International Mathematical Olympiad
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The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is an annual mathematical olympiad for high school students. It is the oldest of the international science olympiads.
The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959. Since then it has been held every year except 1980. About 90 countries send teams of (at most) six students each (plus one team leader, one deputy leader and observers). Teams are not officially recognized - all scores are given only to individual contestants. Contestants must be under the age of 20 and must not have any post-secondary school education. Subject to these conditions, an individual may participate any number of times in the IMO.
The paper consists of six problems, with each problem being worth seven points. The total score is thus 42 points. The examination is held over two consecutive days; the contestants have four-and-a-half hours to solve three problems on each day. The problems chosen are from various areas of secondary school mathematics, broadly classifiable as geometry, number theory, algebra, and combinatorics. They require no knowledge of higher mathematics, and solutions are often short and elegant. Finding them, however, requires exceptional ingenuity and mathematical ability.
Each participating country, other than the host country, may submit suggested problems to a Problem Selection Committee provided by the host country, which reduces the submitted problems to a shortlist. The team leaders arrive at the IMO a few days in advance of the contestants and form the IMO Jury which is responsible for all the formal decisions relating to the contest, starting with selecting the six problems from the shortlist. As the leaders know the problems in advance of the contestants, they are kept strictly separated from the contestants until the second examination has finished; the contestants are accompanied to the IMO by their deputy leaders.
Each country's marks are agreed between that country's leader and deputy leader and Co-ordinators provided by the host country (the leader of the team whose country submitted the problem in the case of the marks of the host country), subject to the ultimate decision of the Jury if any disputes cannot otherwise be resolved.
Selection process
In Australia, selection into the IMO team is determined by the [Australian Mathematics Trust] and is based on the results from four exams:
- The Australian Mathematics Olympiad
- The Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad
- two IMO selection exams
The Australian Mathematics Olympiad (AMO) is held annually in the second week of February. It is composed of two four-hour papers held over two consecutive days. There are four questions in each exam for a total of eight questions. Entry is by invitation only with approximately 100 candidates per year.
A month after the AMO, the Asia Pacific Mathematics Olympiad is held (APMO) and the top 25 from the AMO are invited to sit the exam. It is a four and a half hour exam with five questions.
The top 12 students from the AMO and APMO (along with another 12 or so junior students) are then invited to a ten day camp held in Sydney in the April school holidays. During this camp, two four-and-a-half hour selection exams are held, each with four questions. The top six candidates along with a reserve are then announced as part of the team based on their results in the four exams.
The 2006 team consists of Charles Li, Vinoth Nandakumar, Matthew Ng, Vinh Pham, Konrad Pilch and Graham White, with Anthony Morris as reserve.
The team is bilingual.
The Dutch-speaking part selects three participants during the Flanders Mathematical Olympiad.
The French-speaking part selects their three participants in their Olympiade Mathématique Belge.
High school students must first write the Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge, which takes place around October. Should they score high enough in the COMC, they will be invited to write the Canadian Mathematics Olympiad (CMO), Asian Pacific Mathematical Olympiad (APMO), and unoffically write the USAMO.
The students with the top scores (conditions permitting) will make the Canadian team and travel to the location of the IMO in that year. Although the team is made up of students from all over Canada, Toronto and its suburbs have produced the most people for the team due to its high population density. The Canadian Mathematical Society is the organization which selects team leaders and members for the IMO team.
In Colombia the selection and preparation of students for math competitions is organized by [Olimpiadas Colombianas de Matemáticas]. The process begins with the regional competitions which are held in October and November. The best students of these competitions are invited to the January Training Session. In early March the National Competition or Olimpiada Colombiana de Matemáticas begins. It consists of a sequence of four examinations: the clasificatoria, the selectiva, the semifinal and the ronda final. The latter contains a (prior) training session and then two days of IMO-style papers.
Every Colombian high school student can take part in the first "classifying" examination but afterwards students are invited to compete according to their results on the previous examination. The three best students of the three different high school levels of the final round examination are the winners of the Colombian Math Olympiad. Although in principle students of the lower levels may be selected to go to the IMO, it generally takes many years before they can compete with students of the highest level or nivel superior. After the National Competition the twenty best students of each level are invited to the June Training Session where students undergo the IMO selection process.
In Cyprus Four provincial competitions are held in November in every district capital. In Lefkosia is called "Iakovos Patatsos", in Lemesos is called "Andreas Vlamis", in Larnaka and Ammochostos is called "Petrakis Kyprianou" and in Pafos is called "Andreas Hadjitheoris". Afterwards ten students from every grade (A, B and C grade) of the high-school (Lyceum) from every district are selected. Total: four districts * three grades * ten students = 120 students.
Then a National (Pancyprian) competition is held in December and is called "Zeno". Every grade has different problems. Afterwards ten students from every grade are selected. Total: three grades * ten students = 30 students. These student are divided into two groups according to the district they come from. Group A must come from Lemesos and Pafos and Group B must come from Lefkosia, Larnaka and Ammochostos.
Each group watches about eight to ten four-hour preparation lessons for the olympiad. Each group decides where the next lesson will be held. During the lessons Four Selection competitions are held which are considered the four parts of the Selection Competition under 15.5 which is called "Michael Georgallas". In each of the competition five students are eliminated. So after the fourth competition the six member of national team and the four runners-up are selected.
- In every competition there are four problems covering geometry, number theory, algebra, and combinatorics and last four hours each.
After successfully completing the school and regional rounds, roughly 50 best participants are invited to the national round, where 10 best students are selected to participate in a week-long selection campus. Each day they solve a set of 3-4 problems, taken mainly from the past national olympiads of various countries. On the last day they have to find the answers (this time in form of a number) to rather large set of shorter problems under significant time-pressure. After that the team is selected and before the actual IMO, it competes in traditional Czech-Slovak-Polish Mathematical Contest where the participants can practise their skill under almost identical conditions to IMO.
In Denmark a national contest open to all high school students is held every year called "Georg Mohr-Konkurrencen" (the Georg Mohr contest) named after a Danish mathematician. The top 20 of this contest are then invited to another contest where the final team is selected.
The Association Animath prepares and selects the French IMO team. Students who succeed at a preselection test can get from Animath a year-long training, after which the team is selected by an IMO-like test.
IMO team selection in Germany is based on the main national mathematical competitions: The Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik (BWM, the former west German olympiad), the Deutsche Mathematik-Olympiade (DeMO, the former east German olympiad), and Jugend forscht (a research competition). Students successful in any of these competitions (e. g. a prize in the second round of the BWM) write two 3-hour exams at their schools, and the 16 best scorers of these exams are invited to a training program consisting of five seminars, where lectures are given and seven team selection tests are written - 4-hour exams determining the actual IMO contestants (additional tests are possible if the team is not uniquely determined after the seven exams).
- Θαλής (Thalis) - first round
- Ευκλείδης (Euklidis) - second round
- Αρχιμήδης (Archimidis) - third round
Hong Kong first joined IMO in 1988.
In Hong Kong, the International Mathematical Olympiad Preliminary Selection Contest is held every year. Students are selected to receive further training, after three phases of which six students will be selected as the Hong Kong team members, and six will be selected as reserve members. The further training is also known as phase four training.
In India, the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad (or INMO) is held every year. Students qualifying this examination get to attend the IMO Training Camp where further selection tests are used to identify the top six students who will represent the country. .
In Indonesia, National Mathematical Olympiad is held as a part of National Science Olympiad (Olimpiade Sains Nasional), and have been held annually since 2002. Students who pass the province level test will be eligible to participate in the National Mathematical Olympiad and about 30 students are chosen to get into 1st training camp. About half of them will go to 2nd traning camp and participate in APMO. At the end, 6 students are selected to represent the country. The selection depends on the results of regular test, IMO mock test and APMO.
In Ireland, the top scorers in the Junior Certificate (an exam taken around the age of 15-16) are invited by the various universities to take part in the Irish Mathematical Olympiad. The IrMO is held simultaneously in May in each of these universities and the top six students are selected for the national team.
In Italy, the Mathematical Olympiad is held every year; the full selection process is made up of four stages:
- the so-called Archimedean games, held as a multiple choice test in all participating high schools in November
- the regional stage, held as a mixed test (multiple choice, numerical answers and proof-writing) in ca. 100 sites in February
- the national stage, held in Cesenatico at the beginning of May, composed of six problems requiring a full proof.
- the team selection test, held in Pisa at the end of May after a five-days stage, composed of two sessions each containing three problems requiring a full proof.
In Latvia a national contest open to all high school students takes place each year. The best participants of regional contests are allowed to participate in the national olympiad held in Riga. The top students are further tested to select the national team.
The first selection round is based on the Olimpiad Matematik Kebangsaan, OMK (National Mathematical Olympiad) and around 30 candidates are selected to join two or three training camps. The final six candidates are selected from the results of several other tests and exams (including the APMO) in these training camps.
Malaysia Performance in the IMO 1995 - 2005
Malaysia's IMO participation
Malaysia sent its first IMO team in 1995, with a delegation of two officials and two students. From 1996 to 2004, Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap was the leader of IMO Team Malaysia, responsible for selecting and training the students. Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail took over this role in 2005.
Bronze medalists
- Darren Ong Chung Lee (2004)
- Ong Shien Jin (2000)
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly (2000)
Honorable mention
- Chuah Weijian (2004)
- Yew Chang Yang (2003)
- Darren Ong Chung Lee (2002)
- Kok Ern (2001)
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly (2001)
- Soon Yu Sheng (2001)
- Mozaid Tajuddin (1997)
- Chan Chia Khow (1996)
Results
IMO 2005 Mexico (Average Score: 2.5)
- Teo Wee Sern SMK St. Francis, Melaka 6 points
- Chuah Weijian SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 2 points
- Lim Chern Han SMJK Katholik, PJ 2 points
- Ahmad Faiz Ahmad Pauzi Penang Free School, Penang 1 point
- Muhammad Ilyas Mohd Ramdzan SMA Al-Mashoor, Penang 1 point
- Japheth Lim Jian Wen SMJK Chung Ling, Penang 3 points
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2004 Greece (Average Score: 5.7)
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 17 points Bronze
- Jasmine Yow SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 6 points
- Khor Zi Jian SMJK (C) Sin Min, Sungai Petani 1 point
- Chuah Weijian SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 10 points Honorable Mention
- Zulkifli bin Aziz Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 0 point
- Farzan bin Fadillah Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 0 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2003 Japan (Average Score: 5.2)
- Ahmad Safwan Ahmad Kamal Hayati Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 2 points
- Eng Fwu Huey SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 8 points
- Jonathan Tan Ming Yu SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 3 points
- Yew Chang Yang Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 9 points Honorable Mention
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Abdul Fatah bin Abdul Wahab Kolej Universiti Sains dan Teknologi Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2002 UK (Average Score: 4.3)
- Muhammad Ikhwan Azlan Muar Science Secondary School 1 point
- Ahmad Fahmi Ismail SMK Damansara Utama, PJ 8 points
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 11 points Honorable Mention
- Jonathan Ramachandran Sekolah Tinggi Kajang, Kajang 1 point
- Soon Yu Sheng SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Tan Ta Sheng SMK Tengku Idris Shah 1 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Jamaluddin University Sains Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2001 USA (Average Score:6.0)
- Muhammad Ikhwan Azlan Muar Science Secondary School 2 points
- Boon Yi Di SMK Bukit Bintang, PJ 2 points
- Kok Ern SMJK Chong Hwa 10 points Honorable Mention
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 10 points Honorable Mention
- Soon Yu Sheng SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points Honorable Mention
- Yew Chang Yang SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 2 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2000 Korea (Average Score: 10.7)
- Ong Shien Jin Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar, NS 13 points Bronze
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 11 points Bronze
- Kok Yen Hau Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1999 Romania (Average Score: 6.2)
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points
- Ong Shien Jin SMK St. Francis, Melaka 7 points
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly MRSM, Jasin 6 points
- Kok Yen Hau Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points
- Liew Chien Hao SMJK Katholik, PJ 2 points
- Muhammad Saifuddin Zainal SM Alam Shah, KL 4 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1998 Taiwan (Average Score: 5.3)
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points
- Liew Ze Keong SM Chong Hwa, KL 6 points
- Yow Kah Lun SM Chong Hwa, KL 9 points
- Liew Chien Hao SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Husswan Hadi bin Wan Hussien MRSM Taiping 0 point
- Muhammad Saifudin bin Zanial Sekolah Alam Shah, KL 3 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1997 Argentina (Average Score: 3.2)
- Au Yin Kheng Sekolah Bukit Bintang, PJ 0 point
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 7 points
- Hulwan Afif Idris SMAP, Kajang 0 point
- Liew Hun Hui Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 2 points
- Mozaid Tajuddin SMS Teluk Intan 7 points Honorable Mention
- Ng Set Foong Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 3 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Zainuddin Abas Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1996 India (Average Score: 2.3)
- Asmara Asmadi Aris Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Chan Chia Khow Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points Honorable Mention
- Liew Voon Yen SMK Sam Tet, Ipoh 1 point
- Nuraini Ibrahim Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Cyril Christopher Singham Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1995 Canada (Average Score: 0.5)
- Mohd Arif Mohd Sharif Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Weng Choh Cheong SM Victoria 1 point
- Abdul Ghani Mohamad Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Leader
- Bon Chuan Soh Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
The first selection is based on the September Problems, where the top 24 students are selected and invited to a residential 1-week training camp. At the end of the camp, approximately 12 students are selected . The final six candidates are later selected based on results of several tests and exams.
In mainland China, highschool students have the annual National Highschool Mathematics Competitions, held on the second Sunday of October. A few competitors of each province with best scores, usually the top 3 to 5, will be invited to participate in the China Mathematics Olympiads. Approximately the top 20 competitors of CMO will have a training campus; and then, the 6 students with top scores will form the Chinese team.
In Portugal, there are four selection steps. The three first are the exams of the [Portuguese Mathematics Olympiad] and the last is composed of several exams made by [Projecto Delfos], who also prepares the students for international competitions.
In Romania those that enter the Romanian National Team on Mathematical Olympiad are selected from three rounds: City, County and National. A team (plus reserve) is selected from the first nine topped on the National Olympiad.
In South Africa those who would be members of the team must pass through a nation-wide talent search by correspondence, after which the top fifty or so will be selected for a camp at Stellenbosch University. After that they must come in the top fifteen/sixteen in some monthly problems sent out by the University of Cape Town in order to go to a final selection camp at Rhodes University, Grahamstown. A final training camp takes place at the University of Cape Town just before the IMO. The Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad is used informally as a test, along with an IMO selection test written at the schools of the top fifteen in the event of indecision.
In Sweden, a mathematics contest called "Skolornas Matematiktävling" is held every autumn. Those who qualify to the finale are invited to participate in the Nordic Mathematics Contest as well. From the combined results of the qualification round, the finale and NMC, the six highest acheivers of the swedish finalists are invited to join the swedish IMO team.
