Top Countries By Year

Countries Ranking By Year


 

2000

Results
 

Country results
(Unofficial)

Country results Alphabetically
(Unofficial)


1999

Results
 

Country results
(Unofficial)

Country results Alphabetically
(Unofficial)


1998

Results

Medals

Country results
(Unofficial)

Country results Alphabetically
(Unofficial)


1997

Results
 

Country results
(Unofficial)

Country results Alphabetically
(Unofficial)


1996

Results

Country results
(Unofficial)

Country results Alphabetically
(Unofficial)


1995

Results

Country results
(Unofficial)

Country results Alphabetically
(Unofficial)


 

Top Countries By Year

RANK

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

1

China

China / Russia

Iran

China

Romania

China

2

Russia

 

Bulgaria

Hungary

U.S.A.

Romania

3

U.S.A.

Vietnam

Hungary / U.S.A.

Iran

Hungary

Russia

4

South Korea

Romania

 

Russia / U.S.A.

Russia

Vietnam

5

Bulgaria / Vietnam

Bulgaria

Taiwan

 

United Kingdom

Hungary

6

 

Belarus

Russia

Ukraine

China

Bulgaria

7

Belarus

South Korea

India

Bulgaria / Romania

Vietnam

South Korea

8

Taiwan

Iran

Ukraine

 

South Korea

Iran

9

Hungary

Taiwan

Vietnam

Australia

Iran

Japan

10

Iran

U.S.A.

Yugoslavia

Vietnam

Germany

United Kingdom

11

Israel / Romania

Hungary

Romania

South Korea

Bulgaria / Japan

U.S.A.

12

 

Ukraine

South Korea

Japan

 

Taiwan

13

Ukraine

Japan

Australia

Germany

Poland

Israel

14

India

Yugoslavia

Japan

Taiwan

India

India

15

Japan

Australia

Czech Republic

India

Israel

Germany

16

Australia

Turkey

Germany

United Kingdom

Canada

Poland

17

Canada

Germany

Turkey / United Kingdom

Belarus

Slovakia

Czech Republic / Yugoslavia

18

Slovakia / Turkey

India

 

Czech Republic

Ukraine

 

19

 

Poland

Belarus

Sweden

Turkey

Canada

20

Armenia / Germany

United Kingdom

Canada

Poland / Yugoslavia

Taiwan

Hong Kong

21

 

Slovakia

Poland

 

Belarus

Australia / Slovakia

22

United Kingdom

Latvia

Croatia / Singapore

Israel / Latvia

Greece

 

23

Yugoslavia

Italy

 

 

Australia

Ukraine

24

Kazakhstan

Switzerland

Israel

Croatia

Yugoslavia

Morocco

25

Argentina

Israel / Mongolia

Hong Kong

Turkey

Italy / Singapore

Turkey

26

Moldova

 

Armenia / France

Brazil

 

Belarus / Italy / Singapore

27

South Africa

Cuba / South Africa

 

Colombia

Hong Kong

 

28

Hong Kong

 

South Africa

Georgia

Czech Republic

 

29

Bosnia-Herzegovina / Thailand

Austria / Brazil

Argentina

Canada

Argentina

Argentina

30

 

 

Brazil / Mongolia

Hong Kong / Mongolia

Georgia

France

31

Sweden

Canada / Netherlands

 

 

Belgium

Macedonia

32

Mexico / Poland

 

Greece

France / Mexico

Lithuania

Armenia / Croatia

33

 

France / Hong Kong

Bosnia-Herzegovina / Slovakia

 

Latvia

 

34

Croatia / Slovenia

 

 

Armenia / Finland

Armenia / Croatia

Thailand

35

 

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

 

 

Sweden

36

Georgia

Macedonia / Singapore

Georgia

Slovakia

France

Finland / Moldova

37

Singapore

 

Latvia

Argentina / Netherlands

New Zealand / Norway

 

38

Uzbekistan

Georgia

Italy

 

 

