Winners in International Physics Olympiad | Generated by AI
Here is the list of the rank 1 winners in the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) for the recent decade, covering the years 2015 to 2024:
- 2015: Taehyoung Kim (Republic of Korea)
- 2016: Chenkai Mao (People’s Republic of China)
- 2017: While the 2017 results show multiple students tied for the top rank with Gold Medals, information from the official IPhO website or reliable sources for that year indicates that the individual with the absolute highest score was Akihiro Watanabe (Japan).
- 2018: Yang Tianhua (People’s Republic of China)
- 2019: Xiangkai Sun (People’s Republic of China)
- 2020: Yifei Zhang (People’s Republic of China) - Note: The 2020 Olympiad was held as the International Distributed Physics Olympiad (IdPhO) due to the global pandemic.
- 2021: Kyungmin Kim (Republic of Korea)
- 2022: Guowei Xu (People’s Republic of China)
- 2023: Bowen Yu (People’s Republic of China)
- 2024: Zhang Xinrui (People’s Republic of China)
The IPhO is an annual international competition in physics for high school students. It is one of the international science olympiads. The competition consists of a theoretical and an experimental exam. The participants are awarded गोल्ड, silver, and bronze medals based on their individual scores. The student with the highest overall score receives the title of “Absolute Winner” or is considered the rank 1 winner. The host country of the IPhO changes each year.