In the UK, the number of those that enter the British Mathematical Olympiad is reduced to around 20. These then have a 'training session' that is held in Trinity College, Cambridge. A squad (team plus reserve) of around nine is selected from examinations during these sessions and a final team is selected after a further training session held at Oundle School.
In the United States, the team is selected through the American Mathematics Competitions, which are open to all high school students. Final determinations for team members are based largely on the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad and an IMO-style Team Selection Test.
Awards
The participants are ranked based on their individual scores.
- Gold medals will be awarded to the top 1/12 of the contestants.
- Silver medals will be awarded to the next 2/12.
- Bronze medals will be awarded to the next 3/12.
- Participants who don't win a medal but who score seven points on at least one problem get an honorable mention.
Not more than half of the participants will receive medals.
Special prizes may be awarded for solutions of outstanding elegance or involving good generalisations of a problem. This last happened in 2005, 1995 and 1988, but was more frequent up to the early 1980s.
Current and future IMOs
Past IMOs
Sources differ about the cities hosting some of the early IMOs. This may be partly because leaders are generally housed well away from the students, and partly because after the competition the students did not always stay based in 1 city for the rest of the IMO. The exact dates cited may also differ, because of leaders arriving before the students, and at more recent IMOs the IMO Advisory Board arriving before the leaders.
- The 1st IMO was held in Braşov and Bucharest, Romania on 23-31 July, 1959.
- The 2nd IMO was held in Sinaia, Romania on 18-25 July, 1960.
- The 3rd IMO was held in Veszprém, Hungary on 6-16 July, 1961.
- The 4th IMO was held in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia on 7-15 July, 1962.
- The 5th IMO was held in Warsaw and Wrocław, Poland on 5-13 July, 1963.
- The 6th IMO was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 30 June-10 July, 1964.
- The 7th IMO was held in Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 3-13 July, 1965.
- The 8th IMO was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 3-13 July, 1966.
- The 9th IMO was held in Cetinje, Yugoslavia on 2-13 July, 1967.
- The 10th IMO was held in Moscow, USSR on 5-18 July, 1968.
- The 11th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania on 5-20 July, 1969.
- The 12th IMO was held in Keszthely, Hungary on 8-22 July, 1970.
- The 13th IMO was held in Zilina, Czechoslovakia on 10-21 July, 1971.
- The 14th IMO was held in Toruń, Poland on 5-17 July, 1972.
- The 15th IMO was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 5-16 July, 1973.
- The 16th IMO was held in Erfurt and East Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 4-17 July, 1974.
- The 17th IMO was held in Burgas and Sofia, Bulgaria in 1975.
- The 18th IMO was held in Lienz, Austria in 1976.
- The 19th IMO was held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia on 1-13 July, 1977.
- The 20th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania in 1978.
- The 21st IMO was held in London, United Kingdom in 1979.
- The 22nd IMO was held in Washington, DC, United States on 8-20 July, 1981.
- The 23rd IMO was held in Budapest, Hungary on 5-14 July, 1982.
- The 24th IMO was held in Paris, France on 1-12 July, 1983.
- The 25th IMO was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia on 29 June-10 July, 1984.
- The 26th IMO was held in Joutsa, Finland on 29 June-11 July, 1985.
- The 27th IMO was held in Warsaw, Poland on 4-15 July, 1986.
- The 28th IMO was held in Havana, Cuba on 5-16 July, 1987.
- The 29th IMO was held in Canberra, Australia on 9-21 July, 1988.
- The 30th IMO was held in Brunswick, Federal Republic of Germany on 13-24 July, 1989.
- The 31st IMO was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China on 8-19 July, 1990.
- The 32nd IMO was held in Sigtuna, Sweden on 12-23 July, 1991.
- The 33rd IMO was held in Moscow, Russia on 10-21 July, 1992.
- The 34th IMO was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 13-24 July, 1993.
- The 35th IMO was held in Hong Kong on 8-20 July, 1994.
- The 36th IMO was held in Toronto, Canada on 13-25 July, 1995. [link]
- The 37th IMO was held in Mumbai, India on 5-17 July, 1996. [link]
- The 38th IMO was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina on 18-31 July, 1997. [link]
- The 39th IMO was held in Taipei, Republic of China on 10-21 July, 1998. [link]
- The 40th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania on 10-22 July, 1999. [link]
- The 41st IMO was held in Taejon, South Korea on 13-25 July, 2000. [link]
- The 42nd IMO was held in Washington, DC, United States on 1-14 July, 2001. [link]
- The 43rd IMO was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom on 19-30 July, 2002.
- The 44th IMO was held in Tokyo, Japan on 7-19 July, 2003. [link]
- The 45th IMO was held in Athens, Greece on 6-18 July, 2004. [link]
- The 46th IMO was held in Mérida, Mexico on 8-19 July, 2005. [link]
Results for the 2005 IMO
Results by Medals for the 2005 IMO
- People's Republic of China | (five gold, one silver)
- United States , Russia | (four gold, two silver)
- Romania | (four gold, one silver, one bronze)
- Korea | (three gold, three silver)
- Republic of China | (three gold, two silver, one bronze)
- Japan | (three gold, one silver, two bronze)
- Iran | (two gold, four silver)
Results by points for the 2005 IMO
- People's Republic of China (235)
- United States of America (213)
- Russian Federation (212)
- Iran (201)
- Korea (200)
- Romania (191)
- Republic of China (190)
- Japan (188)
- Hungary, Ukraine (181)
- Bulgaria (173)
- Germany (163)
- United Kingdom (159)
- Singapore (145)
- Vietnam (143)
- Czech Republic (139)
- Hong Kong (138)
- Belarus (136)
- Canada (132)
- Slovakia (131)
Notable achievements
- Ciprian Manolescu from Romania managed to write a perfect paper (42/42) three times.
- Reid Barton (USA) was the first participant to obtain a gold medal four times (1998-1999-2000-2001). Christian Reiher (Germany) is the only other participant to have won four gold medals (2000-2001-2002-2003); Reiher also obtained a bronze medal in 1999.
- In 1994, all six members of the USA team wrote a perfect paper. This accomplishment was noted in TIME Magazine.
- Terence Tao from Australia got a gold medal at the age of thirteen in 1988, being the youngest person to have a gold medal.
Sources
- Steve Olson. Count Down. Houghton Mifflin, 2004. ISBN 0-61825141-3. Describes the IMO (based on IMO 2000) from the viewpoint of the contestants, with general background information on various related issues (such as competitiveness).
- Tom Verhoeff. The 43rd International Mathematical Olympiad: A Reflective Report on IMO 2002. Computing Science Report 02-11, Faculty of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology. August 2002. [PDF] Describes the IMO (based on IMO 2002) from the viewpoint of the leaders, with a comparison to the International Olympiad in Informatics.
See also
External links
- [Central IMO web site]
- [Introduction to the IMO Business, including information on IMO ShortLists/LongLists by Orlando Döhring]
- [IMO Resources] - IMO problems and solutions, IMO Shortlists, IMO Longlists and one of the largest collection of Olympiad problems in the world.
- [IMO problems and solutions]
- [IMO scores]
- [IMO winners Hall of Fame] - IMO winners who have won Fields Medal or Nevanlinna Prize
- [IMO contestants who have won three or more gold medals]
- [MathLinks IMO Forums] - discuss the latest developments in the IMO with former, current or future contestants, leaders and other people involved in the IMO
- [The IMO Compendium] - the most complete collection of shortlisted and long listed problems for the IMO's; huge collection of problems from other contests.
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The students with the top scores (conditions permitting) will make the Canadian team and travel to the location of the IMO in that year. Although the team is made up of students from all over Canada, Toronto and its suburbs have produced the most people for the team due to its high population density. The Canadian Mathematical Society is the organization which selects team leaders and members for the IMO team.
In Colombia the selection and preparation of students for math competitions is organized by [Olimpiadas Colombianas de Matemáticas]. The process begins with the regional competitions which are held in October and November. The best students of these competitions are invited to the January Training Session. In early March the National Competition or Olimpiada Colombiana de Matemáticas begins. It consists of a sequence of four examinations: the clasificatoria, the selectiva, the semifinal and the ronda final. The latter contains a (prior) training session and then two days of IMO-style papers.
Every Colombian high school student can take part in the first "classifying" examination but afterwards students are invited to compete according to their results on the previous examination. The three best students of the three different high school levels of the final round examination are the winners of the Colombian Math Olympiad. Although in principle students of the lower levels may be selected to go to the IMO, it generally takes many years before they can compete with students of the highest level or nivel superior. After the National Competition the twenty best students of each level are invited to the June Training Session where students undergo the IMO selection process.
In Cyprus Four provincial competitions are held in November in every district capital. In Lefkosia is called "Iakovos Patatsos", in Lemesos is called "Andreas Vlamis", in Larnaka and Ammochostos is called "Petrakis Kyprianou" and in Pafos is called "Andreas Hadjitheoris". Afterwards ten students from every grade (A, B and C grade) of the high-school (Lyceum) from every district are selected. Total: four districts * three grades * ten students = 120 students.
Then a National (Pancyprian) competition is held in December and is called "Zeno". Every grade has different problems. Afterwards ten students from every grade are selected. Total: three grades * ten students = 30 students. These student are divided into two groups according to the district they come from. Group A must come from Lemesos and Pafos and Group B must come from Lefkosia, Larnaka and Ammochostos.
Each group watches about eight to ten four-hour preparation lessons for the olympiad. Each group decides where the next lesson will be held. During the lessons Four Selection competitions are held which are considered the four parts of the Selection Competition under 15.5 which is called "Michael Georgallas". In each of the competition five students are eliminated. So after the fourth competition the six member of national team and the four runners-up are selected.
- In every competition there are four problems covering geometry, number theory, algebra, and combinatorics and last four hours each.
After successfully completing the school and regional rounds, roughly 50 best participants are invited to the national round, where 10 best students are selected to participate in a week-long selection campus. Each day they solve a set of 3-4 problems, taken mainly from the past national olympiads of various countries. On the last day they have to find the answers (this time in form of a number) to rather large set of shorter problems under significant time-pressure. After that the team is selected and before the actual IMO, it competes in traditional Czech-Slovak-Polish Mathematical Contest where the participants can practise their skill under almost identical conditions to IMO.
In Denmark a national contest open to all high school students is held every year called "Georg Mohr-Konkurrencen" (the Georg Mohr contest) named after a Danish mathematician. The top 20 of this contest are then invited to another contest where the final team is selected.
The Association Animath prepares and selects the French IMO team. Students who succeed at a preselection test can get from Animath a year-long training, after which the team is selected by an IMO-like test.
IMO team selection in Germany is based on the main national mathematical competitions: The Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik (BWM, the former west German olympiad), the Deutsche Mathematik-Olympiade (DeMO, the former east German olympiad), and Jugend forscht (a research competition). Students successful in any of these competitions (e. g. a prize in the second round of the BWM) write two 3-hour exams at their schools, and the 16 best scorers of these exams are invited to a training program consisting of five seminars, where lectures are given and seven team selection tests are written - 4-hour exams determining the actual IMO contestants (additional tests are possible if the team is not uniquely determined after the seven exams).
- Θαλής (Thalis) - first round
- Ευκλείδης (Euklidis) - second round
- Αρχιμήδης (Archimidis) - third round
Hong Kong first joined IMO in 1988.
In Hong Kong, the International Mathematical Olympiad Preliminary Selection Contest is held every year. Students are selected to receive further training, after three phases of which six students will be selected as the Hong Kong team members, and six will be selected as reserve members. The further training is also known as phase four training.
In India, the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad (or INMO) is held every year. Students qualifying this examination get to attend the IMO Training Camp where further selection tests are used to identify the top six students who will represent the country. .
In Indonesia, National Mathematical Olympiad is held as a part of National Science Olympiad (Olimpiade Sains Nasional), and have been held annually since 2002. Students who pass the province level test will be eligible to participate in the National Mathematical Olympiad and about 30 students are chosen to get into 1st training camp. About half of them will go to 2nd traning camp and participate in APMO. At the end, 6 students are selected to represent the country. The selection depends on the results of regular test, IMO mock test and APMO.
In Ireland, the top scorers in the Junior Certificate (an exam taken around the age of 15-16) are invited by the various universities to take part in the Irish Mathematical Olympiad. The IrMO is held simultaneously in May in each of these universities and the top six students are selected for the national team.
In Italy, the Mathematical Olympiad is held every year; the full selection process is made up of four stages:
- the so-called Archimedean games, held as a multiple choice test in all participating high schools in November
- the regional stage, held as a mixed test (multiple choice, numerical answers and proof-writing) in ca. 100 sites in February
- the national stage, held in Cesenatico at the beginning of May, composed of six problems requiring a full proof.
- the team selection test, held in Pisa at the end of May after a five-days stage, composed of two sessions each containing three problems requiring a full proof.
In Latvia a national contest open to all high school students takes place each year. The best participants of regional contests are allowed to participate in the national olympiad held in Riga. The top students are further tested to select the national team.
The first selection round is based on the Olimpiad Matematik Kebangsaan, OMK (National Mathematical Olympiad) and around 30 candidates are selected to join two or three training camps. The final six candidates are selected from the results of several other tests and exams (including the APMO) in these training camps.
Malaysia Performance in the IMO 1995 - 2005
Malaysia's IMO participation
Malaysia sent its first IMO team in 1995, with a delegation of two officials and two students. From 1996 to 2004, Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap was the leader of IMO Team Malaysia, responsible for selecting and training the students. Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail took over this role in 2005.
