The 60th International Mathematical Olympiad will be held in the UK in July 2019.
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IMO 2019 to be held in the UK (11 July 2014)
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IMO 2014 results (11 July 2014)
The IMO papers were sat on 8 and 9 July. The results of the UK team members are shown below. We obtained four Silver and two Bronze medals and a score of 142 out of 252, coming 20th out of 101 participating countries. The medal boundaries were for 29 for Gold, 22 for Silver and 16 for Bronze.
| Name | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Total | Medal |
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| Joe Benton | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 24 | Silver Medal |
| Gabriel Gendler | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | Silver Medal |
| Frank Han | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | Bronze Medal |
| Freddie Illingworth | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | Bronze Medal |
| Warren Li | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 | Silver Medal |
| Harvey Yau | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 27 | Silver Medal |
The team leaves Cape Town on Sunday 13 July and arrives back in the UK on Monday 14 July. The achievements of this year’s UK olympiad teams will be celebrated at the Royal Society on Thursday 25 September, when Professor Bernard Silverman FRS will give the 37th annual IMO lecture, on “Mathematics and Science in the Home Office”.
Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.
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IMO 2014 report available (23 July 2014)
The reports on past IMOs now include Geoff Smith’s report on IMO 2014.
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IMO 2014 Deputy Leader’s report by Dominic Yeo available (7 August 2014)
A report on IMO 2014 by Deputy Leader Dominic Yeo is now available.
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UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls (24 September 2014)
The UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls (UK MOG) paper was taken yesterday. Solutions will appear later. The paper will be marked on the weekend of 4–5 October.
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Royal Society celebration (25 September 2014)
The 2014 olympiad teams’ achievements were celebrated at the Royal Society on Thursday 25 September; Professor Bernard Silverman FRS gave the 37th annual IMO lecture, on “Mathematics and Science in the Home Office”.
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UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls solutions (26 September 2014)
Solutions to the UK MOG 2014 paper are now available; these will be expanded after marking.
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IMO 2014 student report by Gabriel Gendler available (28 September 2014)
An unofficial report on IMO 2014 from the student perspective, by UK team member Gabriel Gendler, is now available.
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UK MOG marked (17 October 2014)
The UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls (UK MOG) was marked on 4–5 October in Cambridge. The following candidates scored 31 or more out of 50. Results will be received by schools after half-term.
| Kirsten Land | 50 |
| Mingdu Li | 48 |
| Danshu Zhang | 43 |
| Joanna Yass | 42 |
| Olivia Aaronson | 41 |
| Rosie Cates | 41 |
| Liberty Jones | 41 |
| Sophie Maclean | 39 |
| Tomoka Kan | 38 |
| Duo Zhao | 36 |
| Claire Jang | 35 |
| Jinhao Lon | 34 |
| Georgina Majury | 34 |
| Katherine Horton | 33 |
| Jackie Li | 33 |
| Eve Pound | 33 |
| Marguerite Tong | 33 |
| Alice Vaughan-Williams | 33 |
| Xinyu Shen | 32 |
| Polina Skliarevitch | 32 |
| Julie Jouas Yosano | 31 |
| Naomi Wei | 31 |
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UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls extended solutions (19 October 2014)
The solutions to the 2014 UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls paper now include extended discussions of the problems and the approaches taken by candidates.
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UK MOG prize winners (24 October 2014)
The following participants in the UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls (UK MOG) have been awarded book prizes.
| Olivia Aaronson |
| Hannah Black |
| Rosie Cates |
| Sophie Crane |
| Yanni Du |
| Katherine Horton |
| Olivia Hu |
| Claire Jang |
| Liberty Jones |
| Sophie Jones |
| Julie Jouas Yosano |
| Tomoka Kan |
| Kirsten Land |
| Bridget Langford |
| Jackie Li |
| Sophie Maclean |
| Georgina Majury |
| Eve Pound |
| Sophie Sadler |
| Xinyu Shen |
| Polina Skliarevitch |
| Marguerite Tong |
| Alice Vaughan-Williams |
| Naomi Wei |
| Emily Wolfenden |
| Joanna Yass |
| Danshu Zhang |
| Duo Zhao |
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BMO1 2013/2014 Solutions (13 November 2014)
To assist candidates preparing for this year’s BMO Round 1, video solutions to last year’s paper are again available online.
BMO1 for 2014/2015 will be sat on 28 November. Because of candidates sitting the paper in different time zones, an embargo on public discussion of the paper will apply until the problems and solutions appear on this site the following morning.
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BMO Round 1 (29 November 2014)
This year’s BMO Round 1 paper was taken yesterday; video solutions are temporarily available online. Production facilities for the video were donated by the University of Bath Audio Visual Unit.
