International Philosophy Olympiad

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The International Philosophy Olympiad (IPO) is an international philosophy competition for high school students organized by the FISP (Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie) and supported by UNESCO. It was founded in 1993 by philosophy teachers from Bulgaria (Prof. Ivan Kolev), Romania (Prof. Elena Florina Otet), Poland (Prof. Wladislaw Krayevsky), Turkey (Prof. Nuran Direk) and Germany (Prof. Gerd Gerdhardt).

Students competing in the Olympiad are given four hours to write a philosophical essay on one of four topics in a language other than their own; that is, a student from France would not be allowed to write in French.

[edit] List of past and future Olympiads

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honorable Mention
1993	Bulgaria
1994	Petrich, Bulgaria
1995	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
1996	Istanbul, Turkey
1997	Warsaw, Poland
1998	Braşov, Romania
1999	Budapest, Hungary
2000	Münster, Germany	Ognyan Kassabov	Gianluca Rossi	Boris Popivanov
2001	Philadelphia, USA	Ute Scholl	Laura Lapierre	Felix von Lehmden
2002	Tokyo, Japan	Silvia Crupano	Vasilescu Ion Gheorghe	Akse Pettersson
2003	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Torsten Schoeneberg	Sergio Barberis	Gabriel Abelof	Sarah Helduser Mete Tuczu Hyun Lee Francesco D'Acunto Wojciech Orowiecki Andrei Poamă Sezen Kayhan
2004	Seoul, South Korea	Leopold Hess	Joanna Kusiak Lukas Steinacher Mert Bahadir Reisoglu	Seungwon Chang Matija Lavrinc German Diaz Valeriya T. Vitkova Elena Bellodi David Kovacs Andreea Elena Simion
2005	Warsaw, Poland	Mikolaj Ratajczak Tomasz Przezdziecki Alexandru Marcoci	Marta Sznajder Antti Saarilahti Nora Labo	David Himler Patricio Kingston Woo Chan Lee Jutta Obertegger Jae Won Choi	Roberta Di Nanni Agnieszka Kurzemska Marcin Kotowski
2006	Cosenza, Italy	Efe Murat Balikcioglu	Mateusz Chaberski	Saila Kakko	Johann Alexander Santiago Auat Stefano Burzo Margherita Busti Anna Drozdowicz Florin-Radu Gogianu Carmen Kautto Conrad Krausche Maximilian Huber Sara Musi Shapira Shiri Andras Schuller Joseph Steinlechner Daniel Thoms Peter Ujma Christian Danielov Vatchkov
2007	Antalya, Turkey	Zeynep Pamuk	Daria Cybulska Stefan Stefanovic	Alexander Johann Martin Hergouth Soh Hyun-Min	Elena Alexandra Corbu Matthias Hoernes Milena Alexandrova Alexandrova Filip Taterka Clara Kropivsek Corina Cristine Lefter Heidi Meriste Luca Vegetti Bernát Iváncsics Christoph Schachenhofer Nanako Kurioka
2008	Iaşi, Romania	Jan Seidel Sergiu Matei Lucaci Maria Alexandra Baneu	Conrad Krausche Heta Nuutinen Andrea Beghini Michal Godziszewski	Arina Cristina Baibarac Helene Sorgner Denis Tramonte Tal Yankovitz Kristina Kashfullina	Perczel János Vallari Sawant Adrian Cristian Ardelean Toth Olivér István Maria Ciurchea Antoine Vuille Yuval David Hananel Illia Gorbachev Lukas Paltanavicius Dalius Petrulionis Sebastian Köthe
2009	Helsinki, Finland	Sarri Nironen	Eliza Tymianska Petar Penev	Kristina Kashfullina Luiza Pasca	Hyun-Kyu Kim Ayse Dilek Izek Pietari Kupiainen Patrick Mujunen ^[1]
2010	Athens, Greece	Aljaž Jelenko	Kacper Kowalczyk Jaehyun Yoo	Tibor Backhausz Valeriu Alexandru Cuc Josef Piras	Erik Ramberg Ignas Rubikas Anita Ignatova Anna Smertina Alessio Rocca Paul Kuuse Tae Heun Kim Tapani Pulkkinen Platias Nikolaos Henning Rognlien Irina Horodinca Murel Leuenberger Chitra Adkar Nikolina Budan Firat Akova Karoliina Juulia Pulkkinen ^[2]
2011	Vienna, Austria	Nikolaj Møller	Chang Hyun Choi José Rodrigues	Niklas Plaetzer Sakari Nuuttila Stavros Orfeas Zormbalas	Mustafa Ayçiçegi Tibor Backhausz Franziska Bahl Miguel de la Riva Cristina Costina Diamant Vanessa Gstrein Milana Kostic Jwa Seong Lee Luka Mikec Dominykas Milašius Patrick Mokre Junho Oh Thierry Schütz Barbara Šoda Marie Vestergaard-Thomsen ^[3]