1997-98 22nd Annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest Final Report
From 1,250 teams in intercollegiate contests held on six continents, 54 teams advanced to the 1998 Contest World Finals sponsored by IBM which was held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on February 28, 1998. The 1998 World Champions are Jiri Hajek, Pavel Machek, Martin Mares, and coach Pavel Töpfer of Charles University, Prague. Take a look at the final standings, the problems, and a tour of the 1998 World Finals.
Of the teams in competition, over 250 teams competed in intercollegiate contests in Asia and Europe for the chance to advance to the ACM-ICPC regionals where 1,038 teams competed at 49 sites in twenty-three ACM-ICPC regional contests held throughout the world.