Colombia

39

Austria

Armenia / Norway

Belgium

South Africa

Finland

Latvia / Switzerland

40

Mongolia / Switzerland

 

Macedonia

Cuba

Sweden

 

41

 

Croatia / Sweden

Colombia

Belgium / Singapore

Moldova

South Africa

42

Czech Republic

 

Thailand

 

Austria

Mongolia

43

Macedonia

Bosnia-Herzegovina / Finland

Estonia

Austria

South Africa

Austria

44

Colombia / Cuba

 

Mexico / Netherlands

Norway

Mongolia / Slovenia

Brazil

45

 

Argentina

 

Greece

 

Netherlands

46

Latvia / Netherlands

Spain

Peru

Kazakhstan / Macedonia

Colombia

New Zealand

47

 

Greece / Thailand

Sweden

 

Thailand

Belgium

48

Brazil / France

 

Austria

Italy / New Zealand

Denmark / Macau / Macedonia / Spain

Georgia

49

 

Colombia / Czech Republic

New Zealand

 

 

Denmark

50

Italy

 

Moldova

Slovenia

 

Lithuania

51

Indonesia

Lithuania

Slovenia

Lithuania

 

Spain

52

Finland

Mexico / New Zealand

Iceland / Morocco

Thailand

Brazil

Norway

53

Belgium / Luxembourg

 

 

Estonia / Peru

Mexico / Sri Lanka

Indonesia

54

 

Belgium / Denmark

Azerbaijan

 

 

Greece

55

Morocco

 

Lithuania

Azerbaijan

Estonia

Cuba

56

Greece

Moldova

Cyprus

Macau

Iceland

Estonia

57

Norway

Morocco

Switzerland

Denmark / Moldova / Switzerland

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Kazakhstan

58

Estonia

Slovenia

Ireland / Spain / Trinidad and Tobago

 

Azerbaijan

Cyprus / Mexico

59

Trinidad and Tobago

Uzbekistan

 

 

Netherlands

 

60

Iceland

Iceland / Macau

 

Iceland / Morocco

Trinidad and Tobago

Slovenia

61

Denmark

 

Norway

 

Ireland

Ireland

62

Lithuania / New Zealand

Ireland

Malaysia

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Switzerland

Macau

63

 

Malaysia

Finland

Indonesia

Portugal

Trinidad and Tobago

64

Azerbaijan / Cyprus / Malaysia / Peru

Cyprus / Indonesia

Macau

Spain

Kazakhstan

Azerbaijan

65

 

 

Luxembourg

Trinidad and Tobago

Morocco

Kyrgyzstan / Philippines

66

 

Albania / Azerbaijan

Denmark

Chile

Cuba

 

67

 

 

Cuba

Uzbekistan

Albania / Kyrgyzstan

Portugal

68

Spain

Trinidad and Tobago

Indonesia

Ireland

 

Iceland

69

Ireland

Estonia

Kyrgyzstan

Malaysia / Uruguay

Cyprus

Bosnia-Herzegovina

70

Philippines / Uruguay

Portugal

Philippines / Uruguay

 

Indonesia

Chile

71

 

Luxembourg

 

Albania / Portugal

Chile

Sri Lanka

72

Portugal / Sri Lanka

Uruguay

Paraguay / Portugal

 

Malaysia / TKM

Malaysia

73

 

Philippines

 

Philippines

 

Kuwait

74

Ecuador

TUN

Sri Lanka

Bolivia

Philippines

 

75

Albania

Guatemala

Venezuela

Kyrgyzstan

Kuwait

 

76

Kyrgyzstan / Macau

Kyrgyzstan

Kuwait

Kuwait / Paraguay / Puerto Rico

 

 

77

 

TRK

 

 

 

 

78

Kuwait

Kuwait / Peru

 

 

 

 

79

Guatemala / Venezuela

 

 

Guatemala

 

 

80

 

Venezuela

 

Cyprus

 

 

81

Brunei / Puerto Rico

Sri Lanka

 

Venezuela

 

 

82

 

 

 

Algeria

 

 

 

All these tables are prepared by Waldemar Gorzkowski and they are taken from:
"International Physics Competitions: International Physics Olympiads and First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics", ed. by Waldemar Gorzkowski, Warszawa 1999

Participation in the International Physics Olympiads

 





       Olympiad                       1...                2...                3...

