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First Chemistry Olympiad
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Checked 2026-11-01: Researched by Codex (two independent publishers, verbatim quotes); every counted quote re-found on its page by the server check (content-verify, or content-verify-pdf for PDFs); scope and plausibility reviewed by Claude (AI build agent). Quotes are short passages from each source; for dates the quote is the year as printed, read in context.
“First organized in 1968 by Czechoslovakia, Poland and Hungary”Eötvös Loránd University / Hungarian Chemical Society — 2008 IChO host history: source, retrieved 2026-10-28; quote re-found by the server check
“The first International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) was held in 1968”Swiss Science Olympiad — Chemistry Olympiad history: source, retrieved 2026-10-28; quote re-found by the server check
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