A team of six students from India has achieved the country's best performance ever at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2024. The Indian team ranked fourth globally, winning four gold medals, one silver medal, and one 'honourable mention' at the 65th IMO held in Bath, United Kingdom. This is India's best result since it first participated in 1989, both in terms of the number of gold medals and the rank achieved.
The Indian team was led by Krishnan Sivasubramanian as the leader and Rijul Saini as the deputy leader. The previous best rank for India was seventh, achieved in 1998 and 2001. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian team in a post on X. This feat, he added, "will inspire several other youngsters and help make mathematics even more popular".
In the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) 2024, the top three positions were claimed by the US, China, and South Korea, with the US emerging victorious with a score of 192 points. India closely followed South Korea, scoring 167 points. The competition saw participation from a total of 609 students—528 boys and 81 girls—from 108 countries. Among the notable contestants from this year's event were Adhitya Mangudy Venkata Ganesh, Ananda Bhaduri, Kanav Talwar, Rushil Mathur, Arjun Gupta, and Siddharth Choppara.
The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is the world championship mathematics competition for high school students and is held annually in a different country. The first IMO was held in 1959 in Romania, with seven countries participating. It has gradually expanded to over 100 countries from five continents.