                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1

        Year      196...197...          198...            199...               200...

                    7 8 9 0 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0



Participating countries:

 1. Albania         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # #

 2. Argentina       - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # # #

 3. Armenia         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O - O #

 4. Australia       - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # # # # H # # # # #

 5. Austria         - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # H # # # # # # # # # # # #

 6. Azerbaijan      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O - # #

 7. Belarus         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # #

 8. Belgium         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # # # # # # # # #

 9. Bosnia & Herz.  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # #

10. Brazil          - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O #

11. Bulgaria        # # # # H # # # # # # H # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

12. Canada          - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # # # # # # # # H # # #

13. China           - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O # # # # # # # # H # # # # # #

14. Colombia        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # # # # # # # # #

15. Croatia         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # # # #

16. Cuba            - - - - - # - - - - - - - # # # # # # # # H # # # # # # - # #

17. Cyprus          - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # # # # # # # #

18. Czechlands      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # # #

19. Denmark         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - # # # # #

20. Estonia         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # # # #

21. Finland         - - - - - - - - O # # # # # # # # # # # # # H # # # # # # # #

22. FRG             - - - - - - # # # # # # H # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

23. Georgia         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # #

24. Great Britain   - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # H # # # # # # # # # # # # # H

25. Greece          - - - - - - - - - - - - # - - - - O - O - # # # # # - - # - -

26. Hungary         # H # # # # # # H # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

27. Iceland         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # # # # # # # # # H # #

28. India           - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # #

29. Indonesia       - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # # #

30. Iran            - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # U # # # # # # #

31. Ireland         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # #

32. Israel          - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # # #

33. Italy           - - - - - - - - - - - # # - - O - # # # # # # # # # # # # H #

34. Kazakhstan      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # #

35. Kenya           - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O

36. Kuwait          - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # - # # # # # # - # #

37. Latvia          - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # #

38. Liechtenstein   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # #

39. Lithuania       - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - U O - # # # # # # # # #

40. Luxembourg      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #

41. Macedonia       - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # #

42. Mexico          - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # # # #

43. Moldova         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # #

44. Mongolia        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O # #

45. Netherlands     - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # # # H # # # # # # # # # #

46. New Zealand     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # -

47. Norway          - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # # # # # # # H # # # #

48. Pakistan        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O -

49. Philippines     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # - # -

50. Poland          H # # # # # H # # # # # # # # # # # # H # # # # # # # # # # #

51. Portugal        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # # #

52. Romania         # # # # # H # # # # # # # H # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

53. Russia          - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # # # #

54. Singapore       - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # # # # # # #

55. Slovakia        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # # #

56. Slovenia        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # # # #

57. South Korea     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # # # #

58. Spain           - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O # # # # # # # # # # #

59. Suriname        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # # # # - -

60. Sweden          - - - - - O - - # # # # # # H # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

61. Switzerland     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # #

62. Taiwan          - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O U # # # # # #

63. Thailand        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # # # # # # #

64. Turkey          - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # - # # # # # # # # # # # #

65. Turkmenistan    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O - # #

66. Ukraine         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # # # # #

67. USA             - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O # # # # # # # H # # # # # # #

68. Vietnam         - - - - - - - - - - - # # # # # - # # - # - # # # # # # # # #

69. Yugoslavia (New)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S S I # # # # # #



International organisations:



1. EPS              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O - -



Former participants:



A) Countries that already do not exist:



 1. Czecho-Slovakia # # H # # # # # # H # # # # # # # # # # # # # 

 2. GDR             - # # # # # # H # # # # # # # # # H # # # 

 3. Soviet Union    - # # H # # # # # # H # # # # # # # # # # # 

 4. SFR Yugoslavia  - # # # - - - - - # # # # # # H # # # # # # 



B) Countries and organisations present at the IPhO (for the last time)

