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{{Infobox organization
| name = United States at the International Mathematical Olympiad
| image = Flag_of_the_United_States.svg
| caption = [[Flag of the United States]]
| formation = {{start date and age|1974}}
| region = United States
| language = English
| key_people = Jennifer Barton
}}[[United States of America]] began to participate at the [[International Mathematical Olympiad]] in 1974,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dembart|first=Lee|date=1974-05-08|title=Qualifying for World Math Olympiad Adds Up to Challenge for 149 Students|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/08/archives/qualifying-for-world-math-olympiad-adds-up-to-challenge-for149.html|access-date=2022-05-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Vol. 81, No. 3, Mar., 1974 of The American Mathematical Monthly on JSTOR|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/i315051|access-date=2022-05-10|website=www.jstor.org|language=en}}</ref> and has competed, except for one year, since then.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1981-07-27|title=Science: High-IQ Battle for the Gold|language=en-US|work=Time|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,949240,00.html|access-date=2022-05-10|issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The U.S. usually sends only 'half a girl' to the International Math Olympiad|url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/567994/usually-sends-only-half-girl-international-math-olympiad|access-date=2022-05-10|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mathematical contests and olympiads|url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000110203|url-status=live|access-date=2022-05-10|website=unesdoc.unesco.org}}</ref>

== History ==
The United States first competed in the IMO in East Germany in 1974, in the middle of a [[Diplomatics|diplomatic]] crisis.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Times|first=David Binder Special to The New York|date=1974-09-05|title=U.S. and East Germany Open Ties and Name Envoys|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/05/archives/us-and-east-germany-open-ties-and-name-envoys.html|access-date=2022-05-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> That year, U.S. got first position.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dembart|first=Lee|date=1974-06-04|title=Brooklyn Youth, 15, Places No. 1 in Math Olympiad|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/04/archives/brooklyn-youth-15-places-no-1-in-math-olympiad-brooklyn-youth-15.html|access-date=2022-05-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 2015, U.S. got first.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Winning formula: USA tops International Math Olympiad for first time in 21 years|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/07/17/winning-formula-usa-tops-international-math-olympiad-for-first-time-in-21-years/|access-date=2022-05-11|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

The United States has hosted the event in 1981<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gardiner|first=Tony|date=2002|title=IMO-OMI: Reflections|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3621838|journal=The Mathematical Gazette|volume=86|issue=506|pages=198–200|doi=10.2307/3621838|issn=0025-5572}}</ref> and 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|title=International Mathematical Olympiad 2001: Highlights of the Closing Ceremonies|url=http://www.ams.org/meetings/in-cooperation-with/imo2001-closingday|access-date=2022-05-10|website=American Mathematical Society|language=en}}</ref>

== Selection process ==
{{See also|United States of America Mathematical Olympiad}}
The country organizes a country test to select the 6 students who compete in the Olympiad.

== References ==
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[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:Participating countries of the International Mathematical Olympiad]]