1	3	0	0	4	–
Baku 2015	1	3	0	0	4	–
Tbilisi 2016	1	2	0	0	3	–
Nakhon Pathom 2017	2	2	0	0	4	–
Prague 2018/ Bratislava 2018	1	3	0	0	4	–
Paris 2019	1	3	0	0	4	–
Istanbul 2020	0	4	0	0	4	–
Osaka 2021	0	3	1	0	4	–
Tianjin 2022	0	4	0	0	4	–
Zürich 2023	1	2	1	0	4	–
Total	26	68	27	3	124	–

International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)[edit]

Olympiads	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honours	Total	Rank
Pravetz 1989	Did not participate
Minsk 1990	Did not participate
Athens 1991	0	1	2	0	3	–
Bonn 1992	2	1	1	0	4	–
Mendoza 1993	0	2	1	0	3	–
Haninge 1994	0	0	2	0	2	–
Eindhoven 1995	0	0	2	0	2	–
Veszprém 1996	0	2	1	0	3	–
Cape Town 1997	0	1	3	0	4	–
Setúbal 1998	0	1	2	0	3	–
Antalya 1999	1	0	2	0	3	–
Beijing 2000	0	3	1	0	4	–
Tampere 2001	0	1	3	0	4	–
Yongin 2002	0	0	3	0	3	–
Kenosha 2003	0	3	1	0	4	–
Athens 2004	1	1	2	0	4	–
Nowy Sącz 2005	2	2	0	0	4	–
Mérida 2006	0	0	3	0	3	–
Zagreb 2007	1	3	0	0	4	–
Cairo 2008	2	1	1	0	4	–
Plovdiv 2009	1	2	1	0	4	–
Waterloo 2010	1	2	1	0	4	–
Pattaya 2011	2	1	1	0	4	–
Sirmione/ Montichiari 2012	0	0	4	0	4	–
Brisbane 2013	0	1	2	0	3	–
Taipei 2014	2	0	2	0	4	–
Almaty 2015	0	4	0	0	4	–
Kazan 2016	0	1	3	0	4	–
Tehran 2017	0	1	3	0	4	–
Tsukuba 2018	0	1	3	0	4	–
Baku 2019	0	1	2	0	3	–
Singapore 2020	0	0	4	0	4	–
Singapore 2021	0	0	1	0	1	–
Yogyakarta 2022	0	0	1	1	2	–
Szeged 2023	0	0	2	0	2	–
Total	15	36	65	1	117	–

International Biology Olympiad (IBO)[edit]

Olympiads	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honours	Total	Rank
Olomouc 1990	Did not participate
Makhachkala 1991	0	1	3	0	4	–
Poprad 1992	1	2	1	0	4	–
Utrecht 1993	0	0	3	0	3	–
Varna 1994	0	0	2	0	2	–
Bangkok 1995	3	1	0	0	4	–
Artek 1996	0	0	4	0	4	–
Ashgabat 1997	0	3	1	0	4	–
Kiel 1998	1	3	0	0	4	–
Uppsala 1999	1	0	3	0	4	–
Antalya 2000	0	3	1	0	4	–
Brussels 2001	2	1	1	0	4	–
Jūrmala/Riga 2002	1	3	0	0	4	–
Minsk 2003	3	1	0	0	4	–
Brisbane 2004	1	3	0	0	4	–
Beijing 2005	3	1	0	0	4	–
Río Cuarto 2006	3	1	0	0	4	–
Saskatoon 2007	2	2	0	0	4	–
Mumbai 2008	3	1	0	0	4	–
Tsukuba 2009	1	3	0	0	4	–
Changwon 2010	3	1	0	0	4	–
Taipei 2011	2	2	0	0	4	–
Singapore 2012	2	1	1	0	4	–
Bern 2013	2	2	0	0	4	–
Bali 2014	2	2	0	0	4	–
Aarhus 2015	1	3	0	0	4	–
Hanoi 2016	1	2	1	0	4	–
Coventry 2017	0	1	3	0	4	–
Tehran 2018	0	4	0	0	4	–
Szeged 2019	1	2	1	0	4	–
Nagasaki 2020	1	0	3	0	4	–
Lisbon 2021	1	3	0	0	4	–
Yerevan 2022	2	2	0	0	4	–
Al Ain 2023	0	4	0	0	4	–
Total	43	58	28	0	129	–

*IBO 2020 Special Award: The 3D Reconstruction Award (Practical 1: Animal Physiology)

International Philosophy Olympiad (IPO)[edit]

Olympiads	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honours	Total	Rank
Smolyan 1993	Did not participate
Petrich 1994
Stara Zagora 1995
Istanbul 1996
Warsaw 1997
Braşov 1998
Budapest 1999
Münster 2000
Philadelphia 2001
Tokyo 2002
Buenos Aires 2003
Seoul 2004
Warsaw 2005
Cosenza 2006
Antalya 2007
Iaşi 2008
Helsinki 2009
Athens 2010
Vienna 2011
Oslo 2012
Odense 2013
Vilnius 2014
Tartu 2015
Ghent 2016
Rotterdam 2017
Bar 2018	0	0	0	1	1	–
Rome 2019	0	0	0	0	0	–
Lisbon 2022	0	0	1	1	2	-
Total	0	0	1	2	3	–

International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO)[edit]

