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From the first olympiad in Chernivtsi to medals at olympiads in artificial intelligence, in the order it happened: events, challenges, new initiatives and achievements.

1. 1988

   1. Event

      The first olympiad in informatics

      Chernivtsi hosts the first Republican Olympiad in Informatics of the Ukrainian SSR. The Ukrainian Olympiad starts here; it takes its present name in 1992.

2. 1992

   1. Event

      Ukraine’s first IOI

      Ukraine’s team competes at the International Olympiad in Informatics for the first time, in Bonn, and comes home with a silver and three bronze medals.

      Since 1992 Ukraine has missed only one IOI out of 35, and its teams have won 14 gold, 44 silver and 52 bronze medals.

      • Gold
      • Silver
      • Bronze
      • Honourable mention

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      1. 1992’92
      9. 2000’00
      17. 2008’08
      25. 2016’16
      35. 2026’26

      Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honourable mention	Total
      1992	0	1	3	0	4
      1993	0	0	0	0	0
      1994	0	1	1	0	2
      1995	0	0	2	0	2
      1996	0	1	1	0	2
      1997	0	0	2	0	2
      1998	0	1	2	0	3
      1999	0	0	2	0	2
      2000	0	2	1	0	3
      2001	0	0	4	0	4
      2002	0	1	2	0	3
      2003	1	0	2	0	3
      2004	0	1	2	0	3
      2005	2	1	1	0	4
      2006	1	2	1	0	4
      2007	1	1	2	0	4
      2008	0	1	2	0	3
      2009	1	1	2	0	4
      2010	0	1	2	0	3
      2011	0	1	2	0	3
      2012	1	1	2	0	4
      2013	0	1	3	0	4
      2014	0	1	2	0	3
      2015	0	3	1	0	4
      2016	Ukraine did not take part
      2017	1	2	0	0	3
      2018	1	2	1	0	4
      2019	1	2	1	0	4
      2020	0	4	0	0	4
      2021	1	2	0	0	3
      2022	2	1	1	0	4
      2023	0	3	1	0	4
      2024	0	3	1	0	4
      2025	0	1	3	0	4
      2026	1	2	0	1	4

      Source: stats.ioinformatics.org

3. 2005

   1. Achievement

      600 points out of 600

      Yurii Znoviak scores the maximum possible at IOI 2005 in Nowy Sącz. Ukraine’s team comes home with two gold medals, a silver and a bronze.

      

4. 2016

   1. Challenge

      Olympiads in Russia, without Ukraine

      IOI 2016 is held in Kazan — for the first time since 1992 without a Ukrainian team. In 2018 Russia hosts the European Junior Olympiad as well, and Ukraine boycotts it.

5. 2017

   1. Event

      The first European Junior Olympiad

      Bulgaria hosts the first EJOI, an olympiad for students under 15. Ukraine competes from the very first edition and comes home with a gold and three silver medals.

      

6. 2020

   1. Challenge

      The pandemic stops the olympiads

      Because of COVID-19 the Ministry of Education and Science cancels the school olympiads, informatics among them. For the first time in decades Ukraine risks being left without a national selection, and so without teams at the international olympiads.

   2. Initiative

      The Federation is founded

      Former olympiad contestants and coaches found the NGO Federation of Olympiad Programming and run an alternative Ukrainian Olympiad in the oblast centres, closer to the contestants. Selection for the national teams stays in person.

      That year’s international olympiads go online: the IOI team wins four silver medals, and Oleh Naver wins the EJOI outright.

      

7. 2021

   1. Initiative

      One olympiad for the whole country

      The Ministry of Education and Science still does not hold the Ukrainian Olympiad, so for the first time it runs entirely under the Federation. Every stage uses the same problems and rules, regional quotas are abolished, and solutions are judged on Eolymp. About 3,000 students take part.

      

   2. Initiative

      The junior and girls’ olympiads

      The Federation launches the Ukrainian Junior and Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics (UJGOI): a route into the national teams of its own for students under 15 and for girls.

      The first European Girls’ Olympiad is held the same year, and Ukraine’s team comes home with a gold and three silver medals.

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8. 2022

   1. Challenge24 February

      The full-scale invasion

      The war stops the season. The Ukrainian Olympiad and the UJGOI final are cancelled; some contestants and coaches are displaced, abroad or in combat zones.

      In place of the olympiad the Federation holds a Ukrainian Informatics Competition, which serves as the national selection, and runs the selection camp in Poland.