Bronze medalists
- Darren Ong Chung Lee (2004)
- Ong Shien Jin (2000)
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly (2000)
Honorable mention
- Chuah Weijian (2004)
- Yew Chang Yang (2003)
- Darren Ong Chung Lee (2002)
- Kok Ern (2001)
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly (2001)
- Soon Yu Sheng (2001)
- Mozaid Tajuddin (1997)
- Chan Chia Khow (1996)
Results
IMO 2005 Mexico (Average Score: 2.5)
- Teo Wee Sern SMK St. Francis, Melaka 6 points
- Chuah Weijian SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 2 points
- Lim Chern Han SMJK Katholik, PJ 2 points
- Ahmad Faiz Ahmad Pauzi Penang Free School, Penang 1 point
- Muhammad Ilyas Mohd Ramdzan SMA Al-Mashoor, Penang 1 point
- Japheth Lim Jian Wen SMJK Chung Ling, Penang 3 points
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2004 Greece (Average Score: 5.7)
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 17 points Bronze
- Jasmine Yow SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 6 points
- Khor Zi Jian SMJK (C) Sin Min, Sungai Petani 1 point
- Chuah Weijian SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 10 points Honorable Mention
- Zulkifli bin Aziz Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 0 point
- Farzan bin Fadillah Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 0 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2003 Japan (Average Score: 5.2)
- Ahmad Safwan Ahmad Kamal Hayati Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 2 points
- Eng Fwu Huey SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 8 points
- Jonathan Tan Ming Yu SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 3 points
- Yew Chang Yang Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 9 points Honorable Mention
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Abdul Fatah bin Abdul Wahab Kolej Universiti Sains dan Teknologi Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2002 UK (Average Score: 4.3)
- Muhammad Ikhwan Azlan Muar Science Secondary School 1 point
- Ahmad Fahmi Ismail SMK Damansara Utama, PJ 8 points
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 11 points Honorable Mention
- Jonathan Ramachandran Sekolah Tinggi Kajang, Kajang 1 point
- Soon Yu Sheng SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Tan Ta Sheng SMK Tengku Idris Shah 1 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Jamaluddin University Sains Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2001 USA (Average Score:6.0)
- Muhammad Ikhwan Azlan Muar Science Secondary School 2 points
- Boon Yi Di SMK Bukit Bintang, PJ 2 points
- Kok Ern SMJK Chong Hwa 10 points Honorable Mention
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 10 points Honorable Mention
- Soon Yu Sheng SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points Honorable Mention
- Yew Chang Yang SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 2 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2000 Korea (Average Score: 10.7)
- Ong Shien Jin Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar, NS 13 points Bronze
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 11 points Bronze
- Kok Yen Hau Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1999 Romania (Average Score: 6.2)
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points
- Ong Shien Jin SMK St. Francis, Melaka 7 points
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly MRSM, Jasin 6 points
- Kok Yen Hau Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points
- Liew Chien Hao SMJK Katholik, PJ 2 points
- Muhammad Saifuddin Zainal SM Alam Shah, KL 4 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1998 Taiwan (Average Score: 5.3)
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points
- Liew Ze Keong SM Chong Hwa, KL 6 points
- Yow Kah Lun SM Chong Hwa, KL 9 points
- Liew Chien Hao SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Husswan Hadi bin Wan Hussien MRSM Taiping 0 point
- Muhammad Saifudin bin Zanial Sekolah Alam Shah, KL 3 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1997 Argentina (Average Score: 3.2)
- Au Yin Kheng Sekolah Bukit Bintang, PJ 0 point
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 7 points
- Hulwan Afif Idris SMAP, Kajang 0 point
- Liew Hun Hui Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 2 points
- Mozaid Tajuddin SMS Teluk Intan 7 points Honorable Mention
- Ng Set Foong Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 3 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Zainuddin Abas Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1996 India (Average Score: 2.3)
- Asmara Asmadi Aris Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Chan Chia Khow Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points Honorable Mention
- Liew Voon Yen SMK Sam Tet, Ipoh 1 point
- Nuraini Ibrahim Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Cyril Christopher Singham Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1995 Canada (Average Score: 0.5)
- Mohd Arif Mohd Sharif Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Weng Choh Cheong SM Victoria 1 point
- Abdul Ghani Mohamad Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Leader
- Bon Chuan Soh Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
The first selection is based on the September Problems, where the top 24 students are selected and invited to a residential 1-week training camp. At the end of the camp, approximately 12 students are selected . The final six candidates are later selected based on results of several tests and exams.
In mainland China, highschool students have the annual National Highschool Mathematics Competitions, held on the second Sunday of October. A few competitors of each province with best scores, usually the top 3 to 5, will be invited to participate in the China Mathematics Olympiads. Approximately the top 20 competitors of CMO will have a training campus; and then, the 6 students with top scores will form the Chinese team.
In Portugal, there are four selection steps. The three first are the exams of the [Portuguese Mathematics Olympiad] and the last is composed of several exams made by [Projecto Delfos], who also prepares the students for international competitions.
In Romania those that enter the Romanian National Team on Mathematical Olympiad are selected from three rounds: City, County and National. A team (plus reserve) is selected from the first nine topped on the National Olympiad.
In South Africa those who would be members of the team must pass through a nation-wide talent search by correspondence, after which the top fifty or so will be selected for a camp at Stellenbosch University. After that they must come in the top fifteen/sixteen in some monthly problems sent out by the University of Cape Town in order to go to a final selection camp at Rhodes University, Grahamstown. A final training camp takes place at the University of Cape Town just before the IMO. The Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad is used informally as a test, along with an IMO selection test written at the schools of the top fifteen in the event of indecision.
In Sweden, a mathematics contest called "Skolornas Matematiktävling" is held every autumn. Those who qualify to the finale are invited to participate in the Nordic Mathematics Contest as well. From the combined results of the qualification round, the finale and NMC, the six highest acheivers of the swedish finalists are invited to join the swedish IMO team.
In the UK, the number of those that enter the British Mathematical Olympiad is reduced to around 20. These then have a 'training session' that is held in Trinity College, Cambridge. A squad (team plus reserve) of around nine is selected from examinations during these sessions and a final team is selected after a further training session held at Oundle School.
In the United States, the team is selected through the American Mathematics Competitions, which are open to all high school students. Final determinations for team members are based largely on the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad and an IMO-style Team Selection Test.
Awards
The participants are ranked based on their individual scores.
- Gold medals will be awarded to the top 1/12 of the contestants.
- Silver medals will be awarded to the next 2/12.
- Bronze medals will be awarded to the next 3/12.
- Participants who don't win a medal but who score seven points on at least one problem get an honorable mention.
Not more than half of the participants will receive medals.
Special prizes may be awarded for solutions of outstanding elegance or involving good generalisations of a problem. This last happened in 2005, 1995 and 1988, but was more frequent up to the early 1980s.
Current and future IMOs
Past IMOs
Sources differ about the cities hosting some of the early IMOs. This may be partly because leaders are generally housed well away from the students, and partly because after the competition the students did not always stay based in 1 city for the rest of the IMO. The exact dates cited may also differ, because of leaders arriving before the students, and at more recent IMOs the IMO Advisory Board arriving before the leaders.
- The 1st IMO was held in Braşov and Bucharest, Romania on 23-31 July, 1959.
- The 2nd IMO was held in Sinaia, Romania on 18-25 July, 1960.
- The 3rd IMO was held in Veszprém, Hungary on 6-16 July, 1961.
- The 4th IMO was held in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia on 7-15 July, 1962.
- The 5th IMO was held in Warsaw and Wrocław, Poland on 5-13 July, 1963.
- The 6th IMO was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 30 June-10 July, 1964.
- The 7th IMO was held in Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 3-13 July, 1965.
- The 8th IMO was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 3-13 July, 1966.
- The 9th IMO was held in Cetinje, Yugoslavia on 2-13 July, 1967.
- The 10th IMO was held in Moscow, USSR on 5-18 July, 1968.
- The 11th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania on 5-20 July, 1969.
- The 12th IMO was held in Keszthely, Hungary on 8-22 July, 1970.
- The 13th IMO was held in Zilina, Czechoslovakia on 10-21 July, 1971.
- The 14th IMO was held in Toruń, Poland on 5-17 July, 1972.
- The 15th IMO was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 5-16 July, 1973.
- The 16th IMO was held in Erfurt and East Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 4-17 July, 1974.
- The 17th IMO was held in Burgas and Sofia, Bulgaria in 1975.
- The 18th IMO was held in Lienz, Austria in 1976.
- The 19th IMO was held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia on 1-13 July, 1977.
- The 20th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania in 1978.
- The 21st IMO was held in London, United Kingdom in 1979.
- The 22nd IMO was held in Washington, DC, United States on 8-20 July, 1981.
- The 23rd IMO was held in Budapest, Hungary on 5-14 July, 1982.
- The 24th IMO was held in Paris, France on 1-12 July, 1983.
- The 25th IMO was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia on 29 June-10 July, 1984.
- The 26th IMO was held in Joutsa, Finland on 29 June-11 July, 1985.
- The 27th IMO was held in Warsaw, Poland on 4-15 July, 1986.
- The 28th IMO was held in Havana, Cuba on 5-16 July, 1987.
- The 29th IMO was held in Canberra, Australia on 9-21 July, 1988.
- The 30th IMO was held in Brunswick, Federal Republic of Germany on 13-24 July, 1989.
- The 31st IMO was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China on 8-19 July, 1990.
- The 32nd IMO was held in Sigtuna, Sweden on 12-23 July, 1991.
- The 33rd IMO was held in Moscow, Russia on 10-21 July, 1992.
- The 34th IMO was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 13-24 July, 1993.
- The 35th IMO was held in Hong Kong on 8-20 July, 1994.
- The 36th IMO was held in Toronto, Canada on 13-25 July, 1995. [link]
- The 37th IMO was held in Mumbai, India on 5-17 July, 1996. [link]
- The 38th IMO was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina on 18-31 July, 1997. [link]
- The 39th IMO was held in Taipei, Republic of China on 10-21 July, 1998. [link]
- The 40th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania on 10-22 July, 1999. [link]
- The 41st IMO was held in Taejon, South Korea on 13-25 July, 2000. [link]
- The 42nd IMO was held in Washington, DC, United States on 1-14 July, 2001. [link]
- The 43rd IMO was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom on 19-30 July, 2002.
- The 44th IMO was held in Tokyo, Japan on 7-19 July, 2003. [link]
- The 45th IMO was held in Athens, Greece on 6-18 July, 2004. [link]
- The 46th IMO was held in Mérida, Mexico on 8-19 July, 2005. [link]
Results for the 2005 IMO
Results by Medals for the 2005 IMO
- People's Republic of China | (five gold, one silver)
- United States , Russia | (four gold, two silver)
- Romania | (four gold, one silver, one bronze)
- Korea | (three gold, three silver)
- Republic of China | (three gold, two silver, one bronze)
- Japan | (three gold, one silver, two bronze)
- Iran | (two gold, four silver)
Results by points for the 2005 IMO
- People's Republic of China (235)
- United States of America (213)
- Russian Federation (212)
- Iran (201)
- Korea (200)
- Romania (191)
- Republic of China (190)
- Japan (188)
- Hungary, Ukraine (181)
- Bulgaria (173)
- Germany (163)
- United Kingdom (159)
- Singapore (145)
- Vietnam (143)
- Czech Republic (139)
- Hong Kong (138)
- Belarus (136)
- Canada (132)
- Slovakia (131)
Notable achievements
- Ciprian Manolescu from Romania managed to write a perfect paper (42/42) three times.
- Reid Barton (USA) was the first participant to obtain a gold medal four times (1998-1999-2000-2001). Christian Reiher (Germany) is the only other participant to have won four gold medals (2000-2001-2002-2003); Reiher also obtained a bronze medal in 1999.
- In 1994, all six members of the USA team wrote a perfect paper. This accomplishment was noted in TIME Magazine.
- Terence Tao from Australia got a gold medal at the age of thirteen in 1988, being the youngest person to have a gold medal.
Sources
- Steve Olson. Count Down. Houghton Mifflin, 2004. ISBN 0-61825141-3. Describes the IMO (based on IMO 2000) from the viewpoint of the contestants, with general background information on various related issues (such as competitiveness).
- Tom Verhoeff. The 43rd International Mathematical Olympiad: A Reflective Report on IMO 2002. Computing Science Report 02-11, Faculty of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology. August 2002. [PDF] Describes the IMO (based on IMO 2002) from the viewpoint of the leaders, with a comparison to the International Olympiad in Informatics.
See also
External links
- [Central IMO web site]
- [Introduction to the IMO Business, including information on IMO ShortLists/LongLists by Orlando Döhring]
- [IMO Resources] - IMO problems and solutions, IMO Shortlists, IMO Longlists and one of the largest collection of Olympiad problems in the world.
- [IMO problems and solutions]
- [IMO scores]
- [IMO winners Hall of Fame] - IMO winners who have won Fields Medal or Nevanlinna Prize
- [IMO contestants who have won three or more gold medals]
- [MathLinks IMO Forums] - discuss the latest developments in the IMO with former, current or future contestants, leaders and other people involved in the IMO
- [The IMO Compendium] - the most complete collection of shortlisted and long listed problems for the IMO's; huge collection of problems from other contests.
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The Association Animath prepares and selects the French IMO team. Students who succeed at a preselection test can get from Animath a year-long training, after which the team is selected by an IMO-like test.
IMO team selection in Germany is based on the main national mathematical competitions: The Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik (BWM, the former west German olympiad), the Deutsche Mathematik-Olympiade (DeMO, the former east German olympiad), and Jugend forscht (a research competition). Students successful in any of these competitions (e. g. a prize in the second round of the BWM) write two 3-hour exams at their schools, and the 16 best scorers of these exams are invited to a training program consisting of five seminars, where lectures are given and seven team selection tests are written - 4-hour exams determining the actual IMO contestants (additional tests are possible if the team is not uniquely determined after the seven exams).
- Θαλής (Thalis) - first round
- Ευκλείδης (Euklidis) - second round
- Αρχιμήδης (Archimidis) - third round
Hong Kong first joined IMO in 1988.
In Hong Kong, the International Mathematical Olympiad Preliminary Selection Contest is held every year. Students are selected to receive further training, after three phases of which six students will be selected as the Hong Kong team members, and six will be selected as reserve members. The further training is also known as phase four training.
In India, the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad (or INMO) is held every year. Students qualifying this examination get to attend the IMO Training Camp where further selection tests are used to identify the top six students who will represent the country. .
In Indonesia, National Mathematical Olympiad is held as a part of National Science Olympiad (Olimpiade Sains Nasional), and have been held annually since 2002. Students who pass the province level test will be eligible to participate in the National Mathematical Olympiad and about 30 students are chosen to get into 1st training camp. About half of them will go to 2nd traning camp and participate in APMO. At the end, 6 students are selected to represent the country. The selection depends on the results of regular test, IMO mock test and APMO.
In Ireland, the top scorers in the Junior Certificate (an exam taken around the age of 15-16) are invited by the various universities to take part in the Irish Mathematical Olympiad. The IrMO is held simultaneously in May in each of these universities and the top six students are selected for the national team.
In Italy, the Mathematical Olympiad is held every year; the full selection process is made up of four stages:
- the so-called Archimedean games, held as a multiple choice test in all participating high schools in November
- the regional stage, held as a mixed test (multiple choice, numerical answers and proof-writing) in ca. 100 sites in February
- the national stage, held in Cesenatico at the beginning of May, composed of six problems requiring a full proof.
- the team selection test, held in Pisa at the end of May after a five-days stage, composed of two sessions each containing three problems requiring a full proof.
In Latvia a national contest open to all high school students takes place each year. The best participants of regional contests are allowed to participate in the national olympiad held in Riga. The top students are further tested to select the national team.
The first selection round is based on the Olimpiad Matematik Kebangsaan, OMK (National Mathematical Olympiad) and around 30 candidates are selected to join two or three training camps. The final six candidates are selected from the results of several other tests and exams (including the APMO) in these training camps.
