The International Philosophy Olympiad (IPO) is an international philosophy

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

 competition for high school students organized by the FISP

International Federation of Philosophical Societies

The International Federation of Philosophical Societies or Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie is an International Federation of Philosophical Societies, whose member-societies span pretty well every country where there is significant academic philosophy...

 (Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie) and supported by UNESCO

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

. 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.

List of past and future Olympiads

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Honorable Mention
1993	Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
1994	Petrich Petrich Petrich is a town in Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria, located at the foot of the Belasica Mountains in the Strumeshnitsa Valley. , the town has 29920 inhabitants.Petrich is located close to the borders with Greece and the Republic of Macedonia... , Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
1995	Stara Zagora Stara Zagora Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province... , Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
1996	Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... , Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
1997	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... , Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
1998	Braşov Brasov Brașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania.... , Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
1999	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... , Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
2000	Münster Münster Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	Ognyan Kassabov	Gianluca Rossi	Boris Popivanov
2001	Philadelphia, USA	Ute Scholl	Laura Lapierre	Felix von Lehmden
2002	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	Silvia Crupano	Vasilescu Ion Gheorghe	Akse Pettersson
2003	Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	Torsten Schoeneberg	Sergio Barberis	Gabriel Abelof	Sarah Helduser   Mete Tuczu   Hyun Lee   Francesco D'Acunto   Wojciech Orowiecki   Andrei Poamă   Sezen Kayhan
2004	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...	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 Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... , Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...	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 Cosenza Cosenza is a city in southern Italy, located at the confluence of two historic rivers: the Busento and the Crathis. The municipal population is of around 70,000; the urban area, however, counts over 260,000 inhabitants... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	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 Antalya Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :... , Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...	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 Iasi Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life... , Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...	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 Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	Sarri Nironen	Eliza Tymianska   Petar Penev	Kristina Kashfullina   Luiza Pasca	Hyun-Kyu Kim  Ayse Dilek Izek   Pietari Kupiainen   Patrick Mujunen
2010	Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....	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
2011	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	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

External links

• Website of the IPO
• Korean Website of the IPO
• Topics