Welcome to the British Mathematical Olympiad

• A PDF file (400kB) containing lots of BMO problems from the past (1993–2016). No answers are supplied! Hints and solutions for BMO1 problems from 1996–1997 to 2010–2011 are included in A Mathematical Olympiad Primer, available from the UKMT; past paper booklets with BMO2 problems and solutions are also available.
• Information about the BMO papers and notes on BMO marking (PDF)
• The UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls (UK MOG)
• A brief article on areal co-ordinate methods in Euclidean geometry (PDF), by Tom Lovering
• National events: events calendar, UK Olympiad Training; the annual IMO Lecture and Celebration
• International events, including reports on each year’s events: the International Mathematical Olympiad, the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad, the Romanian Master of Mathematics, the China Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad, the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad, the Mathematics Ashes
• BMOS and UKMT supporters may elect to make a small tax efficient regular donation to these organizations.
• Committee information: a short history of the BMOC, list of current committee members; list of other people involved in BMOS activities
• BMO policies on use of BMO1 DVDs and on eligibility
• Contact details
• Past news and events

IMO 2016 report available (13 August 2016)

The reports on past IMOs now include Geoff Smith’s report on IMO 2016.

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

IMO 2016 Deputy Leader’s report by Dominic Yeo available (28 July 2016)

A report on IMO 2016 by Deputy Leader Dominic Yeo is now available.

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

IMO 2016 press release (15 July 2016)

A press release (PDF, Word) about the UK performance at IMO 2016 is now available.

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

IMO 2016 results (14 July 2016)

The IMO papers were sat on 11 and 12 July. The results of the UK team members are shown below. We obtained 2 Gold and 4 Silver medals and a score of 165 out of 252, coming 7th out of 109 participating countries. The medal boundaries were for 29 for Gold, 22 for Silver and 16 for Bronze.

The achievements of this year’s UK olympiad teams will be celebrated at the Science Museum on Monday 26 September, when Dr Zuming Feng will give the 39th annual IMO lecture, on “From classroom to contest”.

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

IMO 2016 problems (12 July 2016)

The IMO 2016 papers were sat on 11 and 12 July in Hong Kong; the problems (day 1, day 2) are available. The problems were submitted by Belgium, Australia, Russia, Luxembourg, Russia and the Czech Republic respectively.

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

Mathematics Ashes results (8 July 2016)

The UK has won the 9th Mathematics Ashes competition, decided on the results of today’s practice exam at the joint pre-IMO training camp in Tagaytay; the results for the two teams were as follows, with the UK scoring a total of 82 and Australia scoring a total of 74:

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

IMO team selected (1 June 2016)

After the training camp held at Tonbridge School, 28 May–1 June, the team of six for the IMO in Hong Kong has been chosen as:

The reserves are:

The Team Leader is Dr Geoff Smith of the University of Bath and the Deputy Leader is Dominic Yeo of the University of Oxford. Jill Parker (formerly of the University of Bath) will be Observer with Contestants. The IMO will take place from 6–16 July.

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

Balkan Mathematical Olympiad report available (21 May 2016)

The Balkan Mathematical Olympiad information now includes Dominic Yeo’s report on the 2016 olympiad.

Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2016 student report (16 May 2016)

An unofficial report on the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2016 from the student perspective, by UK team member Michael Ng, is now available.

Balkan Mathematical Olympiad results (8 May 2016)

The UK team in the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad in Tirana, Albania have achieved the following scores (each question marked out of 10). The medal cut-offs were 32 for gold, 30 for silver and 17 for bronze.

Michael has been added to the squad of ten from which the team of six and four reserves for the IMO in Hong Kong will be selected at the Tonbridge camp:

EGMO results (14 April 2016)

The UK team in the fifth European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad have achieved the following results, coming 7th out of 39 participating teams (6th out of 31 official European teams). The medal boundaries are 27 for gold, 17 for silver and 11 for bronze.

Our thanks to Man Group for their support of the EGMO team.

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad Day 2 (13 April 2016)

The problems from the second paper at the fifth European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad, sat today in Bușteni, are now available. The problems were submitted by Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the Netherlands respectively.

Our thanks to Man Group for their support of the EGMO team.

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad Day 1 (12 April 2016)

The problems from the first paper at the fifth European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad, sat today in Bușteni, are now available. The problems were submitted by the Netherlands, Belarus and Mexico respectively.

Our thanks to Man Group for their support of the EGMO team.