   3 or more years ago:



 1. France          - - - - - # - # # # - # # # - - - 

 2. UAE             - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O - - - 

 3. UNESCO          - O - - - - - - - - - O - - - - O O O - - O - - O - - - 

 

Explanation:

    # : participation

    - : no participation

    H : host country

    O : observer

    U : unofficial participation (guest of the organisers)

    S : no participation for sanctions of the UN

    I : unofficial participation of individual pupils (they did not represent

        their country)



 

Organizers of the International Physics Olympiads

 

State of July 17, 2000

Past:

I

1967

Warsaw (Poland)

II

1968

Budapest (Hungary)

III

1969

Brno (Czecho-Slovakia)

IV

1970

Moscow (Soviet Union)

V

1971

Sofia (Bulgaria)

VI

1972

Bucharest (Romania)

VII

1974

Warsaw (Poland)

VIII

1975

Guestrow (GDR)

IX

1976

Budapest (Hungary)

X

1977

Hradec Kralove (Czecho-Slovakia)

XI

1979

Moscow (Soviet Union)

XII

1981

Varna (Bulgaria)

XIII

1982

Malente (FRG)

XIV

1983

Bucharest (Romania)

XV

1984

Sigtuna (Sweden)

XVI

1985

Portoroz (SFR Yugoslavia)

XVII

1986

London-Harrow (United Kingdom)

XVIII

1987

Jena (GDR)

XIX

1988

Bad Ischl (Austria)

XX

1989

Warsaw (Poland)

XXI

1990

Groningen (The Netherlands)

XXII

1991

Havana (Cuba)

XXIII

1992

Helsinki (Finland)

XXIV

1993

Williamsburg (USA)

XXV

1994

Beijing (China)

XXVI

1995

Canberra (Australia)

XXVII

1996

Oslo (Norway)

XXVIII

1997

Sudbury (Canada)

XXIX

1998

Reykjavik (Iceland)

XXX

1999

Padova (Italy)

XXXI

2000

Leicester (Great Britain)

Future:

XXXII

2001

Antalya (Turkey) - invitation made

XLII

2002

Jakarta (Indonesia) - confirmed

XXXIV

2003

(*) (Taipei C) - confirmed

XXXV

2004

(*) (South Korea) - confirmed

XXXVI

2005

(*) (Spain) - confirmed

XXXVII

2006

(*) (Singapore) - confirmed

XXXVIII

2007

(*) (Iran) - confirmed

XXXIX

2008

(*) (Vietnam) - confirmed

XL

2009

(*) (Mexico) - confirmed

XLI

2010

(*) (Croatia) - confirmed

XXXIII

2011

(*) (Belgium) - confirmed

XLIII

2012

(*) (Estonia) - confirmed

XLIV

2013

(*) (Denmark) - confirmed

XLV

2014

(*) (Slovenia) - preliminary contacts

XLVI

2015

Dublin (Ireland) - preliminary contacts

XLVII

2016

(*) (Switzerland) - preliminary contacts

XLVIII

2017

(*) (Moldova) - preliminary contacts

XLIX

2018

(*) (Portugal) - preliminary contacts

(the asterisk (*) denotes that the site of the competition will be determined later)

 

Distribution of prizes in thirty one International Physics Olympiads

 







Country                   PV      A       I       II      III     HM      PS      PS/PV

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1.  Albania               10      0       0       0       1       4       5       0,5