Malaysia Performance in the IMO 1995 - 2005
Malaysia's IMO participation
Malaysia sent its first IMO team in 1995, with a delegation of two officials and two students. From 1996 to 2004, Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap was the leader of IMO Team Malaysia, responsible for selecting and training the students. Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail took over this role in 2005.
Bronze medalists
- Darren Ong Chung Lee (2004)
- Ong Shien Jin (2000)
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly (2000)
Honorable mention
- Chuah Weijian (2004)
- Yew Chang Yang (2003)
- Darren Ong Chung Lee (2002)
- Kok Ern (2001)
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly (2001)
- Soon Yu Sheng (2001)
- Mozaid Tajuddin (1997)
- Chan Chia Khow (1996)
Results
IMO 2005 Mexico (Average Score: 2.5)
- Teo Wee Sern SMK St. Francis, Melaka 6 points
- Chuah Weijian SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 2 points
- Lim Chern Han SMJK Katholik, PJ 2 points
- Ahmad Faiz Ahmad Pauzi Penang Free School, Penang 1 point
- Muhammad Ilyas Mohd Ramdzan SMA Al-Mashoor, Penang 1 point
- Japheth Lim Jian Wen SMJK Chung Ling, Penang 3 points
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2004 Greece (Average Score: 5.7)
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 17 points Bronze
- Jasmine Yow SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 6 points
- Khor Zi Jian SMJK (C) Sin Min, Sungai Petani 1 point
- Chuah Weijian SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 10 points Honorable Mention
- Zulkifli bin Aziz Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 0 point
- Farzan bin Fadillah Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 0 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2003 Japan (Average Score: 5.2)
- Ahmad Safwan Ahmad Kamal Hayati Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 2 points
- Eng Fwu Huey SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 8 points
- Jonathan Tan Ming Yu SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 3 points
- Yew Chang Yang Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 9 points Honorable Mention
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Abdul Fatah bin Abdul Wahab Kolej Universiti Sains dan Teknologi Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2002 UK (Average Score: 4.3)
- Muhammad Ikhwan Azlan Muar Science Secondary School 1 point
- Ahmad Fahmi Ismail SMK Damansara Utama, PJ 8 points
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 11 points Honorable Mention
- Jonathan Ramachandran Sekolah Tinggi Kajang, Kajang 1 point
- Soon Yu Sheng SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Tan Ta Sheng SMK Tengku Idris Shah 1 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Jamaluddin University Sains Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2001 USA (Average Score:6.0)
- Muhammad Ikhwan Azlan Muar Science Secondary School 2 points
- Boon Yi Di SMK Bukit Bintang, PJ 2 points
- Kok Ern SMJK Chong Hwa 10 points Honorable Mention
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 10 points Honorable Mention
- Soon Yu Sheng SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points Honorable Mention
- Yew Chang Yang SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 2 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2000 Korea (Average Score: 10.7)
- Ong Shien Jin Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar, NS 13 points Bronze
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 11 points Bronze
- Kok Yen Hau Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1999 Romania (Average Score: 6.2)
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points
- Ong Shien Jin SMK St. Francis, Melaka 7 points
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly MRSM, Jasin 6 points
- Kok Yen Hau Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points
- Liew Chien Hao SMJK Katholik, PJ 2 points
- Muhammad Saifuddin Zainal SM Alam Shah, KL 4 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1998 Taiwan (Average Score: 5.3)
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points
- Liew Ze Keong SM Chong Hwa, KL 6 points
- Yow Kah Lun SM Chong Hwa, KL 9 points
- Liew Chien Hao SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Husswan Hadi bin Wan Hussien MRSM Taiping 0 point
- Muhammad Saifudin bin Zanial Sekolah Alam Shah, KL 3 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1997 Argentina (Average Score: 3.2)
- Au Yin Kheng Sekolah Bukit Bintang, PJ 0 point
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 7 points
- Hulwan Afif Idris SMAP, Kajang 0 point
- Liew Hun Hui Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 2 points
- Mozaid Tajuddin SMS Teluk Intan 7 points Honorable Mention
- Ng Set Foong Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 3 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Zainuddin Abas Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1996 India (Average Score: 2.3)
- Asmara Asmadi Aris Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Chan Chia Khow Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points Honorable Mention
- Liew Voon Yen SMK Sam Tet, Ipoh 1 point
- Nuraini Ibrahim Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Cyril Christopher Singham Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1995 Canada (Average Score: 0.5)
- Mohd Arif Mohd Sharif Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Weng Choh Cheong SM Victoria 1 point
- Abdul Ghani Mohamad Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Leader
- Bon Chuan Soh Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
The first selection is based on the September Problems, where the top 24 students are selected and invited to a residential 1-week training camp. At the end of the camp, approximately 12 students are selected . The final six candidates are later selected based on results of several tests and exams.
In mainland China, highschool students have the annual National Highschool Mathematics Competitions, held on the second Sunday of October. A few competitors of each province with best scores, usually the top 3 to 5, will be invited to participate in the China Mathematics Olympiads. Approximately the top 20 competitors of CMO will have a training campus; and then, the 6 students with top scores will form the Chinese team.
In Portugal, there are four selection steps. The three first are the exams of the [Portuguese Mathematics Olympiad] and the last is composed of several exams made by [Projecto Delfos], who also prepares the students for international competitions.
In Romania those that enter the Romanian National Team on Mathematical Olympiad are selected from three rounds: City, County and National. A team (plus reserve) is selected from the first nine topped on the National Olympiad.
In South Africa those who would be members of the team must pass through a nation-wide talent search by correspondence, after which the top fifty or so will be selected for a camp at Stellenbosch University. After that they must come in the top fifteen/sixteen in some monthly problems sent out by the University of Cape Town in order to go to a final selection camp at Rhodes University, Grahamstown. A final training camp takes place at the University of Cape Town just before the IMO. The Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad is used informally as a test, along with an IMO selection test written at the schools of the top fifteen in the event of indecision.
In Sweden, a mathematics contest called "Skolornas Matematiktävling" is held every autumn. Those who qualify to the finale are invited to participate in the Nordic Mathematics Contest as well. From the combined results of the qualification round, the finale and NMC, the six highest acheivers of the swedish finalists are invited to join the swedish IMO team.
In the UK, the number of those that enter the British Mathematical Olympiad is reduced to around 20. These then have a 'training session' that is held in Trinity College, Cambridge. A squad (team plus reserve) of around nine is selected from examinations during these sessions and a final team is selected after a further training session held at Oundle School.
In the United States, the team is selected through the American Mathematics Competitions, which are open to all high school students. Final determinations for team members are based largely on the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad and an IMO-style Team Selection Test.
Awards
The participants are ranked based on their individual scores.
- Gold medals will be awarded to the top 1/12 of the contestants.
- Silver medals will be awarded to the next 2/12.
- Bronze medals will be awarded to the next 3/12.
- Participants who don't win a medal but who score seven points on at least one problem get an honorable mention.
Not more than half of the participants will receive medals.
Special prizes may be awarded for solutions of outstanding elegance or involving good generalisations of a problem. This last happened in 2005, 1995 and 1988, but was more frequent up to the early 1980s.
Current and future IMOs
Past IMOs
Sources differ about the cities hosting some of the early IMOs. This may be partly because leaders are generally housed well away from the students, and partly because after the competition the students did not always stay based in 1 city for the rest of the IMO. The exact dates cited may also differ, because of leaders arriving before the students, and at more recent IMOs the IMO Advisory Board arriving before the leaders.
- The 1st IMO was held in Braşov and Bucharest, Romania on 23-31 July, 1959.
- The 2nd IMO was held in Sinaia, Romania on 18-25 July, 1960.
- The 3rd IMO was held in Veszprém, Hungary on 6-16 July, 1961.
- The 4th IMO was held in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia on 7-15 July, 1962.
- The 5th IMO was held in Warsaw and Wrocław, Poland on 5-13 July, 1963.
- The 6th IMO was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 30 June-10 July, 1964.
- The 7th IMO was held in Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 3-13 July, 1965.
- The 8th IMO was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 3-13 July, 1966.
- The 9th IMO was held in Cetinje, Yugoslavia on 2-13 July, 1967.
- The 10th IMO was held in Moscow, USSR on 5-18 July, 1968.
- The 11th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania on 5-20 July, 1969.
- The 12th IMO was held in Keszthely, Hungary on 8-22 July, 1970.
- The 13th IMO was held in Zilina, Czechoslovakia on 10-21 July, 1971.
- The 14th IMO was held in Toruń, Poland on 5-17 July, 1972.
- The 15th IMO was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 5-16 July, 1973.
- The 16th IMO was held in Erfurt and East Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 4-17 July, 1974.
- The 17th IMO was held in Burgas and Sofia, Bulgaria in 1975.
- The 18th IMO was held in Lienz, Austria in 1976.
- The 19th IMO was held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia on 1-13 July, 1977.
- The 20th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania in 1978.
- The 21st IMO was held in London, United Kingdom in 1979.
- The 22nd IMO was held in Washington, DC, United States on 8-20 July, 1981.
- The 23rd IMO was held in Budapest, Hungary on 5-14 July, 1982.
- The 24th IMO was held in Paris, France on 1-12 July, 1983.
- The 25th IMO was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia on 29 June-10 July, 1984.
- The 26th IMO was held in Joutsa, Finland on 29 June-11 July, 1985.
- The 27th IMO was held in Warsaw, Poland on 4-15 July, 1986.
- The 28th IMO was held in Havana, Cuba on 5-16 July, 1987.
- The 29th IMO was held in Canberra, Australia on 9-21 July, 1988.
- The 30th IMO was held in Brunswick, Federal Republic of Germany on 13-24 July, 1989.
- The 31st IMO was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China on 8-19 July, 1990.
- The 32nd IMO was held in Sigtuna, Sweden on 12-23 July, 1991.
- The 33rd IMO was held in Moscow, Russia on 10-21 July, 1992.
- The 34th IMO was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 13-24 July, 1993.
- The 35th IMO was held in Hong Kong on 8-20 July, 1994.
- The 36th IMO was held in Toronto, Canada on 13-25 July, 1995. [link]
- The 37th IMO was held in Mumbai, India on 5-17 July, 1996. [link]
- The 38th IMO was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina on 18-31 July, 1997. [link]
- The 39th IMO was held in Taipei, Republic of China on 10-21 July, 1998. [link]
- The 40th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania on 10-22 July, 1999. [link]
- The 41st IMO was held in Taejon, South Korea on 13-25 July, 2000. [link]
- The 42nd IMO was held in Washington, DC, United States on 1-14 July, 2001. [link]
- The 43rd IMO was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom on 19-30 July, 2002.
- The 44th IMO was held in Tokyo, Japan on 7-19 July, 2003. [link]
- The 45th IMO was held in Athens, Greece on 6-18 July, 2004. [link]
- The 46th IMO was held in Mérida, Mexico on 8-19 July, 2005. [link]
Results for the 2005 IMO
Results by Medals for the 2005 IMO
- People's Republic of China | (five gold, one silver)
- United States , Russia | (four gold, two silver)
- Romania | (four gold, one silver, one bronze)
- Korea | (three gold, three silver)
- Republic of China | (three gold, two silver, one bronze)
- Japan | (three gold, one silver, two bronze)
- Iran | (two gold, four silver)
Results by points for the 2005 IMO
- People's Republic of China (235)
- United States of America (213)
- Russian Federation (212)
- Iran (201)
- Korea (200)
- Romania (191)
- Republic of China (190)
- Japan (188)
- Hungary, Ukraine (181)
- Bulgaria (173)
- Germany (163)
- United Kingdom (159)
- Singapore (145)
- Vietnam (143)
- Czech Republic (139)
- Hong Kong (138)
- Belarus (136)
- Canada (132)
- Slovakia (131)
Notable achievements
- Ciprian Manolescu from Romania managed to write a perfect paper (42/42) three times.
- Reid Barton (USA) was the first participant to obtain a gold medal four times (1998-1999-2000-2001). Christian Reiher (Germany) is the only other participant to have won four gold medals (2000-2001-2002-2003); Reiher also obtained a bronze medal in 1999.
- In 1994, all six members of the USA team wrote a perfect paper. This accomplishment was noted in TIME Magazine.
- Terence Tao from Australia got a gold medal at the age of thirteen in 1988, being the youngest person to have a gold medal.
Sources
- Steve Olson. Count Down. Houghton Mifflin, 2004. ISBN 0-61825141-3. Describes the IMO (based on IMO 2000) from the viewpoint of the contestants, with general background information on various related issues (such as competitiveness).
- Tom Verhoeff. The 43rd International Mathematical Olympiad: A Reflective Report on IMO 2002. Computing Science Report 02-11, Faculty of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology. August 2002. [PDF] Describes the IMO (based on IMO 2002) from the viewpoint of the leaders, with a comparison to the International Olympiad in Informatics.
See also
External links
- [Central IMO web site]
- [Introduction to the IMO Business, including information on IMO ShortLists/LongLists by Orlando Döhring]
- [IMO Resources] - IMO problems and solutions, IMO Shortlists, IMO Longlists and one of the largest collection of Olympiad problems in the world.
- [IMO problems and solutions]
- [IMO scores]
- [IMO winners Hall of Fame] - IMO winners who have won Fields Medal or Nevanlinna Prize
- [IMO contestants who have won three or more gold medals]
- [MathLinks IMO Forums] - discuss the latest developments in the IMO with former, current or future contestants, leaders and other people involved in the IMO
- [The IMO Compendium] - the most complete collection of shortlisted and long listed problems for the IMO's; huge collection of problems from other contests.
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- Θαλής (Thalis) - first round
- Ευκλείδης (Euklidis) - second round
- Αρχιμήδης (Archimidis) - third round
Hong Kong first joined IMO in 1988.
In Hong Kong, the International Mathematical Olympiad Preliminary Selection Contest is held every year. Students are selected to receive further training, after three phases of which six students will be selected as the Hong Kong team members, and six will be selected as reserve members. The further training is also known as phase four training.
In India, the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad (or INMO) is held every year. Students qualifying this examination get to attend the IMO Training Camp where further selection tests are used to identify the top six students who will represent the country. .
In Indonesia, National Mathematical Olympiad is held as a part of National Science Olympiad (Olimpiade Sains Nasional), and have been held annually since 2002. Students who pass the province level test will be eligible to participate in the National Mathematical Olympiad and about 30 students are chosen to get into 1st training camp. About half of them will go to 2nd traning camp and participate in APMO. At the end, 6 students are selected to represent the country. The selection depends on the results of regular test, IMO mock test and APMO.
In Ireland, the top scorers in the Junior Certificate (an exam taken around the age of 15-16) are invited by the various universities to take part in the Irish Mathematical Olympiad. The IrMO is held simultaneously in May in each of these universities and the top six students are selected for the national team.
