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{{Infobox organization
| name = Spain at the International Mathematical Olympiad
| image = Flag_of_Spain.svg
| caption = [[Flag of Spain]]
| formation = {{start date and age|1983}}
| region = Spain
| language = Spanish
| key_people = María Gaspar
}}[[Spain]] began to participate at the [[International Mathematical Olympiad]] in 1983,<ref>{{Citation|last=Ministerio de Educación y Cultura|title=Orden de 19 de octubre de 1998 por la que se regula la organización y funcionamiento de las Olimpiadas de Matemáticas, Física y Química|date=1998-12-02|url=https://www.boe.es/eli/es/o/1998/10/19/(3)|issue=Orden|pages=39537–39538|access-date=2022-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia|title=Orden de 4 de febrero de 1988 por la que se crea la Comisión Coordinadora de la Participación Española en las Olimpiadas Matemáticas Internacionales|date=1988-02-09|url=https://www.boe.es/eli/es/o/1988/02/04/(1)|issue=Orden|pages=4232–4233|access-date=2022-05-11}}</ref> and has competed since then.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Press|first=Europa|date=2020-09-28|title=Dos medallas de plata y cuatro de bronce para España en la Olimpiada Matemática|url=https://www.europapress.es/ciencia/noticia-espana-alza-dos-medallas-plata-cuatro-bronce-olimpiada-internacional-matematica-20200928105933.html|access-date=2022-05-11|website=www.europapress.es}}</ref>

== History ==
Spain organizes its national phase since 1964, but it was not until 1983 when it entered the Olympiad.<ref>{{Cite web|title=50 años de la Olimpiada Matemática Española 1964-2014|url=https://www.divulgamat.net/divulgamat15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16389:50-anos-de-la-olimpiada-matematica-espanola-1964-2014&catid=53:libros-de-divulgaciatemca&directory=67|access-date=2022-05-11|website=www.divulgamat.net}}</ref> In 1988, the Ministry of Science and Education created the coordinating commission for the Spanish participation in the International Mathematical Olympiads.<ref>{{Citation|last=Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia|title=Orden de 4 de febrero de 1988 por la que se crea la Comisión Coordinadora de la Participación Española en las Olimpiadas Matemáticas Internacionales|date=1988-02-09|url=https://www.boe.es/eli/es/o/1988/02/04/(1)|issue=Orden|pages=4232–4233|access-date=2022-05-11}}</ref> In 2008, Spain organized the International Mathematical Olympiad.<ref>{{Cite web|title=China gana la Olimpiada Matemática y España queda en el puesto 43 de 97 participantes {{!}} elmundo.es|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/07/21/espana/1216633396.html|access-date=2022-05-11|website=www.elmundo.es}}</ref> In 2013, some events were organized to celebrate the fifty anniversary of the Spanish Mathematical Olympiad.<ref>{{Cite web|last=ub|date=2009-10-08|title=Universitat de Barcelona - UB hosts some activities to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Spanish Mathematical Olympiad|url=https://www.ub.edu/web/ub/en/menu_eines/noticies/2013/10/011.html|access-date=2022-05-11|website=www.ub.edu|language=ca}}</ref> In 2018, the [[Government of Spain]] declined paying the cost of the International Mathematical Olympiad to the participants.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Villarreal|first=Antonio|date=2018-07-03|title=España obliga a su equipo a pagar de su bolsillo el viaje a las Olimpiadas Matemáticas|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/ciencia/2018-07-03/olimpiadas-matematicas-espanoles-rumania_1586207/|access-date=2022-05-11|website=elconfidencial.com|language=es}}</ref>

Spain competes at the Iberoamerican Mathematics Olympiad.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gaspar|first1=María|last2=Fauring|first2=Patricia|last3=Losada Falk|first3=Maria Elizabeth|date=2022-03-01|title=The Iberoamerican mathematics olympiad, competition and community|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-022-01338-6|journal=ZDM – Mathematics Education|language=en|doi=10.1007/s11858-022-01338-6|s2cid=247205301 |issn=1863-9704}}</ref>

Spain has 0 gold medals, 7 silver medals, 56 bronze medals and 59 honourable mentions.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rico|first=L.|date=2015|editor-last=Cho|editor-first=Sung Je|title=Spanish Heritage in Mathematics and Mathematics Education|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-12688-3_24|journal=The Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education|language=en|location=Cham|publisher=Springer International Publishing|pages=331–341|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-12688-3_24|isbn=978-3-319-12688-3}}</ref>

== Selection process ==
The selection criteria consists of two steps, a local one, in January, and a national one, where the best classified of each local attend, in April or May.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ome|url=http://almez.pntic.mec.es/~aberho/ome/ome.htm|access-date=2022-05-11|website=almez.pntic.mec.es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Olimpiada Matemática Española|url=http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~csanchez/olimmain.htm|access-date=2022-05-11|website=platea.pntic.mec.es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=García|first1=Emilio Bujalance|last2=Medrano|first2=Olga Gil|last3=García|first3=Rafael Crespo|last4=Alonso-Vega|first4=María Gaspar|last5=Muñiz|first5=Patricio Cifuentes|last6=Rodríguez|first6=Amalia Gómez|last7=Arseguet|first7=Diego Izquierdo|date=2008-04-25|title=Olimpiada matemática|url=http://contenidosdigitales.uned.es/fez/view/intecca:VideoCMAV-5a6f5539b1111f6f598b459f}}</ref> In some local steps, another step is made before the local one to select a reduced number of students.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-13|title=25 alumnos de secundaria compiten este viernes en la fase local de la Olimpiada Matemática|url=https://www.elbierzodigital.com/olimpiada-matematica-2022/419920|access-date=2022-05-11|website=www.elbierzodigital.com|language=es}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Spanish scientists]]
[[Category:Participating countries of the International Mathematical Olympiad]]