Olympiads	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Arkhyz 1996	Did not participate
Arkhyz 1997
Arkhyz 1998
Nauchnyj 1999
Arkhyz 2000
Nauchnyj 2001
Arkhyz 2002
Stockholm 2003
Simeiz 2004	0	1	0	1	–
Beijing 2005	0	0	1	1	–
Mumbai 2006	0	1	2	3	–
Simeiz 2007	0	0	1	1	–
Trieste 2008	0	1	1	2	–
Hangzhou 2009	0	0	0	0	−
Sudak 2010	1	2	0	3	–
Almaty 2011	0	2	1	3	–
Gwangju 2012	0	1	2	3	–
Vilnius 2013	0	2	1	3	–
Bishkek/ Cholpon-Ata 2014	1	2	0	3	–
Kazan 2015	1	1	1	3	–
Smolyan/ Pamporovo 2016	0	2	1	3	–
Weihai 2017	0	1	2	3	–
Colmbo 2018	2	1	0	3	–
Piatra Niemt 2019	1	1	1	3
Total	6	18	14	38	–

International Geography Olympiad (IGeO)[edit]

Olympiads	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honours	Total	Rank
The Hague 1996	Did not participate
Lisbon 1998
Seoul 2000
Durban 2002
Gdańsk 2004
Brisbane 2006
Carthage 2008
Taipei 2010
Cologne 2012
Kyoto 2013
Kraków 2014
Tver 2015	0	1	3	0	4	–
Beijing 2016	2	1	1	0	4	–
Belgrade 2017	1	0	2	0	3	–
Quebec City 2018	0	0	4	0	4	–
Hong Kong 2019	0	0	3	0	3	–
Total	3	2	13	0	18	–

International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL)[edit]

Olympiads	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honours	Total	Rank
Borovets 2003	Did not participate
Moscow 2004
Leiden 2005
Tartu 2006
Saint Petersburg 2007
Sunny Beach 2008
Wrocław 2009
Stockholm 2010
Pittsburgh 2011
Ljubljana 2012
Manchester 2013
Beijing 2014
Blagoevgrad 2015
Mysore 2016
Dublin 2017
Prague 2018
Yongin 2019
Ventspils 2021
Castletown 2022	0	0	1	1	2	–
Bansko 2023	0	1	0	1	2	–
Total	0	1	1	2	4	–

International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO)[edit]

Olympiads	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honours	Total	Rank
Jakarta 2004	2	4	0	0	6	–
Yogyakarta 2005	0	6	0	0	6	–
São Paulo 2006	1	5	0	0	6	–
Taipei 2007	0	3	3	0	6	–
Gyeongsangnam-do 2008	2	4	0	0	6	–
Baku 2009	3	3	0	0	6	–
Abuja 2010	2	4	0	0	6	–
Durban 2011	3	3	0	0	6	–
Teheran 2012	2	3	1	0	6	–
Mumbai 2013	5	1	0	0	6	–
Mendoza 2014	5	1	0	0	6	–
Daegu 2015	2	4	0	0	6	–
Bali 2016	1	5	0	0	6	–
Arnhem/Nijmegen 2017	1	5	0	0	6	–
Gaborone 2018	4	2	0	0	6	–
Doha 2019	4	2	0	0	6	–
Frankfurt 2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19
Dubai 2021	2	4	0	0	6	–
Bogota 2022	1	4	1	0	6	–
Bangkok 2023	4	2	0	0	6	–
Total	44	65	5	0	114	–

International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA)[edit]

Olympiads	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honours	Total	Rank
Chiang Mai 2007	3	2	0	0	5	–
Bandung 2008	1	0	1	3	5	–
Tehran 2009	1	1	2	1	5	–
Beijing 2010	2	1	2	0	5	–
Katowice/Chorzów/ Kraków 2011	0	1	3	1	5	–
Rio de Janeiro 2012	1	0	3	1	5	–
Volos 2013	2	2	1	0	5	–
Suceava/ Gura Humorului 2014	0	2	3	0	5	–
Magelang 2015	1	0	3	1	5	–
Bhubaneswar 2016	0	2	3	0	5	–
Phuket 2017	2	2	1	0	5	–
Beijing 2018	0	3	2	0	5	–
Keszthely 2019	0	3	2	0	5	–
Total	13	19	26	7	65	–

International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO)[edit]

Olympiads	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honours	Total	Rank
Yeongwol 2007	Did not participate
Manila 2008	Did not participate
Taipei 2009	0	1	2	0	3	–
Yogyakarta 2010	0	3	1	0	4	–
Modena 2011	1	3	0	0	4	–
Buenos Aires 2012	0	2	2	0	4	–
Mysore 2013	1	3	0	0	4	–
Santander 2014	2	2	0	0	4	–
Minas Gerais 2015	1	1	2	0	4	–
Mie 2016	0	0	3	0	3	–
French Riviera 2017	0	2	2	0	4	–
Kanchanaburi 2018	0	2	2	0	4	–
Daegu 2019	0	2	1	0	3	–
Tyumen 2021	1	2	1	0	4	–
Total	6	23	16	0	45	–

References[edit]

^ Trivitayakhun, Purich (24 August 2010). "Science prodigies". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ Hongsladarhom, Soruch (20 November 2017). "National selection test announcement for International Philosophy Olympiad". Philosophy and religion society of Thailand. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

External links[edit]

"ISO". International Science Olympiads.
"Olympic IPST". The Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology.
"POSN". The Promotion of Academic Olympiad and Development of Science Education Foundation.

[1] Trivitayakhun, Purich (24 August 2010). "Science prodigies". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[2] Hongsladarhom, Soruch (20 November 2017). "National selection test announcement for International Philosophy Olympiad". Philosophy and religion society of Thailand. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

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