2.  Argentina             35      0       0       1       5       7       13      0,37

3.  Armenia               5       0       0       0       0       0       0       0

4.  Australia             70      0       2       8       21      28      59      0,84

5.  Austria               95      0       1       2       10      23      36      0,38

6.  Azerbaijan            10      0       0       0       2       2       4       0,4

7.  Belarus               30      0       1       4       7       11      23      0,77

8.  Belgium               65      0       0       0       3       9       12      0,18

9.  Bosnia&Herzegovina    25      0       0       0       0       1       1       0,04

10. Brazil                5       0       0       0       0       0       0       0



11. Bulgaria              152     1       11      15      28      45      99      0,65

12. Canada                80      0       1       4       18      21      44      0,55

13. China                 75      7       44      18       9      2       73      0,97

14. Colombia              65      0       0       1       1       3       5       0,08

15. Croatia               45      0       0       0       1       9       10      0,22

16. Cuba                  90      0       0       1       4       5       10      0,11

17. Cyprus                65      0       0       1       1       4       6       0,09

18. The Czechlands        40      0       4       8       11      11      34      0,85

19. Denmark               25      0       0       0       0       7       7       0,28

20. Estonia               45      0       1       1       9       10      21      0,47



21. Finland               110     0       1       2       15      37      55      0,5

22. Georgia               25      0       0       3       2       2       7       0,28

23. Germany               125     2       15      31      46      19      111     0,89

24. Great Britain         85      2       8       20      27      15      70      0,82

25. Greece                35      0       0       0       1       1       2       0,06

26. Hungary               152     2       25      26      59      31      141     0,93

27. Iceland               85      0       0       0       1       10      11      0,13

28. India                 15      0       2       5       4       4       15      1

29. Indonesia             40      0       1       2       11      14      28      0,7

30. Iran                  60      1       11      16      13      10      50      0,83



31. Ireland               15      0       0       0       1       2       3       0,2

32. Israel                35      0       1       3       11      13      28      0,8

33. Italy                 80      0       1       6       9       19      35      0,44

34. Kazakhstan            20      0       0       1       3       5       9       0,45

35. Korea                 45      0       5       9       15      7       36      0,8

36. Kuwait                60      0       0       0       0       0       0       0,00

37. Latvia                25      0       1       1       3       2       7       0,28

38. Liechtenstein         10      0       0       0       1       0       1       0,1

39. Lithuania             50      0       0       0       11      9       20      0,4

40. Luxembourg            5       0       0       0       0       0       0       0,00



41. Macedonia             25      0       0       0       1       3       4       0,16

42. Mexico                40      0       0       0       0       1       1       0,03

43. Moldova               30      0       0       0       2       7       9       0,3

44. Mongolia              10      0       0       0       0       2       2       0,2

45. The Netherlands       95      1       4       10      22      31      67      0,71

46. New Zealand           25      0       0       0       1       6       7       0,28

47. Norway                85      0       1       0       4       12      17      0,2

48. Philippines           30      0       0       1       0       1       2       0,07

49. Poland                152     4       15      28      37      43      123     0,81

50. Portugal              35      0       0       0       0       1       1       0,03



51. Romania               152     2       22      38      42      25      127     0,84

52. Russia                45      1       22      14      5       2       43      0,96

53. Singapore             60      0       3       4       13      18      38      0,63

54. Slovakia              40      0       1       6       10      16      33      0,83

55. Slovenia              45      0       0       1       6       14      21      0,47

56. Spain                 55      0       0       0       1       5       6       0,11

57. Suriname              40      0       0       0       0       0       0       0,00

58. Sweden                115     0       1       9       13      34      57      0,5

59. Switzerland           30      0       1       2       4       10      17      0,57

60. Taiwan                35      0       6       8       10      8       32      0,91



61. Thailand              55      0       0       0       3       10      13      0,24

62. Turkey                75      0       2       5       13      18      38      0,51

63. Turkmenistan          10      0       0       1       0       0       1       0,1

64. Ukraine               45      0       7       10      14      9       40      0,89

65. USA                   75      1       16      12      25      11      64      0,85

66. Vietnam               85      0       2       14      23      14      53      0,62

67. Yugoslavia (New)      30      0       1       5       5       15      26     0,87



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TOTAL                     3628    24      240     357     618     718     1933    0.53 

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Last Olympiad             315     1       15      11      42      62      130     0.41 

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Past participants:



Czechoslovakia            112     4       14      24      29      27      94      0.84 

France                    35      -       2       5       9       14      30      0.86 

German D. R.              99      -       8       14      35      27      84      0.85 

Soviet Union              104     6       41      26      23      12      102     0.98 

Yugoslavia (SFR)          79      -       1       7       14      10      32      0.43 



Explanation:

    PV       : Participation  Volume,  i.e.  the  total   possible number of participants 

               (from a given country) in  the Olympiads in which the country took part

    A        : number of the Absolute Winners

    I        : number of the I prize winners

    II       : number of the II prize winners

    III      : number of the III prize winners

    HM       : number of the participants who obtained the Honourable Mentions

    PS       : number of the participants who passed the competition successfully 

               (Total = I + II + III + HM)

    PS/PV    : index of successful passes per one participant and per one Olympiad





 

Problems and their marking

 







Olympiad    C       T       E       MT              ME      M       MS      MS/M

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  I         L       4       1       10,10,10,6      10      40      39      0.98

  II        A       3       1       10,10,10        10      40      35      0.88

  III       A       4       1       8,8,8,8         16      48      48      1.00

  IV        A       4       1       10,10,10,10     20      60      57      0.95

  V         A       4       1       10,10,10,10     20      60      48.6    0.81

  VI        A       4       1       10,10,10,10     20      60      57      0.95

  VII       R       3       1       10,10,10        20      50      46      0,92

  VIII      R       3       1       10,10,10        20      50      43      0.86

  IX        R       3       1       10,10,10        20      50      47.5    0.95

  X         R       3       1       10,10,10        20      50      49      0.98

  XI        R       3       1       10,10,10        20      50      43      0.86

  XII       R       3       1       10,10,10        20      50      47      0.94

  XIII      R       3       2       10,10,10        10,10   50      43      0.86 

  XIV       R       4+1     1       8,8,7,7         20      50      43.75   0.88

  XV        R       3       2       10,10,10        10,10   50      43      0.86

  XVI       R       3       2       10,10,10        10,10   50      42.5    0.85

  XVII      R       3       2       10,10,10        10,10   50      37.9    0.76

  XVIII     R       3       1       10,10,10        20      50      49      0.98

  XIX       R       3       2       10.10.10        10,10   50      39.38   0.79

  XX        R3      3       1       10,10,10        20      50      46.33   0.93

  XXI       R3      3       2       10,10,10        10,0    50      45.7    0.91

  XXII      R3      3       1       10,10,10        20      50      48.2    0.96

  XXIII     R3      3       2       10,10,10        10,10   50      44      0.88

  XXIV      R3      3       2       10,10,10        10,10   50      40.65   0.81

  XXV       R3      3       2       10,10,10        10,10   50      44.3    0.89

  XXVI      R3      3       2       20,20,20        20,20   100     95      0.95

  XXVII     R3      3       1       10,10,10        20      50      47.5    0.95

  XXVIII    R3      3       1       10,10,10        20      50      47.25   0.95 

  XXIX      R3      3       1       10,10,10        20      50      47.5    0.95

  XXX       R3      3       1       10,10,10        20      50      49.8    0.996

  XXXI      R3      3       2       10,10,10        10,10   50      43.4    0.87

Explanation:

    C    : Classification system:

            L  - linear ordering of the winners according to the total number of points obtained

            A  - three groups of the prize winners and one group of those who obtained the honourable mentions - the minima for each group were calculated in respect to the theoretically possible highest score

            R  - as A, but the minima were calculated in respect to the best score reached at a given Olympiad

            R3 - as A, but the minima were calculated in respect to the mean value of the three best scores reached at a given Olympiad

    T    : number of the Theoretical problems

    E    : number of the Experimental problems

    MT   : possible Maximum scores for each of  the Theoretical problems

    ME   : possible Maximum scores for each of the Experimental problems

    M    : theoretically possible Maximum total score at a given Olympiad

    MS   : Maximum Score reached at a given Olympiad

    MS/M : the ratio of MS to M





 