In Italy, the Mathematical Olympiad is held every year; the full selection process is made up of four stages:
- the so-called Archimedean games, held as a multiple choice test in all participating high schools in November
- the regional stage, held as a mixed test (multiple choice, numerical answers and proof-writing) in ca. 100 sites in February
- the national stage, held in Cesenatico at the beginning of May, composed of six problems requiring a full proof.
- the team selection test, held in Pisa at the end of May after a five-days stage, composed of two sessions each containing three problems requiring a full proof.
In Latvia a national contest open to all high school students takes place each year. The best participants of regional contests are allowed to participate in the national olympiad held in Riga. The top students are further tested to select the national team.
The first selection round is based on the Olimpiad Matematik Kebangsaan, OMK (National Mathematical Olympiad) and around 30 candidates are selected to join two or three training camps. The final six candidates are selected from the results of several other tests and exams (including the APMO) in these training camps.
Malaysia Performance in the IMO 1995 - 2005
Malaysia's IMO participation
Malaysia sent its first IMO team in 1995, with a delegation of two officials and two students. From 1996 to 2004, Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap was the leader of IMO Team Malaysia, responsible for selecting and training the students. Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail took over this role in 2005.
Bronze medalists
- Darren Ong Chung Lee (2004)
- Ong Shien Jin (2000)
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly (2000)
Honorable mention
- Chuah Weijian (2004)
- Yew Chang Yang (2003)
- Darren Ong Chung Lee (2002)
- Kok Ern (2001)
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly (2001)
- Soon Yu Sheng (2001)
- Mozaid Tajuddin (1997)
- Chan Chia Khow (1996)
Results
IMO 2005 Mexico (Average Score: 2.5)
- Teo Wee Sern SMK St. Francis, Melaka 6 points
- Chuah Weijian SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 2 points
- Lim Chern Han SMJK Katholik, PJ 2 points
- Ahmad Faiz Ahmad Pauzi Penang Free School, Penang 1 point
- Muhammad Ilyas Mohd Ramdzan SMA Al-Mashoor, Penang 1 point
- Japheth Lim Jian Wen SMJK Chung Ling, Penang 3 points
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2004 Greece (Average Score: 5.7)
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 17 points Bronze
- Jasmine Yow SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 6 points
- Khor Zi Jian SMJK (C) Sin Min, Sungai Petani 1 point
- Chuah Weijian SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 10 points Honorable Mention
- Zulkifli bin Aziz Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 0 point
- Farzan bin Fadillah Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 0 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2003 Japan (Average Score: 5.2)
- Ahmad Safwan Ahmad Kamal Hayati Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 2 points
- Eng Fwu Huey SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 8 points
- Jonathan Tan Ming Yu SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 3 points
- Yew Chang Yang Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 9 points Honorable Mention
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Abdul Fatah bin Abdul Wahab Kolej Universiti Sains dan Teknologi Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2002 UK (Average Score: 4.3)
- Muhammad Ikhwan Azlan Muar Science Secondary School 1 point
- Ahmad Fahmi Ismail SMK Damansara Utama, PJ 8 points
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 11 points Honorable Mention
- Jonathan Ramachandran Sekolah Tinggi Kajang, Kajang 1 point
- Soon Yu Sheng SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Tan Ta Sheng SMK Tengku Idris Shah 1 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Jamaluddin University Sains Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2001 USA (Average Score:6.0)
- Muhammad Ikhwan Azlan Muar Science Secondary School 2 points
- Boon Yi Di SMK Bukit Bintang, PJ 2 points
- Kok Ern SMJK Chong Hwa 10 points Honorable Mention
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 10 points Honorable Mention
- Soon Yu Sheng SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points Honorable Mention
- Yew Chang Yang SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 2 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2000 Korea (Average Score: 10.7)
- Ong Shien Jin Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar, NS 13 points Bronze
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 11 points Bronze
- Kok Yen Hau Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1999 Romania (Average Score: 6.2)
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points
- Ong Shien Jin SMK St. Francis, Melaka 7 points
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly MRSM, Jasin 6 points
- Kok Yen Hau Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points
- Liew Chien Hao SMJK Katholik, PJ 2 points
- Muhammad Saifuddin Zainal SM Alam Shah, KL 4 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1998 Taiwan (Average Score: 5.3)
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points
- Liew Ze Keong SM Chong Hwa, KL 6 points
- Yow Kah Lun SM Chong Hwa, KL 9 points
- Liew Chien Hao SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Husswan Hadi bin Wan Hussien MRSM Taiping 0 point
- Muhammad Saifudin bin Zanial Sekolah Alam Shah, KL 3 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1997 Argentina (Average Score: 3.2)
- Au Yin Kheng Sekolah Bukit Bintang, PJ 0 point
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 7 points
- Hulwan Afif Idris SMAP, Kajang 0 point
- Liew Hun Hui Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 2 points
- Mozaid Tajuddin SMS Teluk Intan 7 points Honorable Mention
- Ng Set Foong Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 3 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Zainuddin Abas Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1996 India (Average Score: 2.3)
- Asmara Asmadi Aris Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Chan Chia Khow Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points Honorable Mention
- Liew Voon Yen SMK Sam Tet, Ipoh 1 point
- Nuraini Ibrahim Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Cyril Christopher Singham Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1995 Canada (Average Score: 0.5)
- Mohd Arif Mohd Sharif Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Weng Choh Cheong SM Victoria 1 point
- Abdul Ghani Mohamad Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Leader
- Bon Chuan Soh Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
The first selection is based on the September Problems, where the top 24 students are selected and invited to a residential 1-week training camp. At the end of the camp, approximately 12 students are selected . The final six candidates are later selected based on results of several tests and exams.
In mainland China, highschool students have the annual National Highschool Mathematics Competitions, held on the second Sunday of October. A few competitors of each province with best scores, usually the top 3 to 5, will be invited to participate in the China Mathematics Olympiads. Approximately the top 20 competitors of CMO will have a training campus; and then, the 6 students with top scores will form the Chinese team.
In Portugal, there are four selection steps. The three first are the exams of the [Portuguese Mathematics Olympiad] and the last is composed of several exams made by [Projecto Delfos], who also prepares the students for international competitions.
In Romania those that enter the Romanian National Team on Mathematical Olympiad are selected from three rounds: City, County and National. A team (plus reserve) is selected from the first nine topped on the National Olympiad.
In South Africa those who would be members of the team must pass through a nation-wide talent search by correspondence, after which the top fifty or so will be selected for a camp at Stellenbosch University. After that they must come in the top fifteen/sixteen in some monthly problems sent out by the University of Cape Town in order to go to a final selection camp at Rhodes University, Grahamstown. A final training camp takes place at the University of Cape Town just before the IMO. The Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad is used informally as a test, along with an IMO selection test written at the schools of the top fifteen in the event of indecision.
In Sweden, a mathematics contest called "Skolornas Matematiktävling" is held every autumn. Those who qualify to the finale are invited to participate in the Nordic Mathematics Contest as well. From the combined results of the qualification round, the finale and NMC, the six highest acheivers of the swedish finalists are invited to join the swedish IMO team.
In the UK, the number of those that enter the British Mathematical Olympiad is reduced to around 20. These then have a 'training session' that is held in Trinity College, Cambridge. A squad (team plus reserve) of around nine is selected from examinations during these sessions and a final team is selected after a further training session held at Oundle School.
In the United States, the team is selected through the American Mathematics Competitions, which are open to all high school students. Final determinations for team members are based largely on the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad and an IMO-style Team Selection Test.
Awards
The participants are ranked based on their individual scores.
- Gold medals will be awarded to the top 1/12 of the contestants.
- Silver medals will be awarded to the next 2/12.
- Bronze medals will be awarded to the next 3/12.
- Participants who don't win a medal but who score seven points on at least one problem get an honorable mention.
Not more than half of the participants will receive medals.
Special prizes may be awarded for solutions of outstanding elegance or involving good generalisations of a problem. This last happened in 2005, 1995 and 1988, but was more frequent up to the early 1980s.
Current and future IMOs
Past IMOs
Sources differ about the cities hosting some of the early IMOs. This may be partly because leaders are generally housed well away from the students, and partly because after the competition the students did not always stay based in 1 city for the rest of the IMO. The exact dates cited may also differ, because of leaders arriving before the students, and at more recent IMOs the IMO Advisory Board arriving before the leaders.
- The 1st IMO was held in Braşov and Bucharest, Romania on 23-31 July, 1959.
- The 2nd IMO was held in Sinaia, Romania on 18-25 July, 1960.
- The 3rd IMO was held in Veszprém, Hungary on 6-16 July, 1961.
- The 4th IMO was held in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia on 7-15 July, 1962.
- The 5th IMO was held in Warsaw and Wrocław, Poland on 5-13 July, 1963.
- The 6th IMO was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 30 June-10 July, 1964.
- The 7th IMO was held in Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 3-13 July, 1965.
- The 8th IMO was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 3-13 July, 1966.
- The 9th IMO was held in Cetinje, Yugoslavia on 2-13 July, 1967.
- The 10th IMO was held in Moscow, USSR on 5-18 July, 1968.
- The 11th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania on 5-20 July, 1969.
- The 12th IMO was held in Keszthely, Hungary on 8-22 July, 1970.
- The 13th IMO was held in Zilina, Czechoslovakia on 10-21 July, 1971.
- The 14th IMO was held in Toruń, Poland on 5-17 July, 1972.
- The 15th IMO was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 5-16 July, 1973.
- The 16th IMO was held in Erfurt and East Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 4-17 July, 1974.
- The 17th IMO was held in Burgas and Sofia, Bulgaria in 1975.
- The 18th IMO was held in Lienz, Austria in 1976.
- The 19th IMO was held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia on 1-13 July, 1977.
- The 20th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania in 1978.
- The 21st IMO was held in London, United Kingdom in 1979.
- The 22nd IMO was held in Washington, DC, United States on 8-20 July, 1981.
- The 23rd IMO was held in Budapest, Hungary on 5-14 July, 1982.
- The 24th IMO was held in Paris, France on 1-12 July, 1983.
- The 25th IMO was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia on 29 June-10 July, 1984.
- The 26th IMO was held in Joutsa, Finland on 29 June-11 July, 1985.
- The 27th IMO was held in Warsaw, Poland on 4-15 July, 1986.
- The 28th IMO was held in Havana, Cuba on 5-16 July, 1987.
- The 29th IMO was held in Canberra, Australia on 9-21 July, 1988.
- The 30th IMO was held in Brunswick, Federal Republic of Germany on 13-24 July, 1989.
- The 31st IMO was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China on 8-19 July, 1990.
- The 32nd IMO was held in Sigtuna, Sweden on 12-23 July, 1991.
- The 33rd IMO was held in Moscow, Russia on 10-21 July, 1992.
- The 34th IMO was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 13-24 July, 1993.
- The 35th IMO was held in Hong Kong on 8-20 July, 1994.
- The 36th IMO was held in Toronto, Canada on 13-25 July, 1995. [link]
- The 37th IMO was held in Mumbai, India on 5-17 July, 1996. [link]
- The 38th IMO was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina on 18-31 July, 1997. [link]
- The 39th IMO was held in Taipei, Republic of China on 10-21 July, 1998. [link]
- The 40th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania on 10-22 July, 1999. [link]
- The 41st IMO was held in Taejon, South Korea on 13-25 July, 2000. [link]
- The 42nd IMO was held in Washington, DC, United States on 1-14 July, 2001. [link]
- The 43rd IMO was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom on 19-30 July, 2002.
- The 44th IMO was held in Tokyo, Japan on 7-19 July, 2003. [link]
- The 45th IMO was held in Athens, Greece on 6-18 July, 2004. [link]
- The 46th IMO was held in Mérida, Mexico on 8-19 July, 2005. [link]
Results for the 2005 IMO
Results by Medals for the 2005 IMO
- People's Republic of China | (five gold, one silver)
- United States , Russia | (four gold, two silver)
- Romania | (four gold, one silver, one bronze)
- Korea | (three gold, three silver)
- Republic of China | (three gold, two silver, one bronze)
- Japan | (three gold, one silver, two bronze)
- Iran | (two gold, four silver)
Results by points for the 2005 IMO
- People's Republic of China (235)
- United States of America (213)
- Russian Federation (212)
- Iran (201)
- Korea (200)
- Romania (191)
- Republic of China (190)
- Japan (188)
- Hungary, Ukraine (181)
- Bulgaria (173)
- Germany (163)
- United Kingdom (159)
- Singapore (145)
- Vietnam (143)
- Czech Republic (139)
- Hong Kong (138)
- Belarus (136)
- Canada (132)
- Slovakia (131)
Notable achievements
- Ciprian Manolescu from Romania managed to write a perfect paper (42/42) three times.
- Reid Barton (USA) was the first participant to obtain a gold medal four times (1998-1999-2000-2001). Christian Reiher (Germany) is the only other participant to have won four gold medals (2000-2001-2002-2003); Reiher also obtained a bronze medal in 1999.
- In 1994, all six members of the USA team wrote a perfect paper. This accomplishment was noted in TIME Magazine.
- Terence Tao from Australia got a gold medal at the age of thirteen in 1988, being the youngest person to have a gold medal.
Sources
- Steve Olson. Count Down. Houghton Mifflin, 2004. ISBN 0-61825141-3. Describes the IMO (based on IMO 2000) from the viewpoint of the contestants, with general background information on various related issues (such as competitiveness).
- Tom Verhoeff. The 43rd International Mathematical Olympiad: A Reflective Report on IMO 2002. Computing Science Report 02-11, Faculty of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology. August 2002. [PDF] Describes the IMO (based on IMO 2002) from the viewpoint of the leaders, with a comparison to the International Olympiad in Informatics.
See also
External links
- [Central IMO web site]
- [Introduction to the IMO Business, including information on IMO ShortLists/LongLists by Orlando Döhring]
- [IMO Resources] - IMO problems and solutions, IMO Shortlists, IMO Longlists and one of the largest collection of Olympiad problems in the world.
- [IMO problems and solutions]
- [IMO scores]
- [IMO winners Hall of Fame] - IMO winners who have won Fields Medal or Nevanlinna Prize
- [IMO contestants who have won three or more gold medals]
- [MathLinks IMO Forums] - discuss the latest developments in the IMO with former, current or future contestants, leaders and other people involved in the IMO
- [The IMO Compendium] - the most complete collection of shortlisted and long listed problems for the IMO's; huge collection of problems from other contests.
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In Hong Kong, the International Mathematical Olympiad Preliminary Selection Contest is held every year. Students are selected to receive further training, after three phases of which six students will be selected as the Hong Kong team members, and six will be selected as reserve members. The further training is also known as phase four training.
In India, the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad (or INMO) is held every year. Students qualifying this examination get to attend the IMO Training Camp where further selection tests are used to identify the top six students who will represent the country. .
