<p>I'm wondering whether is it better to write olympiads/contests you participated but won nothing (or nothing significant), or to leave blank "awards" field in application.</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p>If you earned your way into competition via merit, then listing them is okay. However, if you merely signed up to participate and did nothing of note to qualify, then it's probably better not to list them, since that may appear to be an exaggeration of your accomplishments.</p>