 

Number of prizes in subsequent International Physics Olympiads

 







Olympiad    P       C       I       II      III     HM      S       PS      VO      PS/VO

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  I         3       5       7       -       -       4       -       11      15      0.73

  II        3       8       2       1       3       2       1       8       24      0.33

  III       5       8       13      10      9       5       -       37      40      0.93

  IV        6       8       4       7       10      13      2       34      48      0.71

  V         5       7       5       6       12      7       -       30      35      0.86

  VI        5       9       2       3       14      15      7       34      45      0.76

  VII       5       8       3       -       8       7       2       18      40      0.45

  VIII      5       9       7       9       12      8       1       36      45      0.80

  IX        5       10      7       7       12      13      11      39      50      0.78

  X         5       12      7       16      16      12      7       51      60      0.85

  XI        5       11      8       5       13      15      4       41      55      0.75

  XII       5       14      7       19      18      16      4       60      70      0.86

  XIII      5       17      14      19      23      10      7       66      85      0.78

  XIV       5       16      7       9       16      17      19      49      80      0.61

  XV        5       18      9       5       16      17      15      47      90      0.52

  XVI       5       20      5       6       17      25      7       53      100     0.53

  XVII      5       21      4       5       22      27      8       58      105     0.55

  XVIII     5       25      3       10      29      30      4       72      125     0.58

  XIX       5       27      7       23      29      27      6       86      135     0.64

  XX        5       30      10      26      31      34      12      101     150     0.67

  XXI       5       32      6       12      25      24      6       67      160     0.42

  XXII      5       31      13      10      31      21      4       89      155     0.57

  XXIII     5       38      13      20      24      35      15      92      190     0.48

  XXIV      5       42      18      16      33      41      51      108     210     0.51

  XXV       5       46      6       5       22      37      90      70      230     0.39

  XXVI      5       51      25      29      43      54      9       151     255     0.59

  XXVII     5       55      20      25      47      63      7       155     275     0.56

  XXVIII    5       56      18      33      54      55      6       160     280     0.57

  XXIX      5       56      11      15      43      55      23      124     280     0.44

  XXX       5       62      30      71      54      57      16      212     310     0.68

  XXXI      5       63      15      11      42      62      8       130     315     0.41	



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TOTAL                       306     433     728     808             2275    4057    0.56

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Explanation:

    P     : allowed number of Pupils in each team

    C     : number of participating Countries

    I     : number of the I prize winners

    II    : number of the II prize winners

    III   : number of the III prize winners

    HM    : number of the participants who obtained the Honourable Mentions

    S     : number of Special prizes awarded

    PS    : number of the participants who passed the competition successfully (I+II+III+HM)

    VO    : "Volume of the Olympiad", i.e. the total possible number of participants in a given competition (= P ( C)

    PS/VO : index of successful passes per one participant at a given Olympiad





 

 

Training systems in different countries
(the data were collected for the last time in 1989)

 



Country         Number of       Length of       Character of    Final
                participants    the training    the training    selection
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Austria         5               3 days          theor. only     yes
Bulgaria        10              20-30 days      exp.+theor.     yes
Canada          12              5 days          exp.+theor.     yes
China           15              60 days         exp.+theor.     yes
Colombia        30              45 days         exp.+theor.     yes
Cyprus          10              50 days         exp.+theor.     yes
Finland         5               4 days          exp. only       yes
F. R. Germany   5               3 days          exp. only       no
Great Britain   no training
Hungary         60              15 days         exp.+theor.     yes
I. R. Iran      7               50 days         exp.+theor.     yes
Italy           10              5 days          exp.+theor.     yes
The Netherlands 5               5 days          exp. only       no
Norway          5               5 days          exp.+theor.     no
Poland          6-10            10 days         exp.+theor      no
Sweden          5               3 days          exp.+theor.     no
Turkey          17-20           45 days         exp.+theor.     yes

("yes" means that the final selection of the team is made after the training;
 "no" means that the team was selected prior to the training)