Moscow State University took first place in this year’s World Finals of the ACM-ICPC, solving 9 of the 11 problems in this year’s set, the most of any team. Moscow State bested teams from the Russian city of St. Petersburg, who have claimed top honors for each of the past 6 years.
Another team from Moscow, Moscow Institute to Physics and Technology, took second place in the competition.
St. Petersburg University of Information Technology Mechanics and Optics, the 2017 champions, started in an early lead, solving the first problem of the contest in only 13 minutes.
Host university Peking University took a gold medal in an exciting finish to this year’s contest.
Here are the winners:
Gold Medals
Moscow State University
Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology
Peking University (Asia East Champions)
University of Tokyo (Asia Pacific Champions)
Silver Medals
Seoul National Univesrity
University of New South Wales
Tsinghua University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Bronze Medals
St. Petersburg ITMO University
University of Central Florida (North American Champions)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vilnius University
Ural Federal University
Africa and the Middle East Champions:
Princess Sumaya University for Technology
Asia West Champions
Sharif University of Technology
Latin American Champions
Universidade de Sāo Paulo
European Champions
University of Warsaw