An annual competition in physics that is held during July every year and participates in the best 5 students in the team         

​The International Physics Olympiad was held between high school students and technical education schools for the first time, in 1967 in Poland, specifically in the city of Warsaw under The sponsorship of Professor Chissov Sislowski. Here it should be noted that the idea of ​​holding the Olympiad goes back to three scientists from three countries that follow the axis of the Soviet Union in the middle of the last century, and they are:

1. Professor Cheslaw Sislowski, Poland.

2. Professor Rostislav Kostial, Czechoslovakia.

3.   Prof. Rudolf K Nfalvi, Hungary

Where these scholars adopted the idea of establishing a Physics Olympiad among high school students and their level of technical education, similar to the International Olympiad in Mathematics that was held for the first time in 1959 AD, and after intensive consultations between the three scientists, the situation settled to the establishment of the first Olympiad in Warsaw headed by Professor Chissov Sislowski It was also agreed to hold the Olympiad once a year in a periodic manner, such as the International Olympiad in Mathematics, and here it is worth noting the fundamental difference between the Physics Olympiad and the Mathematics Olympiad, which is the existence of practical problems in the first; This makes the process of preparing and organizing it more complicated and more expensive than the Mathematics Olympiad.

Team formation in the 1st Olympic Games

 The participating team consists of a maximum of five students, two supervisors, and observers are allowed in the same delegation. The list of competition questions has been approved, which is three to four theoretical questions for the first day and one practical question for the second day. The languages approved in the tournament are English and Russian only (meaning that the exam questions come in both English and Russian languages only. All teams are entitled to answer in their mother tongue. Set aside a rest day between the first and second test days. Forming an experienced secretarial committee to undertake the task of organizing and meeting the demands of all competing teams.

Participation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the International Physics Olympiad

• Through the participation of the Saudi team for the year 2011 in the forty-second International Physics Olympiad, which was held in Thailand from 10-18 July 2010, student Yusef Al-Owaid achieved a certificate of appreciation, and the first achievement for an Arab country in the competition was to obtain a certificate of appreciation, and the total scores of the Kingdom's team became 25% instead of 2% in the last post.​
  

• As for the forty-third International Physics Olympiad in 2012, which was held in Estonia from 15-24 July 2012, the Saudi team made a new history in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the entire Arab world, by obtaining the student Abdullah Al-Salloum the first bronze medal The level of the Arab world, as well as three members of the team achieved certificates of appreciation, and they are Hammoud Al-Harbi, Ali Al-Helimi, and Muhammad Al-Hajji. The fact that four of the five team members receive a medal or certificate of appreciation is a tangible progress in the team’s performance and evidence that planning and training are the basis of excellence, and the team hopes to obtain silver and gold medals in the coming years.

• The Kingdom participated in the forty-fourth International Physics Olympiad 2013 AD, which was held in Copenhagen-Denmark from 7 to 15 July 2013, and the two students Muhammad Al-Hajji and Ali Al-Helimi won two bronze medals, in addition to two certificates of appreciation for students Ibrahim Al-Nami and Abdul-Mohsen Al-Oweid.

• The Kingdom participated in the forty-fifth International Physics Olympiad 2014, which was held in Astana - Kazakhstan from 13 to 21 July 2014 AD, and the team won two bronze medals, achieved by the two students, Abdul Mohsen Al-Oweid and Faisal Al-Khayal, and a certificate of appreciation achieved by the student Ibrahim Al-Juhani.

• The Kingdom also participated in the forty-sixth International Physics Olympiad 2015, which was held in Mumbai - India from 4 to 13 July 2015 AD, and four of the participating students received certificates of appreciation, and they are Muhammad Al-Wathenani, Faisal Al-Saif, Abdul-Malik Al-Ghunaim, and Faour Al-Faour.

• The Kingdom also participated in the forty-seventh International Physics Olympiad 2016, which was held in Zurich - Switzerland from 11 to 17 July 2016 AD, where the student Faisal Al-Saif won a silver medal, and the student Yazan Al-Majnouni and Ghada Al-Shaalan won two bronze medals, as well as the student Ghassan Al-Jawi. And the student Faisal Al-Hajri on two certificates of appreciation.

• The Kingdom continued to participate in the 48th International Physics Olympiad 2017, which was held in the city of Yogyakarta - Indonesia from 16 to 24 July 2017. As an extension of his previous achievements, student Faisal Al-Salloum won a silver medal, as well as student Ghada Al-Shaalan won a silver medal, and student Yazan Al-Majnouni won a bronze medal, and Al-Walid Al-Dargham received a certificate of appreciation.

• In 2018, the Kingdom's participation in the forty-ninth International Physics Olympiad, which was held in Lisbon - Portugal from July 21 to 29, 2019 AD, continued to achieve good results, as the student Faisal Al-Salloum won a silver medal, as well as the student Yazan Al-Majnouni and the new student Al-Dargham won two bronze medals, and the student Moaz Al-Fayoumi received a certificate of appreciation.

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