British Mathematical Olympiad

News: IMO 2012 results (15 July 2012)

The IMO papers were sat on 10 and 11 July. The results of the UK team members are shown below. We obtained one Gold, one Silver and four Bronze medals and a score of 115 out of 252, coming equal 22nd out of 100 participating countries. The medal boundaries were for 28 for Gold, 21 for Silver and 14 for Bronze.

Name Q1Q2Q3Q4Q5Q6TotalMedal
James Aaronson 7 0 4 7 2 020Bronze Medal
Sam Cappleman-Lynes 7 0 0 7 0 014Bronze Medal
Andrew Carlotti 7 7 5 6 0 429Gold Medal
Daniel Hu 7 0 0 7 2 016Bronze Medal
Josh Lam 7 1 0 7 7 022Silver Medal
Matei Mandache 1 4 0 7 0 214Bronze Medal

The team leaves Mar del Plata on Monday 16 July and arrives back in the UK on Tuesday 17 July. The achievements of this year’s UK olympiad teams will be celebrated at the Royal Society on Monday 1 October; Professor Ben Green FRS will give the 35th annual IMO lecture, on “Prime Numbers”.


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