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The 2024 iGeo - Maynooth and Dublin, Ireland
The 20th International Geography OlympiadTHE 20TH INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHY OLYMPIAD was held face-to-face by Ireland from 19 to 24 August. The event was taken place in Maynooth town, the University of Maynooth, Maynooth Post-Primary School and Trinity College Dublin. The gold medals were awarded in the opening ceremony of 2024 International Geographical Congress, which was held in DCU.
Maynooth is a university town in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is just 30 minutes from Dublin by train. There is plenty of space to meet, chat and relax at times other outside the IGEO events. It is just 30 minutes from Dublin by train. Students taking part in IGEO visited Dublin on two of the days of the event, such as Dublin Castle, Trinity College Dublin, the Museums of Ireland as well as free time in the city. The Local Organising Committee was led by Dr Susan Pike.
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Participation: 46 teams, 183 students, 93 team leaders, 4 observers
Results
Gold Medals
- David-Mihai Dumitrescu - Romania
- Noah Pilnitz - Canada
- Julian Huang - United States of America
- Jozef Bachniček - Slovakia
- Alexander Škof - Slovenia
- Tomáš Semanič - Slovakia
- Drew Davison - Australia
- Yu Hang Ngan - Singapore
- Lauri Manner-Raappana - Finland
- Ahmad Fauzan Mubarok - Indonesia
- Po-Yuan Su - China-Taipei (Taiwan)
- Sophie Chang - Australia
- Rhesa Narayana Rasmara - Indonesia
- Adelio Rasendriya Hafindika - Indonesia
- Artis Vilks - Latvia
- Hsiang-Chien Tseng - China-Taipei (Taiwan)
Team Ranking (By Score)
- United States of America
- Australia
- Indonesia
- China-Taipei (Taiwan)
- Romania
- Finland
- Latvia
- Slovakia
- Singapore
- Lithuania
Team Ranking (By Medal)
| Team | G | S | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| China-Taipei (Taiwan) | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Finland | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| United States of America | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Latvia | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Singapore | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | 1 | 0 | 2 |
G-Gold,S-Silver,B-Bronze
Poster Winners
- 1st Winner: Croatia
- 2nd Winner: Indonesia
- 3rd Winner: Slovakia
- Favourite poster selected by students: Cyprus
- Favourite poster selected by team leaders: Switzerland
Fieldwork Exercise around Maynooth Center and Maynooth University
Group photo at Trinity University, Dublin
Gold medalists at IGC opening ceremony
iGeo 2024 Local Organising Committee:
- Dr Susan Pike, Trinity College Dublin - Chair, registrations, finance, partnerships, visas, funding
- Dr Dominic Robinson, University College Dublin - Treasurer
- Dr Clíodhna Martin - Sponsorships and excursions
- Dr Louise Sarsfield Collins - Maynooth lead, departmental liaison, rooms, poster competition
- Filip Bukowski, Trinity College Dublin - Written Response Test and iGEO design