In Indonesia, National Mathematical Olympiad is held as a part of National Science Olympiad (Olimpiade Sains Nasional), and have been held annually since 2002. Students who pass the province level test will be eligible to participate in the National Mathematical Olympiad and about 30 students are chosen to get into 1st training camp. About half of them will go to 2nd traning camp and participate in APMO. At the end, 6 students are selected to represent the country. The selection depends on the results of regular test, IMO mock test and APMO.
In Ireland, the top scorers in the Junior Certificate (an exam taken around the age of 15-16) are invited by the various universities to take part in the Irish Mathematical Olympiad. The IrMO is held simultaneously in May in each of these universities and the top six students are selected for the national team.
In Italy, the Mathematical Olympiad is held every year; the full selection process is made up of four stages:
- the so-called Archimedean games, held as a multiple choice test in all participating high schools in November
- the regional stage, held as a mixed test (multiple choice, numerical answers and proof-writing) in ca. 100 sites in February
- the national stage, held in Cesenatico at the beginning of May, composed of six problems requiring a full proof.
- the team selection test, held in Pisa at the end of May after a five-days stage, composed of two sessions each containing three problems requiring a full proof.
In Latvia a national contest open to all high school students takes place each year. The best participants of regional contests are allowed to participate in the national olympiad held in Riga. The top students are further tested to select the national team.
The first selection round is based on the Olimpiad Matematik Kebangsaan, OMK (National Mathematical Olympiad) and around 30 candidates are selected to join two or three training camps. The final six candidates are selected from the results of several other tests and exams (including the APMO) in these training camps.
Malaysia Performance in the IMO 1995 - 2005
Malaysia's IMO participation
Malaysia sent its first IMO team in 1995, with a delegation of two officials and two students. From 1996 to 2004, Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap was the leader of IMO Team Malaysia, responsible for selecting and training the students. Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail took over this role in 2005.
Bronze medalists
- Darren Ong Chung Lee (2004)
- Ong Shien Jin (2000)
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly (2000)
Honorable mention
- Chuah Weijian (2004)
- Yew Chang Yang (2003)
- Darren Ong Chung Lee (2002)
- Kok Ern (2001)
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly (2001)
- Soon Yu Sheng (2001)
- Mozaid Tajuddin (1997)
- Chan Chia Khow (1996)
Results
IMO 2005 Mexico (Average Score: 2.5)
- Teo Wee Sern SMK St. Francis, Melaka 6 points
- Chuah Weijian SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 2 points
- Lim Chern Han SMJK Katholik, PJ 2 points
- Ahmad Faiz Ahmad Pauzi Penang Free School, Penang 1 point
- Muhammad Ilyas Mohd Ramdzan SMA Al-Mashoor, Penang 1 point
- Japheth Lim Jian Wen SMJK Chung Ling, Penang 3 points
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2004 Greece (Average Score: 5.7)
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 17 points Bronze
- Jasmine Yow SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 6 points
- Khor Zi Jian SMJK (C) Sin Min, Sungai Petani 1 point
- Chuah Weijian SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 10 points Honorable Mention
- Zulkifli bin Aziz Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 0 point
- Farzan bin Fadillah Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 0 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2003 Japan (Average Score: 5.2)
- Ahmad Safwan Ahmad Kamal Hayati Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 2 points
- Eng Fwu Huey SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 8 points
- Jonathan Tan Ming Yu SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 3 points
- Yew Chang Yang Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 9 points Honorable Mention
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Abdul Fatah bin Abdul Wahab Kolej Universiti Sains dan Teknologi Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2002 UK (Average Score: 4.3)
- Muhammad Ikhwan Azlan Muar Science Secondary School 1 point
- Ahmad Fahmi Ismail SMK Damansara Utama, PJ 8 points
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 11 points Honorable Mention
- Jonathan Ramachandran Sekolah Tinggi Kajang, Kajang 1 point
- Soon Yu Sheng SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Tan Ta Sheng SMK Tengku Idris Shah 1 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Jamaluddin University Sains Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2001 USA (Average Score:6.0)
- Muhammad Ikhwan Azlan Muar Science Secondary School 2 points
- Boon Yi Di SMK Bukit Bintang, PJ 2 points
- Kok Ern SMJK Chong Hwa 10 points Honorable Mention
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 10 points Honorable Mention
- Soon Yu Sheng SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points Honorable Mention
- Yew Chang Yang SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 2 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2000 Korea (Average Score: 10.7)
- Ong Shien Jin Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar, NS 13 points Bronze
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 11 points Bronze
- Kok Yen Hau Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1999 Romania (Average Score: 6.2)
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points
- Ong Shien Jin SMK St. Francis, Melaka 7 points
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly MRSM, Jasin 6 points
- Kok Yen Hau Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points
- Liew Chien Hao SMJK Katholik, PJ 2 points
- Muhammad Saifuddin Zainal SM Alam Shah, KL 4 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1998 Taiwan (Average Score: 5.3)
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points
- Liew Ze Keong SM Chong Hwa, KL 6 points
- Yow Kah Lun SM Chong Hwa, KL 9 points
- Liew Chien Hao SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Husswan Hadi bin Wan Hussien MRSM Taiping 0 point
- Muhammad Saifudin bin Zanial Sekolah Alam Shah, KL 3 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1997 Argentina (Average Score: 3.2)
- Au Yin Kheng Sekolah Bukit Bintang, PJ 0 point
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 7 points
- Hulwan Afif Idris SMAP, Kajang 0 point
- Liew Hun Hui Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 2 points
- Mozaid Tajuddin SMS Teluk Intan 7 points Honorable Mention
- Ng Set Foong Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 3 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Zainuddin Abas Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1996 India (Average Score: 2.3)
- Asmara Asmadi Aris Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Chan Chia Khow Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points Honorable Mention
- Liew Voon Yen SMK Sam Tet, Ipoh 1 point
- Nuraini Ibrahim Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Cyril Christopher Singham Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1995 Canada (Average Score: 0.5)
- Mohd Arif Mohd Sharif Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Weng Choh Cheong SM Victoria 1 point
- Abdul Ghani Mohamad Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Leader
- Bon Chuan Soh Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
The first selection is based on the September Problems, where the top 24 students are selected and invited to a residential 1-week training camp. At the end of the camp, approximately 12 students are selected . The final six candidates are later selected based on results of several tests and exams.
In mainland China, highschool students have the annual National Highschool Mathematics Competitions, held on the second Sunday of October. A few competitors of each province with best scores, usually the top 3 to 5, will be invited to participate in the China Mathematics Olympiads. Approximately the top 20 competitors of CMO will have a training campus; and then, the 6 students with top scores will form the Chinese team.
In Portugal, there are four selection steps. The three first are the exams of the [Portuguese Mathematics Olympiad] and the last is composed of several exams made by [Projecto Delfos], who also prepares the students for international competitions.
In Romania those that enter the Romanian National Team on Mathematical Olympiad are selected from three rounds: City, County and National. A team (plus reserve) is selected from the first nine topped on the National Olympiad.
In South Africa those who would be members of the team must pass through a nation-wide talent search by correspondence, after which the top fifty or so will be selected for a camp at Stellenbosch University. After that they must come in the top fifteen/sixteen in some monthly problems sent out by the University of Cape Town in order to go to a final selection camp at Rhodes University, Grahamstown. A final training camp takes place at the University of Cape Town just before the IMO. The Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad is used informally as a test, along with an IMO selection test written at the schools of the top fifteen in the event of indecision.
In Sweden, a mathematics contest called "Skolornas Matematiktävling" is held every autumn. Those who qualify to the finale are invited to participate in the Nordic Mathematics Contest as well. From the combined results of the qualification round, the finale and NMC, the six highest acheivers of the swedish finalists are invited to join the swedish IMO team.
In the UK, the number of those that enter the British Mathematical Olympiad is reduced to around 20. These then have a 'training session' that is held in Trinity College, Cambridge. A squad (team plus reserve) of around nine is selected from examinations during these sessions and a final team is selected after a further training session held at Oundle School.
In the United States, the team is selected through the American Mathematics Competitions, which are open to all high school students. Final determinations for team members are based largely on the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad and an IMO-style Team Selection Test.
Awards
The participants are ranked based on their individual scores.
- Gold medals will be awarded to the top 1/12 of the contestants.
- Silver medals will be awarded to the next 2/12.
- Bronze medals will be awarded to the next 3/12.
- Participants who don't win a medal but who score seven points on at least one problem get an honorable mention.
Not more than half of the participants will receive medals.
Special prizes may be awarded for solutions of outstanding elegance or involving good generalisations of a problem. This last happened in 2005, 1995 and 1988, but was more frequent up to the early 1980s.
Current and future IMOs
Past IMOs
Sources differ about the cities hosting some of the early IMOs. This may be partly because leaders are generally housed well away from the students, and partly because after the competition the students did not always stay based in 1 city for the rest of the IMO. The exact dates cited may also differ, because of leaders arriving before the students, and at more recent IMOs the IMO Advisory Board arriving before the leaders.
- The 1st IMO was held in Braşov and Bucharest, Romania on 23-31 July, 1959.
- The 2nd IMO was held in Sinaia, Romania on 18-25 July, 1960.
- The 3rd IMO was held in Veszprém, Hungary on 6-16 July, 1961.
- The 4th IMO was held in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia on 7-15 July, 1962.
- The 5th IMO was held in Warsaw and Wrocław, Poland on 5-13 July, 1963.
- The 6th IMO was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 30 June-10 July, 1964.
- The 7th IMO was held in Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 3-13 July, 1965.
- The 8th IMO was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 3-13 July, 1966.
- The 9th IMO was held in Cetinje, Yugoslavia on 2-13 July, 1967.
- The 10th IMO was held in Moscow, USSR on 5-18 July, 1968.
- The 11th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania on 5-20 July, 1969.
- The 12th IMO was held in Keszthely, Hungary on 8-22 July, 1970.
- The 13th IMO was held in Zilina, Czechoslovakia on 10-21 July, 1971.
- The 14th IMO was held in Toruń, Poland on 5-17 July, 1972.
- The 15th IMO was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 5-16 July, 1973.
- The 16th IMO was held in Erfurt and East Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 4-17 July, 1974.
- The 17th IMO was held in Burgas and Sofia, Bulgaria in 1975.
- The 18th IMO was held in Lienz, Austria in 1976.
- The 19th IMO was held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia on 1-13 July, 1977.
- The 20th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania in 1978.
- The 21st IMO was held in London, United Kingdom in 1979.
- The 22nd IMO was held in Washington, DC, United States on 8-20 July, 1981.
- The 23rd IMO was held in Budapest, Hungary on 5-14 July, 1982.
- The 24th IMO was held in Paris, France on 1-12 July, 1983.
- The 25th IMO was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia on 29 June-10 July, 1984.
- The 26th IMO was held in Joutsa, Finland on 29 June-11 July, 1985.
- The 27th IMO was held in Warsaw, Poland on 4-15 July, 1986.
- The 28th IMO was held in Havana, Cuba on 5-16 July, 1987.
- The 29th IMO was held in Canberra, Australia on 9-21 July, 1988.
- The 30th IMO was held in Brunswick, Federal Republic of Germany on 13-24 July, 1989.
- The 31st IMO was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China on 8-19 July, 1990.
- The 32nd IMO was held in Sigtuna, Sweden on 12-23 July, 1991.
- The 33rd IMO was held in Moscow, Russia on 10-21 July, 1992.
- The 34th IMO was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 13-24 July, 1993.
- The 35th IMO was held in Hong Kong on 8-20 July, 1994.
- The 36th IMO was held in Toronto, Canada on 13-25 July, 1995. [link]
- The 37th IMO was held in Mumbai, India on 5-17 July, 1996. [link]
- The 38th IMO was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina on 18-31 July, 1997. [link]
- The 39th IMO was held in Taipei, Republic of China on 10-21 July, 1998. [link]
- The 40th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania on 10-22 July, 1999. [link]
- The 41st IMO was held in Taejon, South Korea on 13-25 July, 2000. [link]
- The 42nd IMO was held in Washington, DC, United States on 1-14 July, 2001. [link]
- The 43rd IMO was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom on 19-30 July, 2002.
- The 44th IMO was held in Tokyo, Japan on 7-19 July, 2003. [link]
- The 45th IMO was held in Athens, Greece on 6-18 July, 2004. [link]
- The 46th IMO was held in Mérida, Mexico on 8-19 July, 2005. [link]
Results for the 2005 IMO
Results by Medals for the 2005 IMO
- People's Republic of China | (five gold, one silver)
- United States , Russia | (four gold, two silver)
- Romania | (four gold, one silver, one bronze)
- Korea | (three gold, three silver)
- Republic of China | (three gold, two silver, one bronze)
- Japan | (three gold, one silver, two bronze)
- Iran | (two gold, four silver)
Results by points for the 2005 IMO
- People's Republic of China (235)
- United States of America (213)
- Russian Federation (212)
- Iran (201)
- Korea (200)
- Romania (191)
- Republic of China (190)
- Japan (188)
- Hungary, Ukraine (181)
- Bulgaria (173)
- Germany (163)
- United Kingdom (159)
- Singapore (145)
- Vietnam (143)
- Czech Republic (139)
- Hong Kong (138)
- Belarus (136)
- Canada (132)
- Slovakia (131)
Notable achievements
- Ciprian Manolescu from Romania managed to write a perfect paper (42/42) three times.
- Reid Barton (USA) was the first participant to obtain a gold medal four times (1998-1999-2000-2001). Christian Reiher (Germany) is the only other participant to have won four gold medals (2000-2001-2002-2003); Reiher also obtained a bronze medal in 1999.
- In 1994, all six members of the USA team wrote a perfect paper. This accomplishment was noted in TIME Magazine.
- Terence Tao from Australia got a gold medal at the age of thirteen in 1988, being the youngest person to have a gold medal.
Sources
- Steve Olson. Count Down. Houghton Mifflin, 2004. ISBN 0-61825141-3. Describes the IMO (based on IMO 2000) from the viewpoint of the contestants, with general background information on various related issues (such as competitiveness).
- Tom Verhoeff. The 43rd International Mathematical Olympiad: A Reflective Report on IMO 2002. Computing Science Report 02-11, Faculty of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology. August 2002. [PDF] Describes the IMO (based on IMO 2002) from the viewpoint of the leaders, with a comparison to the International Olympiad in Informatics.
See also
External links
- [Central IMO web site]
- [Introduction to the IMO Business, including information on IMO ShortLists/LongLists by Orlando Döhring]
- [IMO Resources] - IMO problems and solutions, IMO Shortlists, IMO Longlists and one of the largest collection of Olympiad problems in the world.