      

   2. Achievement

      Gold in Yogyakarta

      Despite the war the team travels to the IOI in Indonesia: two gold medals, a silver and a bronze. Roman Yanushevskyi finishes 7th — the best result by a Ukrainian since 2005 — and the team is the best in Europe.

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   3. Initiative

      Six international olympiads instead of three

      Ukraine makes its debut at the Balkan and Junior Balkan Olympiads in Informatics and begins competing at the Central European Olympiad every year. In 2021 the teams competed at three international olympiads in informatics; in 2022, at six — and from 2023 the Baltic Olympiad is added.

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   4. Initiative

      Ukraine hosts the EJOI

      Ukraine organises the 2022 European Junior Olympiad — online, for 172 contestants from 32 countries. Ukraine’s team sits the contest together with Poland’s in Płock and finishes second in the team ranking.

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   5. Achievement

      First place at the EGOI

      The girls’ team wins three gold medals and a bronze in Türkiye — the best result of any country. The following year, in Sweden, Ukraine is first in the team ranking again.

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9. 2023

   1. Initiative

      Kraków and Wrocław

      From now on the UJGOI is held in person, at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, since an in-person round cannot be held safely in Ukraine. The selections for the international teams move to the University of Wrocław.

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   2. Challenge

      An online final, proctored

      The Ministry of Education and Science runs the olympiad again. Rather than gather students under air-raid alerts, the final is held online from the oblast centres: the Federation introduces proctoring, and opens an in-person venue in Warsaw for students who have left the country.

      Daryna Karpenko wins the olympiad overall.

      

10. 2024

    1. Event

       Back to Chernivtsi

       For the first time since 2019 the final is held in person in one place — in Chernivtsi, where the first olympiad was held in 1988. 126 finalists from all over Ukraine; Alisa Potomkina wins overall.

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11. 2025

    1. Event

       New regulations for the olympiads

       New regulations for school olympiads come into force: three stages instead of four, the oblast stage run at the same time across the country on one problem set, and Ukrainians abroad competing as a region of their own.

       The Federation runs the first stage of the new season centrally in 20 oblasts and Kyiv — for the first time with separate problems for grades 6–7.

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       School stage cancelled

       1. IStage I district level, by community
       2. IIStage II oblast level: at the same time across the country, on one problem set
       3. IIIStage III the national final

       Ukrainians abroad a region of their own: they sit Stage II remotely, alongside the rest of the country, and the best go on to the final

    2. Initiative7 February

       An olympiad in artificial intelligence

       The Federation announces the first Ukrainian Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence. 359 students from 104 towns and villages take the first stage; after four stages the best four make up Ukraine’s first AI team.

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       1. Stage I359
       2. Stage II215
       3. Stage III128
       4. Final18

       Stage	Contestants
       Stage I	359
       Stage II	215
       Stage III	128
       Final	18

    3. Achievement

       Four golds out of four

       At EJOI 2025 in Shumen all four members of the team win gold medals, and Ukraine takes first place in the team ranking.

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    4. Event

       A permanent member of the CEOI

       At CEOI 2025 in Cluj-Napoca Ukraine is made a permanent member of the Central European Olympiad, with a vote and a guaranteed place at every future olympiad.

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12. 2026

    1. Achievement

       A debut at the IAIO

       Ukraine competes at the International Artificial Intelligence Olympiad for the first time — in Ljubljana, among 95 contestants from 24 countries — and comes home with a gold, two silvers and a bronze. Kseniia Strelbytska finishes 6th.

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    2. Achievement

       An outright win at the EGOI

       Daria Perekopska wins the European Girls’ Olympiad in Cesenatico ahead of all 247 other contestants — a first for Ukraine. The team adds two silvers and a bronze to her gold.

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    3. Achievement

       An outright win at the first EUROAI

       At the first-ever European Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Roman Melamud wins outright among 94 contestants, Rostyslav Yabchenko also takes gold, and the team finishes second in the team ranking.

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    4. Initiative

       Ukraine co-organises the EJOI

       Together with Lithuania the Federation runs the European Junior Olympiad in Kaunas. As co-organiser Ukraine fields eight contestants rather than the usual four, and the Federation’s chair, Anton Tsypko, is elected President of the EJOI for three years.

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    5. Achievement

       IOI gold in Tashkent

       Vladyslav Khalin wins a gold medal at IOI 2026, finishing 16th of 375 contestants from 92 countries. The team adds two silver medals and an honourable mention.

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