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BMO Round 1 marked (12–14 December 2014)
BMO Round 1 was marked in Cambridge on 12–14 December. (Some candidates from other countries also sat the paper, with their scripts being marked using the same mark schemes, and high scores from those countries are also indicated below when available.) The following candidates scored 51 or more out of 60.
| Joe Benton | 60 |
| Alex Harris | 60 |
| Lawrence Hollom | 60 |
| Liam Hughes | 60 |
| Samuel Kittle | 60 |
| Kyung Chan Lee | 60 |
| Warren Li | 60 |
| Milton Lin | 60 |
| Bhavik Mehta | 60 |
| Harry Metrebian | 60 |
| Neel Nanda | 60 |
| Philip Peters | 60 |
| Harvey Yau | 60 |
| Jiani Li | 59 |
| Yuyang Miao | 59 |
| Xiangjia Kong | 58 |
| Xiao Ma | 58 |
| Luke Gardiner (Ireland) | 57 |
| Hugo Aaronson | 55 |
| Yuan Gao | 55 |
| Hoseong Seo | 55 |
| Chen Lu | 54 |
| Michael Ng | 53 |
| Chikashi Rison | 53 |
| Olivia Aaronson | 52 |
| Jongheon Jeon | 52 |
| Gareth Jones | 52 |
| Ashkat Sarkeev | 52 |
| Valeriia Gladkova | 51 |
| Alex Gunasekera | 51 |
| Tomoka Kan | 51 |
| Chris Liu | 51 |
| Nico Marrin | 51 |
| Conor Murphy | 51 |
| Joon Young Yoon | 51 |
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Romanian Master of Mathematics 2015 team (8 January 2015)
The UK will compete in the Romanian Master of Mathematics competition in 2015, to be held in Bucharest, 25 February–1 March. The Team Leader will be Dominic Yeo (University of Oxford) and the Deputy Leader will be James Gazet (Eton College). The UK team will be:
| Name | School |
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| Joe Benton | St Paul’s School |
| Liam Hughes | Robert Smyth Academy |
| Samuel Kittle | Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys |
| Warren Li | Eton College |
| Harry Metrebian | Winchester College |
| Harvey Yau | Ysgol Dyffryn Taf |
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BMO Round 2 (30 January 2015)
This year’s BMO Round 2 paper was taken yesterday.
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BMO Round 2 marked (8 February 2015)
BMO Round 2 was marked in London on 7 February. (Some candidates from other countries also sat the paper, with their scripts being marked using the same mark schemes, and high scores from those countries will be added below when available.) Invitations to the Trinity training camp will be sent shortly to selected candidates eligible to represent the UK at the IMO, and details of marks will be sent to schools. The following candidates scored 20 or more out of 40.
| Yuan Gao | 40 |
| Harvey Yau | 40 |
| Joe Benton | 39 |
| Harry Metrebian | 33 |
| Samuel Kittle | 31 |
| Andrew Kenyon-Roberts | 30 |
| Philip Peters | 30 |
| Askhat Sarkeev | 30 |
| Xiangjia Kong | 29 |
| Renzhi Zhou | 26 |
| Mark Cooper | 23 |
| Alex Harris | 23 |
| Jiani Li | 23 |
| Neel Nanda | 23 |
| Marcus Roberts | 23 |
| Joshua Rowley | 23 |
| Joshua Garfinkel | 22 |
| Lawrence Hollom | 22 |
| Richard Law | 22 |
| Chenyu Liu | 22 |
| Shenyang Wu | 22 |
| Olivia Aaronson | 21 |
| Kyung Chan Lee | 21 |
| Thomas Wilkinson | 21 |
| Jamie Bell | 20 |
| Rosie Cates | 20 |
| Liam Hughes | 20 |
| Gareth Jones | 20 |
| Kirsten Land | 20 |
| Leslie Leung | 20 |
| Rory Mclaurin | 20 |
| Yuyang Miao | 20 |
| Thomas Read | 20 |
| Alex Rice | 20 |
| Yukuan Tao | 20 |
| Benjie Wang | 20 |
| Joanna Yass | 20 |
The Christopher Bradley elegance prize is not awarded.
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EGMO 2015 team (8 February 2015)
The fourth European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad will be held in Minsk, Belarus, 14–20 April. The UK team will be:
| Name | School |
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| Olivia Aaronson | St Paul’s Girls’ School |
| Rosie Cates | The Perse School |
| Kirsten Land | King’s College London Mathematical School |
| Joanna Yass | North London Collegiate School |
The reserve is Clarissa Costen of Altrincham Girls’ Grammar School. The Team Leader is Jo Harbour of Mayfield Primary School, Cambridge and the Deputy Leader is Jenny Owladi of the Bank of England.
Our thanks to Man Group for their support of the EGMO team.
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Romanian Master of Mathematics Day 1 (28 February 2015)
The problems from the first paper at this year’s Romanian Master of Mathematics competition, sat yesterday, are now available. Problems 2 and 3 were UK submissions, by Jeremy King and Lex Betts respectively; problem 1 was from Peru.
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Romanian Master of Mathematics Day 2 (1 March 2015)
The problems from the second paper at this year’s Romanian Master of Mathematics competition, sat yesterday, are now available. Problem 4 was submitted by Russia and problems 5 and 6 by Bulgaria.
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