Prague 2018

Results of the Sixteenth International Linguistics Olympiad

The jury awarded 60 medals (13 gold, 17 silver, and 30 bronze) out of 192 participants, as well as 19 honorable mentions, 6 team contest trophies, 3 team cups for highest average score, and 11 best solution prizes.


Individual Contest Medalists

Medal Score Name Team
Gold 95.25 Przemysław Podleśny Flag Poland Biali
Gold 87.9 Liam McKnight Flag UK K
Gold 85.6 Swapnil Garg Flag USA Red
Gold 84.8 Viktor Baltin Flag Bulgaria 1
Gold 82 Zdravko Ivanov Flag Bulgaria 1
Gold 81.4 Benjamin LaFond Flag USA Blue
Gold 80 Diego Król Flag Poland Czerwoni
Gold 79 Rujul Gandhi Flag India Saffron
Gold 78.9 Pranav Krishna Flag USA Blue
Gold 78 Alicja Maksymiuk Flag Poland Czerwoni
Gold 77.7 Benedict Randall Shaw Flag UK K
Gold 76 Angikar Ghosal Flag India Saffron
Gold 75.5 Andrew Tockman Flag USA Red
Silver 68.4 Jakub Petr Flag Czechia Tým Nářečíčkářů
Silver 67.6 Chih-Chun Wang Flag Taiwan Typhoon
Silver 64.5 Tatiana Romanova Flag Russia Strelka
Silver 64.1 Mihir Singhal Flag USA Blue
Silver 63.8 Simeon Hellsten Flag UK K
Silver 63.8 Yeoh Zi Song Flag Malaysia B
Silver 63.7 Ugrin Bálint József Flag Hungary A
Silver 63.6 Emil Ingelsten Flag Sverige Blå
Silver 62.9 Patryk Sapała-Niedzin Flag Poland Biali
Silver 62.15 Tung-Le Pan Flag Taiwan Typhoon
Silver 61.8 Elena Keskinova Flag Bulgaria 1
Silver 61 Ethan A. Chi Flag USA Red
Silver 58.6 Aparna Ajit Gupte Flag India Green
Silver 57.75 João Henrique Oliveira Fontes Flag Brazil Pões
Silver 56.6 Russell Emerine Flag USA Blue
Silver 55.4 You-Kuan Lin Flag Taiwan Earthquake
Silver 54.3 Illya Koval Flag Ukraine
Bronze 53 Vlada Petrusenko Flag Ukraine
Bronze 53 David Avellan-Hultman Flag Sverige Blå
Bronze 52 Tsvetelina Stefanova Flag Bulgaria 1
Bronze 51 Brian Xiao Flag USA Red
Bronze 50.5 Ken Jiang Flag Canada Moose
Bronze 50.5 Ye Liu Flag China KUN
Bronze 50.4 Edmund Lea Flag UK U
Bronze 50.15 Hari Raghava Prasad Flag UK K
Bronze 50 James Phillips Flag Canberra Grammar School
Bronze 49.15 Yana Shishkina Flag Russia Belka
Bronze 49 Gustavo Palote da Silva Martins Flag Brazil Pões
Bronze 48.9 Ekaterina Voloshinova Flag Russia Strelka
Bronze 48.4 Eliška Freibergerová Flag Czechia Tým Nářečíčkářů
Bronze 48 Sean White Flag UK U
Bronze 47.65 Vári-Kakas Andor Flag Hungary B
Bronze 47.5 Árvay-Vass Iván Flag Hungary A
Bronze 47.4 Takumi Nishino Flag Japan Ninja
Bronze 47.25 Angellika Vojevodina Flag Latvia 2
Bronze 46.75 Arkādijs Šaldovs Flag Latvia 2
Bronze 45.5 Kevin Liang Flag Canada Moose
Bronze 45.25 Shinjini Ghosh Flag India Saffron
Bronze 45 Bianca-Mihaela Gănescu Flag Romania
Bronze 44.9 Pranava Dhar Flag India Green
Bronze 44 Hansol Pi Flag Korea Nieun
Bronze 44 Martin Puškin Flag Estonia
Bronze 43.9 Georgi Yotov Flag Bulgaria 2
Bronze 43.85 Ziche Chen Flag China QIAN
Bronze 43.7 Tiago Scholten Flag Netherlands
Bronze 43.25 Kristina Vashpanova Flag Russia Belka
Bronze 42.75 Danyar Kasenov Flag Russia Strelka

Honorable Mentions

Award Score Name Team
HM 41.85 Hana Viktorija Balan Flag Team Slovenia
HM 41.7 Ekaterina Kozlova Flag Russia Belka
HM 41.5 Rui Min Flag China QIAN
HM 41.3 Jeongkeun Choi Flag Korea Nieun
HM 41 Pedro Marinho Rocha Flag Brazil Pães
HM 40.9 Michaela Svatošová Flag Czechia Tým Křivopřísežníků
HM 40.65 Greta Hristozova Flag Bulgaria 2
HM 40.4 Shuli Jones Flag Canada Moose
HM 40 Ri-Sheng Huang Flag Taiwan Earthquake
HM 39.3 Takayuki Yamazaki Flag Japan Ninja
HM 38.5 Vít Metka Flag Czechia Tým Křivopřísežníků
HM 38.5 Yu-Hsuan Lee Flag Taiwan Typhoon
HM 38.1 Dana Ospanova Flag Kazakhstan 1
HM 38 Jisu Choi Flag Brisbane State High School
HM 38 Arvid Lunnemark Flag Sverige Gul
HM 37.6 Assel Ismoldayeva Flag Bulgaria 2
HM 37.5 Panagiotis Kapellis Flag Finland
HM 37.3 Kristian Santiago Terlien Flag Netherlands
HM 37.25 Jenny Wang Flag Brisbane State High School

Individual Contest Team Rankings

Place Average Score Team
1st 70.25 Flag USA Blue
2nd 70.15 Flag Bulgaria 1
3rd 69.89 Flag UK K

Team Contest Trophies

Medal Score Team
Gold 84.83 Flag USA Blue
Silver 75.34 Flag USA Red
Silver 72.85 Flag Bulgaria 1
Bronze 64.64 Flag Brazil Pões
Bronze 60.01 Flag UK U
Bronze 59.88 Flag Czechia Tým Křivopřísežníků

Best Solutions

Problem Name Team
1 Andrew Tockman Flag USA Red
1 Elena Keskinova Flag Bulgaria 1
2 Aparna Ajit Gupte Flag India Green
2 You-Kuan Lin Flag Taiwan Earthquake
3 Artur Corrêa Souza Flag Brazil Pães
3 Elena Keskinova Flag Bulgaria 1
3 Sean White Flag UK U
4 Rujul Gandhi Flag India Saffron
5 Angikar Ghosal Flag India Saffron
5 Przemysław Podleśny Flag Poland Biali
5 Swapnil Garg Flag USA Red