The Balkan Olympiad on
Informatics (BOI)
is a programming contest for secondary school students of the
Balkan countries. The basic rules of the competition are the same as the rules of the
International Olympiad on Informatics (IOI). Until now 4 BOI have taken place.The 5th BOI
will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece during October 1997 in the framework of "Thessaloniki, cultural capital of Europe for
1997".
| The 1st BOI took place in Constantza, Romania, 24-29 of May 1993. | The 2nd BOI took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1-7 of October 1994 | The 3rd BOI took place in Varna, Bulgaria, 5-11 of October 1995 | The 4th BOI took place in Nikosia, Cyprus, 19-25 of October 1996 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Day2 | Day 1 | Day2 | Day 1 | Day2 | Day 1 | Day2 |
| Problem 1 | Problem 1 | Problem 1 | Problem 1 | Problem 1 | Problem 1 | Problem 1 | Problem 1 |
| Problem 2 | - | Problem 2 | - | Problem 2 | Problem 2 | Problem 2 | Problem 2 |
| Problem 3 | - | Problem 3 | - | - | Problem 3 | Problem 3 | Problem 3 |
The winners per year are as follows:
| 1st BOI | 2nd BOI | 3rd BOI | 4th BOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | none | * | * | * |
| Bulgaria | 2 gold | 1 gold | 2 gold | none |
| 1 silver | 1 silver | 2 silver | 1 silver | |
| 1 bronze | 2 bronze | 2 bronze | 1 bronze | |
| Cyprus | 1 silver | none | 2 bronze | none |
| FYROM | * | * | none | 1 silver |
| none | none | 1 bronze | 1 bronze | |
| Greece | none | none | none | 1 silver |
| 1 bronze | none | 1 bronze | 1 bronze | |
| Romania | 2 gold | 1 gold | 1 gold | 2 gold |
| 2 silver | 1 silver | 1 silver | 1 silver | |
| none | 2 bronze | 2 bronze | 1 bronze | |
| Turkey | * | 1 silver | none | * |
| none | 1 bronze | none | none | |
| Yugoslavia | * | none | 2 silver | 1 gold |
| none | 3 bronze | 1 bronze | 1 bronze |
In the above table the symbol "*" means that the country didn't participate in the BOI Contest.