- [IMO problems and solutions]
- [IMO scores]
- [IMO winners Hall of Fame] - IMO winners who have won Fields Medal or Nevanlinna Prize
- [IMO contestants who have won three or more gold medals]
- [MathLinks IMO Forums] - discuss the latest developments in the IMO with former, current or future contestants, leaders and other people involved in the IMO
- [The IMO Compendium] - the most complete collection of shortlisted and long listed problems for the IMO's; huge collection of problems from other contests.
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In Italy, the Mathematical Olympiad is held every year; the full selection process is made up of four stages:
- the so-called Archimedean games, held as a multiple choice test in all participating high schools in November
- the regional stage, held as a mixed test (multiple choice, numerical answers and proof-writing) in ca. 100 sites in February
- the national stage, held in Cesenatico at the beginning of May, composed of six problems requiring a full proof.
- the team selection test, held in Pisa at the end of May after a five-days stage, composed of two sessions each containing three problems requiring a full proof.
In Latvia a national contest open to all high school students takes place each year. The best participants of regional contests are allowed to participate in the national olympiad held in Riga. The top students are further tested to select the national team.
The first selection round is based on the Olimpiad Matematik Kebangsaan, OMK (National Mathematical Olympiad) and around 30 candidates are selected to join two or three training camps. The final six candidates are selected from the results of several other tests and exams (including the APMO) in these training camps.
Malaysia Performance in the IMO 1995 - 2005
Malaysia's IMO participation
Malaysia sent its first IMO team in 1995, with a delegation of two officials and two students. From 1996 to 2004, Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap was the leader of IMO Team Malaysia, responsible for selecting and training the students. Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail took over this role in 2005.
Bronze medalists
- Darren Ong Chung Lee (2004)
- Ong Shien Jin (2000)
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly (2000)
Honorable mention
- Chuah Weijian (2004)
- Yew Chang Yang (2003)
- Darren Ong Chung Lee (2002)
- Kok Ern (2001)
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly (2001)
- Soon Yu Sheng (2001)
- Mozaid Tajuddin (1997)
- Chan Chia Khow (1996)
Results
IMO 2005 Mexico (Average Score: 2.5)
- Teo Wee Sern SMK St. Francis, Melaka 6 points
- Chuah Weijian SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 2 points
- Lim Chern Han SMJK Katholik, PJ 2 points
- Ahmad Faiz Ahmad Pauzi Penang Free School, Penang 1 point
- Muhammad Ilyas Mohd Ramdzan SMA Al-Mashoor, Penang 1 point
- Japheth Lim Jian Wen SMJK Chung Ling, Penang 3 points
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2004 Greece (Average Score: 5.7)
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 17 points Bronze
- Jasmine Yow SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 6 points
- Khor Zi Jian SMJK (C) Sin Min, Sungai Petani 1 point
- Chuah Weijian SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 10 points Honorable Mention
- Zulkifli bin Aziz Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 0 point
- Farzan bin Fadillah Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 0 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2003 Japan (Average Score: 5.2)
- Ahmad Safwan Ahmad Kamal Hayati Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 2 points
- Eng Fwu Huey SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 8 points
- Jonathan Tan Ming Yu SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 3 points
- Yew Chang Yang Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 9 points Honorable Mention
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Abdul Fatah bin Abdul Wahab Kolej Universiti Sains dan Teknologi Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2002 UK (Average Score: 4.3)
- Muhammad Ikhwan Azlan Muar Science Secondary School 1 point
- Ahmad Fahmi Ismail SMK Damansara Utama, PJ 8 points
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 11 points Honorable Mention
- Jonathan Ramachandran Sekolah Tinggi Kajang, Kajang 1 point
- Soon Yu Sheng SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Tan Ta Sheng SMK Tengku Idris Shah 1 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Jamaluddin University Sains Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2001 USA (Average Score:6.0)
- Muhammad Ikhwan Azlan Muar Science Secondary School 2 points
- Boon Yi Di SMK Bukit Bintang, PJ 2 points
- Kok Ern SMJK Chong Hwa 10 points Honorable Mention
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 10 points Honorable Mention
- Soon Yu Sheng SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points Honorable Mention
- Yew Chang Yang SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 2 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2000 Korea (Average Score: 10.7)
- Ong Shien Jin Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar, NS 13 points Bronze
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 11 points Bronze
- Kok Yen Hau Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1999 Romania (Average Score: 6.2)
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points
- Ong Shien Jin SMK St. Francis, Melaka 7 points
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly MRSM, Jasin 6 points
- Kok Yen Hau Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points
- Liew Chien Hao SMJK Katholik, PJ 2 points
- Muhammad Saifuddin Zainal SM Alam Shah, KL 4 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1998 Taiwan (Average Score: 5.3)
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points
- Liew Ze Keong SM Chong Hwa, KL 6 points
- Yow Kah Lun SM Chong Hwa, KL 9 points
- Liew Chien Hao SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Husswan Hadi bin Wan Hussien MRSM Taiping 0 point
- Muhammad Saifudin bin Zanial Sekolah Alam Shah, KL 3 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1997 Argentina (Average Score: 3.2)
- Au Yin Kheng Sekolah Bukit Bintang, PJ 0 point
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 7 points
- Hulwan Afif Idris SMAP, Kajang 0 point
- Liew Hun Hui Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 2 points
- Mozaid Tajuddin SMS Teluk Intan 7 points Honorable Mention
- Ng Set Foong Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 3 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Zainuddin Abas Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1996 India (Average Score: 2.3)
- Asmara Asmadi Aris Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Chan Chia Khow Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points Honorable Mention
- Liew Voon Yen SMK Sam Tet, Ipoh 1 point
- Nuraini Ibrahim Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Cyril Christopher Singham Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1995 Canada (Average Score: 0.5)
- Mohd Arif Mohd Sharif Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Weng Choh Cheong SM Victoria 1 point
- Abdul Ghani Mohamad Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Leader
- Bon Chuan Soh Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
The first selection is based on the September Problems, where the top 24 students are selected and invited to a residential 1-week training camp. At the end of the camp, approximately 12 students are selected . The final six candidates are later selected based on results of several tests and exams.
In mainland China, highschool students have the annual National Highschool Mathematics Competitions, held on the second Sunday of October. A few competitors of each province with best scores, usually the top 3 to 5, will be invited to participate in the China Mathematics Olympiads. Approximately the top 20 competitors of CMO will have a training campus; and then, the 6 students with top scores will form the Chinese team.
In Portugal, there are four selection steps. The three first are the exams of the [Portuguese Mathematics Olympiad] and the last is composed of several exams made by [Projecto Delfos], who also prepares the students for international competitions.
In Romania those that enter the Romanian National Team on Mathematical Olympiad are selected from three rounds: City, County and National. A team (plus reserve) is selected from the first nine topped on the National Olympiad.
In South Africa those who would be members of the team must pass through a nation-wide talent search by correspondence, after which the top fifty or so will be selected for a camp at Stellenbosch University. After that they must come in the top fifteen/sixteen in some monthly problems sent out by the University of Cape Town in order to go to a final selection camp at Rhodes University, Grahamstown. A final training camp takes place at the University of Cape Town just before the IMO. The Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad is used informally as a test, along with an IMO selection test written at the schools of the top fifteen in the event of indecision.
In Sweden, a mathematics contest called "Skolornas Matematiktävling" is held every autumn. Those who qualify to the finale are invited to participate in the Nordic Mathematics Contest as well. From the combined results of the qualification round, the finale and NMC, the six highest acheivers of the swedish finalists are invited to join the swedish IMO team.
In the UK, the number of those that enter the British Mathematical Olympiad is reduced to around 20. These then have a 'training session' that is held in Trinity College, Cambridge. A squad (team plus reserve) of around nine is selected from examinations during these sessions and a final team is selected after a further training session held at Oundle School.
In the United States, the team is selected through the American Mathematics Competitions, which are open to all high school students. Final determinations for team members are based largely on the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad and an IMO-style Team Selection Test.
Awards
The participants are ranked based on their individual scores.
- Gold medals will be awarded to the top 1/12 of the contestants.
- Silver medals will be awarded to the next 2/12.
- Bronze medals will be awarded to the next 3/12.
- Participants who don't win a medal but who score seven points on at least one problem get an honorable mention.
Not more than half of the participants will receive medals.
Special prizes may be awarded for solutions of outstanding elegance or involving good generalisations of a problem. This last happened in 2005, 1995 and 1988, but was more frequent up to the early 1980s.
Current and future IMOs
Past IMOs
Sources differ about the cities hosting some of the early IMOs. This may be partly because leaders are generally housed well away from the students, and partly because after the competition the students did not always stay based in 1 city for the rest of the IMO. The exact dates cited may also differ, because of leaders arriving before the students, and at more recent IMOs the IMO Advisory Board arriving before the leaders.
- The 1st IMO was held in Braşov and Bucharest, Romania on 23-31 July, 1959.
- The 2nd IMO was held in Sinaia, Romania on 18-25 July, 1960.
- The 3rd IMO was held in Veszprém, Hungary on 6-16 July, 1961.
- The 4th IMO was held in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia on 7-15 July, 1962.
- The 5th IMO was held in Warsaw and Wrocław, Poland on 5-13 July, 1963.
- The 6th IMO was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 30 June-10 July, 1964.
- The 7th IMO was held in Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 3-13 July, 1965.
- The 8th IMO was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 3-13 July, 1966.
- The 9th IMO was held in Cetinje, Yugoslavia on 2-13 July, 1967.
- The 10th IMO was held in Moscow, USSR on 5-18 July, 1968.
- The 11th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania on 5-20 July, 1969.
- The 12th IMO was held in Keszthely, Hungary on 8-22 July, 1970.
- The 13th IMO was held in Zilina, Czechoslovakia on 10-21 July, 1971.
- The 14th IMO was held in Toruń, Poland on 5-17 July, 1972.
- The 15th IMO was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 5-16 July, 1973.
- The 16th IMO was held in Erfurt and East Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 4-17 July, 1974.
- The 17th IMO was held in Burgas and Sofia, Bulgaria in 1975.
- The 18th IMO was held in Lienz, Austria in 1976.
- The 19th IMO was held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia on 1-13 July, 1977.
- The 20th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania in 1978.
- The 21st IMO was held in London, United Kingdom in 1979.
- The 22nd IMO was held in Washington, DC, United States on 8-20 July, 1981.
- The 23rd IMO was held in Budapest, Hungary on 5-14 July, 1982.
- The 24th IMO was held in Paris, France on 1-12 July, 1983.
- The 25th IMO was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia on 29 June-10 July, 1984.
- The 26th IMO was held in Joutsa, Finland on 29 June-11 July, 1985.
- The 27th IMO was held in Warsaw, Poland on 4-15 July, 1986.
- The 28th IMO was held in Havana, Cuba on 5-16 July, 1987.
- The 29th IMO was held in Canberra, Australia on 9-21 July, 1988.
- The 30th IMO was held in Brunswick, Federal Republic of Germany on 13-24 July, 1989.
- The 31st IMO was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China on 8-19 July, 1990.
- The 32nd IMO was held in Sigtuna, Sweden on 12-23 July, 1991.
- The 33rd IMO was held in Moscow, Russia on 10-21 July, 1992.
- The 34th IMO was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 13-24 July, 1993.
- The 35th IMO was held in Hong Kong on 8-20 July, 1994.
- The 36th IMO was held in Toronto, Canada on 13-25 July, 1995. [link]
- The 37th IMO was held in Mumbai, India on 5-17 July, 1996. [link]
- The 38th IMO was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina on 18-31 July, 1997. [link]
- The 39th IMO was held in Taipei, Republic of China on 10-21 July, 1998. [link]
- The 40th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania on 10-22 July, 1999. [link]
- The 41st IMO was held in Taejon, South Korea on 13-25 July, 2000. [link]
- The 42nd IMO was held in Washington, DC, United States on 1-14 July, 2001. [link]
- The 43rd IMO was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom on 19-30 July, 2002.
- The 44th IMO was held in Tokyo, Japan on 7-19 July, 2003. [link]
- The 45th IMO was held in Athens, Greece on 6-18 July, 2004. [link]
- The 46th IMO was held in Mérida, Mexico on 8-19 July, 2005. [link]
Results for the 2005 IMO
Results by Medals for the 2005 IMO
- People's Republic of China | (five gold, one silver)
- United States , Russia | (four gold, two silver)
- Romania | (four gold, one silver, one bronze)
- Korea | (three gold, three silver)
- Republic of China | (three gold, two silver, one bronze)
- Japan | (three gold, one silver, two bronze)
- Iran | (two gold, four silver)
Results by points for the 2005 IMO
- People's Republic of China (235)
- United States of America (213)
- Russian Federation (212)
- Iran (201)
- Korea (200)
- Romania (191)
- Republic of China (190)
- Japan (188)
- Hungary, Ukraine (181)
- Bulgaria (173)
- Germany (163)
- United Kingdom (159)
- Singapore (145)
- Vietnam (143)
- Czech Republic (139)
- Hong Kong (138)
- Belarus (136)
- Canada (132)
- Slovakia (131)
Notable achievements
The first selection round is based on the Olimpiad Matematik Kebangsaan, OMK (National Mathematical Olympiad) and around 30 candidates are selected to join two or three training camps. The final six candidates are selected from the results of several other tests and exams (including the APMO) in these training camps.
Malaysia Performance in the IMO 1995 - 2005
Malaysia's IMO participation
Malaysia sent its first IMO team in 1995, with a delegation of two officials and two students. From 1996 to 2004, Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap was the leader of IMO Team Malaysia, responsible for selecting and training the students. Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail took over this role in 2005.
