The European Geography Olympiad (EGeo) is an annual geography competition aimed at secondary school students from European countries.
Format
EGeo is open to students between 12 and 19 years old. Students aged between 12 and 15 years compete in the Junior category while those between 16 and 19 years old take part in the Senior category.
The competition structure follows the structure of the International Geography Olympiad, consisting of 3 parts; Written Response Test (WRT), Fieldwork Exercise (FWE) and Multimedia Test (MMT). The Written Response Test and the Fieldwork Exercise contribute 40% each to the total marks for every participant while the Multimedia Test accounts for the other 20%.
Around 60% of participants from each category receive a medal, with the ratio being roughly 1 Gold : 2 Silver : 3 Bronze.
History
EGeo is the continuation of the competition known as the Balkan International Geography Olympiad (BiGeo), which was first held in 2015 in Belgrade, with three participating countries, Serbia, Slovenia and Romania.
In 2019, the competition was named the Geography Olympiad of Central, Southern & Southeastern Europe (GO), before receiving its current name in 2020.
Summary
Edition Year Olympiad Name Host country Host city Individual Olympiad Champion (Seniors) Individual Olympiad Champion (Juniors)Nations 1 2015 BiGeo Belgrade Anca Maria Radulescu RomaniaNo Junior Category 3 2 2016 BiGeo Radaljska Banja Aleksandar Tasic Mihailo Miletic4 3 2017 BiGeo Ruše Ioana Andrada Pantelimon Jan Lorencic5 4 2018 BiGeo Iași Razvan Popescu Filip Slakan Jakovljevic 552019GOBelgrade Cristian Liviu TerebesAlexia Svenja Papirowski 8 62020EGeoHeld online due to the COVID-19 pandemic Simas Kontrimas Ugnius Zagarys 1372021EGeoHeld online due to the COVID-19 pandemic Mert Dillice Ridas Urbonavicius 1382022 EGeoBelgrade Sanzhar Khamitov Andreea Soie 1192023 EGeoBelgrade Alex Topai Stefan Cristian Dragut 13102024 EGeoKopaonik Mikalai Misiyuk Cosmin Ioan Dulgheru 14112025 EGeoVilnius Ugnius Vilimas Nenu Alessio Andrei 16122026 EGeoVarna David-Mihai Dumitrescu Teya Spirova 16132027 EGeoBelgrade — — —
Performances + All-time medal table (Senior category) National Team Gold Silver Bronze Total 8 30 35 73 18 11 7 36 3 13 24 40 1 6 18 25 1 0 5 6 0 2 2 4 0 2 6 8 4 13 21 38 4 12 16 32 1 5 10 16 5 7 8 20 9 18 11 38 5 8 15 28 3 1 4 8 2 4 6 12 0 1 2 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 4 2 7 0 0 1 1
+ All time medal table (Junior category) National Team Gold Silver Bronze Total 5 13 18 36 13 9 4 26 8 6 26 40 1 1 11 14 0 3 0 3 2 7 16 25 0 3 5 8 7 10 21 38 2 14 10 26 0 0 3 3 0 0 4 4 0 7 6 13 1 2 3 6 3 3 2 8 0 0 3 3
See also International Geography Olympiad Baltic iGeo
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