Bronze medalists
- Darren Ong Chung Lee (2004)
- Ong Shien Jin (2000)
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly (2000)
Honorable mention
- Chuah Weijian (2004)
- Yew Chang Yang (2003)
- Darren Ong Chung Lee (2002)
- Kok Ern (2001)
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly (2001)
- Soon Yu Sheng (2001)
- Mozaid Tajuddin (1997)
- Chan Chia Khow (1996)
Results
IMO 2005 Mexico (Average Score: 2.5)
- Teo Wee Sern SMK St. Francis, Melaka 6 points
- Chuah Weijian SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 2 points
- Lim Chern Han SMJK Katholik, PJ 2 points
- Ahmad Faiz Ahmad Pauzi Penang Free School, Penang 1 point
- Muhammad Ilyas Mohd Ramdzan SMA Al-Mashoor, Penang 1 point
- Japheth Lim Jian Wen SMJK Chung Ling, Penang 3 points
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2004 Greece (Average Score: 5.7)
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 17 points Bronze
- Jasmine Yow SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 6 points
- Khor Zi Jian SMJK (C) Sin Min, Sungai Petani 1 point
- Chuah Weijian SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 10 points Honorable Mention
- Zulkifli bin Aziz Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 0 point
- Farzan bin Fadillah Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 0 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2003 Japan (Average Score: 5.2)
- Ahmad Safwan Ahmad Kamal Hayati Sekolah Alam Shah, Putrajaya 2 points
- Eng Fwu Huey SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 8 points
- Jonathan Tan Ming Yu SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 3 points
- Yew Chang Yang Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 9 points Honorable Mention
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Abdul Fatah bin Abdul Wahab Kolej Universiti Sains dan Teknologi Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2002 UK (Average Score: 4.3)
- Muhammad Ikhwan Azlan Muar Science Secondary School 1 point
- Ahmad Fahmi Ismail SMK Damansara Utama, PJ 8 points
- Darren Ong Chung Lee SMK Damansara Jaya, PJ 11 points Honorable Mention
- Jonathan Ramachandran Sekolah Tinggi Kajang, Kajang 1 point
- Soon Yu Sheng SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Tan Ta Sheng SMK Tengku Idris Shah 1 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Jamaluddin University Sains Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2001 USA (Average Score:6.0)
- Muhammad Ikhwan Azlan Muar Science Secondary School 2 points
- Boon Yi Di SMK Bukit Bintang, PJ 2 points
- Kok Ern SMJK Chong Hwa 10 points Honorable Mention
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 10 points Honorable Mention
- Soon Yu Sheng SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points Honorable Mention
- Yew Chang Yang SMJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star 2 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 2000 Korea (Average Score: 10.7)
- Ong Shien Jin Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar, NS 13 points Bronze
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 11 points Bronze
- Kok Yen Hau Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Alinor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1999 Romania (Average Score: 6.2)
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points
- Ong Shien Jin SMK St. Francis, Melaka 7 points
- Mohd. Suhaimi Ramly MRSM, Jasin 6 points
- Kok Yen Hau Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points
- Liew Chien Hao SMJK Katholik, PJ 2 points
- Muhammad Saifuddin Zainal SM Alam Shah, KL 4 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1998 Taiwan (Average Score: 5.3)
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 10 points
- Liew Ze Keong SM Chong Hwa, KL 6 points
- Yow Kah Lun SM Chong Hwa, KL 9 points
- Liew Chien Hao SMJK Katholik, PJ 4 points
- Husswan Hadi bin Wan Hussien MRSM Taiping 0 point
- Muhammad Saifudin bin Zanial Sekolah Alam Shah, KL 3 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1997 Argentina (Average Score: 3.2)
- Au Yin Kheng Sekolah Bukit Bintang, PJ 0 point
- Foong Yake Ho SMJK Katholik, PJ 7 points
- Hulwan Afif Idris SMAP, Kajang 0 point
- Liew Hun Hui Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 2 points
- Mozaid Tajuddin SMS Teluk Intan 7 points Honorable Mention
- Ng Set Foong Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 3 points
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Zainuddin Abas Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1996 India (Average Score: 2.3)
- Asmara Asmadi Aris Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Chan Chia Khow Sek. Chong Hwa, KL 8 points Honorable Mention
- Liew Voon Yen SMK Sam Tet, Ipoh 1 point
- Nuraini Ibrahim Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Prof. Abu Osman Md. Tap Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Leader
- Cyril Christopher Singham Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
IMO 1995 Canada (Average Score: 0.5)
- Mohd Arif Mohd Sharif Matrikulasi UKM 0 point
- Weng Choh Cheong SM Victoria 1 point
- Abdul Ghani Mohamad Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Leader
- Bon Chuan Soh Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Deputy Leader
The first selection is based on the September Problems, where the top 24 students are selected and invited to a residential 1-week training camp. At the end of the camp, approximately 12 students are selected . The final six candidates are later selected based on results of several tests and exams.
In mainland China, highschool students have the annual National Highschool Mathematics Competitions, held on the second Sunday of October. A few competitors of each province with best scores, usually the top 3 to 5, will be invited to participate in the China Mathematics Olympiads. Approximately the top 20 competitors of CMO will have a training campus; and then, the 6 students with top scores will form the Chinese team.
In Portugal, there are four selection steps. The three first are the exams of the [Portuguese Mathematics Olympiad] and the last is composed of several exams made by [Projecto Delfos], who also prepares the students for international competitions.
In Romania those that enter the Romanian National Team on Mathematical Olympiad are selected from three rounds: City, County and National. A team (plus reserve) is selected from the first nine topped on the National Olympiad.
In South Africa those who would be members of the team must pass through a nation-wide talent search by correspondence, after which the top fifty or so will be selected for a camp at Stellenbosch University. After that they must come in the top fifteen/sixteen in some monthly problems sent out by the University of Cape Town in order to go to a final selection camp at Rhodes University, Grahamstown. A final training camp takes place at the University of Cape Town just before the IMO. The Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad is used informally as a test, along with an IMO selection test written at the schools of the top fifteen in the event of indecision.
In Sweden, a mathematics contest called "Skolornas Matematiktävling" is held every autumn. Those who qualify to the finale are invited to participate in the Nordic Mathematics Contest as well. From the combined results of the qualification round, the finale and NMC, the six highest acheivers of the swedish finalists are invited to join the swedish IMO team.
In the UK, the number of those that enter the British Mathematical Olympiad is reduced to around 20. These then have a 'training session' that is held in Trinity College, Cambridge. A squad (team plus reserve) of around nine is selected from examinations during these sessions and a final team is selected after a further training session held at Oundle School.
In the United States, the team is selected through the American Mathematics Competitions, which are open to all high school students. Final determinations for team members are based largely on the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad and an IMO-style Team Selection Test.
Awards
The participants are ranked based on their individual scores.
- Gold medals will be awarded to the top 1/12 of the contestants.
- Silver medals will be awarded to the next 2/12.
- Bronze medals will be awarded to the next 3/12.
- Participants who don't win a medal but who score seven points on at least one problem get an honorable mention.
Not more than half of the participants will receive medals.
Special prizes may be awarded for solutions of outstanding elegance or involving good generalisations of a problem. This last happened in 2005, 1995 and 1988, but was more frequent up to the early 1980s.
Current and future IMOs
Past IMOs
The first selection is based on the September Problems, where the top 24 students are selected and invited to a residential 1-week training camp. At the end of the camp, approximately 12 students are selected . The final six candidates are later selected based on results of several tests and exams.
In mainland China, highschool students have the annual National Highschool Mathematics Competitions, held on the second Sunday of October. A few competitors of each province with best scores, usually the top 3 to 5, will be invited to participate in the China Mathematics Olympiads. Approximately the top 20 competitors of CMO will have a training campus; and then, the 6 students with top scores will form the Chinese team.
In Portugal, there are four selection steps. The three first are the exams of the [Portuguese Mathematics Olympiad] and the last is composed of several exams made by [Projecto Delfos], who also prepares the students for international competitions.
In Romania those that enter the Romanian National Team on Mathematical Olympiad are selected from three rounds: City, County and National. A team (plus reserve) is selected from the first nine topped on the National Olympiad.
In South Africa those who would be members of the team must pass through a nation-wide talent search by correspondence, after which the top fifty or so will be selected for a camp at Stellenbosch University. After that they must come in the top fifteen/sixteen in some monthly problems sent out by the University of Cape Town in order to go to a final selection camp at Rhodes University, Grahamstown. A final training camp takes place at the University of Cape Town just before the IMO. The Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad is used informally as a test, along with an IMO selection test written at the schools of the top fifteen in the event of indecision.
In Sweden, a mathematics contest called "Skolornas Matematiktävling" is held every autumn. Those who qualify to the finale are invited to participate in the Nordic Mathematics Contest as well. From the combined results of the qualification round, the finale and NMC, the six highest acheivers of the swedish finalists are invited to join the swedish IMO team.
In the UK, the number of those that enter the British Mathematical Olympiad is reduced to around 20. These then have a 'training session' that is held in Trinity College, Cambridge. A squad (team plus reserve) of around nine is selected from examinations during these sessions and a final team is selected after a further training session held at Oundle School.
In the United States, the team is selected through the American Mathematics Competitions, which are open to all high school students. Final determinations for team members are based largely on the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad and an IMO-style Team Selection Test.
Awards
The participants are ranked based on their individual scores.- Gold medals will be awarded to the top 1/12 of the contestants.
- Silver medals will be awarded to the next 2/12.
- Bronze medals will be awarded to the next 3/12.
- Participants who don't win a medal but who score seven points on at least one problem get an honorable mention.
Special prizes may be awarded for solutions of outstanding elegance or involving good generalisations of a problem. This last happened in 2005, 1995 and 1988, but was more frequent up to the early 1980s.
Current and future IMOs
Past IMOs
Sources differ about the cities hosting some of the early IMOs. This may be partly because leaders are generally housed well away from the students, and partly because after the competition the students did not always stay based in 1 city for the rest of the IMO. The exact dates cited may also differ, because of leaders arriving before the students, and at more recent IMOs the IMO Advisory Board arriving before the leaders.
- The 1st IMO was held in Braşov and Bucharest, Romania on 23-31 July, 1959.
- The 2nd IMO was held in Sinaia, Romania on 18-25 July, 1960.
- The 3rd IMO was held in Veszprém, Hungary on 6-16 July, 1961.
- The 4th IMO was held in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia on 7-15 July, 1962.
- The 5th IMO was held in Warsaw and Wrocław, Poland on 5-13 July, 1963.
- The 6th IMO was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 30 June-10 July, 1964.
- The 7th IMO was held in Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 3-13 July, 1965.
- The 8th IMO was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 3-13 July, 1966.
- The 9th IMO was held in Cetinje, Yugoslavia on 2-13 July, 1967.
- The 10th IMO was held in Moscow, USSR on 5-18 July, 1968.
- The 11th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania on 5-20 July, 1969.
- The 12th IMO was held in Keszthely, Hungary on 8-22 July, 1970.
- The 13th IMO was held in Zilina, Czechoslovakia on 10-21 July, 1971.
- The 14th IMO was held in Toruń, Poland on 5-17 July, 1972.
- The 15th IMO was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 5-16 July, 1973.
- The 16th IMO was held in Erfurt and East Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 4-17 July, 1974.
- The 17th IMO was held in Burgas and Sofia, Bulgaria in 1975.
- The 18th IMO was held in Lienz, Austria in 1976.
- The 19th IMO was held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia on 1-13 July, 1977.
- The 20th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania in 1978.
- The 21st IMO was held in London, United Kingdom in 1979.
- The 22nd IMO was held in Washington, DC, United States on 8-20 July, 1981.
- The 23rd IMO was held in Budapest, Hungary on 5-14 July, 1982.
- The 24th IMO was held in Paris, France on 1-12 July, 1983.
- The 25th IMO was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia on 29 June-10 July, 1984.
- The 26th IMO was held in Joutsa, Finland on 29 June-11 July, 1985.
- The 27th IMO was held in Warsaw, Poland on 4-15 July, 1986.
- The 28th IMO was held in Havana, Cuba on 5-16 July, 1987.
- The 29th IMO was held in Canberra, Australia on 9-21 July, 1988.
- The 30th IMO was held in Brunswick, Federal Republic of Germany on 13-24 July, 1989.
- The 31st IMO was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China on 8-19 July, 1990.
- The 32nd IMO was held in Sigtuna, Sweden on 12-23 July, 1991.
- The 33rd IMO was held in Moscow, Russia on 10-21 July, 1992.
- The 34th IMO was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 13-24 July, 1993.
- The 35th IMO was held in Hong Kong on 8-20 July, 1994.
- The 36th IMO was held in Toronto, Canada on 13-25 July, 1995. [link]
- The 37th IMO was held in Mumbai, India on 5-17 July, 1996. [link]
- The 38th IMO was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina on 18-31 July, 1997. [link]
- The 39th IMO was held in Taipei, Republic of China on 10-21 July, 1998. [link]
- The 40th IMO was held in Bucharest, Romania on 10-22 July, 1999. [link]
- The 41st IMO was held in Taejon, South Korea on 13-25 July, 2000. [link]
- The 42nd IMO was held in Washington, DC, United States on 1-14 July, 2001. [link]
- The 43rd IMO was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom on 19-30 July, 2002.
- The 44th IMO was held in Tokyo, Japan on 7-19 July, 2003. [link]
- The 45th IMO was held in Athens, Greece on 6-18 July, 2004. [link]
- The 46th IMO was held in Mérida, Mexico on 8-19 July, 2005. [link]
Results for the 2005 IMO
Results by Medals for the 2005 IMO- People's Republic of China | (five gold, one silver)
- United States , Russia | (four gold, two silver)
- Romania | (four gold, one silver, one bronze)
- Korea | (three gold, three silver)
- Republic of China | (three gold, two silver, one bronze)
- Japan | (three gold, one silver, two bronze)
- Iran | (two gold, four silver)
- People's Republic of China (235)
- United States of America (213)
- Russian Federation (212)
- Iran (201)
- Korea (200)
- Romania (191)
- Republic of China (190)
- Japan (188)
- Hungary, Ukraine (181)
- Bulgaria (173)
- Germany (163)
- United Kingdom (159)
- Singapore (145)
- Vietnam (143)
- Czech Republic (139)
- Hong Kong (138)
- Belarus (136)
- Canada (132)
- Slovakia (131)
Notable achievements
- Ciprian Manolescu from Romania managed to write a perfect paper (42/42) three times.
- Reid Barton (USA) was the first participant to obtain a gold medal four times (1998-1999-2000-2001). Christian Reiher (Germany) is the only other participant to have won four gold medals (2000-2001-2002-2003); Reiher also obtained a bronze medal in 1999.
- In 1994, all six members of the USA team wrote a perfect paper. This accomplishment was noted in TIME Magazine.
- Terence Tao from Australia got a gold medal at the age of thirteen in 1988, being the youngest person to have a gold medal.
Sources
- Steve Olson. Count Down. Houghton Mifflin, 2004. ISBN 0-61825141-3. Describes the IMO (based on IMO 2000) from the viewpoint of the contestants, with general background information on various related issues (such as competitiveness).
- Tom Verhoeff. The 43rd International Mathematical Olympiad: A Reflective Report on IMO 2002. Computing Science Report 02-11, Faculty of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology. August 2002. [PDF] Describes the IMO (based on IMO 2002) from the viewpoint of the leaders, with a comparison to the International Olympiad in Informatics.
See also
External links
- [Central IMO web site]
- [Introduction to the IMO Business, including information on IMO ShortLists/LongLists by Orlando Döhring]
- [IMO Resources] - IMO problems and solutions, IMO Shortlists, IMO Longlists and one of the largest collection of Olympiad problems in the world.
- [IMO problems and solutions]
- [IMO scores]
- [IMO winners Hall of Fame] - IMO winners who have won Fields Medal or Nevanlinna Prize
- [IMO contestants who have won three or more gold medals]
- [MathLinks IMO Forums] - discuss the latest developments in the IMO with former, current or future contestants, leaders and other people involved in the IMO
- [The IMO Compendium] - the most complete collection of shortlisted and long listed problems for the IMO's; huge collection of problems from other contests.
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