South Africa and the International Mathematical Olympiad

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South African Team and Results - 2011

The 2011 IMO took place in July in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

South Africa ranked 41st out of 101 countries.

Team Leader: Professor Stephan Wagner (University of Stellenbosch)
Deputy Team Leader: Dr Koos van Zyl (Rhodes University)

Professor John Webb (University of Cape Town) attended in his capacity as Secretary of the IMO Advisory Board.

South African Team and Results - 2010

The 2010 IMO took place in July in Astana, Kazakhstan. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

South Africa ranked 58th.

Team Leader: David Hatton (University of Cape Town)
Deputy Team Leader: Maciej Stankiewicz (University of Cape Town)

Professor John Webb (University of Cape Town) attended in his capacity as Secretary of the IMO Advisory Board.

South African Team and Results - 2009

The 2009 IMO took place in July in Bremen, Germany. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

South Africa ranked 43rd.

Team Leader: David Hatton (University of Cape Town)
Deputy Team Leader: Maciej Stankiewicz (University of Cape Town)

Phil Labuschagne accompanied the team as an Observer, and Professor John Webb (University of Cape Town) attended in his capacity as Secretary of the IMO Advisory Board.

South African Team and Results - 2008

The 2008 IMO took place in July in Madrid, Spain. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

South Africa ranked 44th.

Team Leader: Maciek Stankiewicz (University of Cape Town)
Deputy Team Leader: Koos van Zyl (University of Stellenbosch)
Professor John Webb (University of Cape Town) attended the IMO as Secretary of the IMO Advisory Board and was re-elected Secretary of the IMO Advisory Board for the next four years.

South African Team and Results - 2007

The 2007 IMO took place in July in Hanoi, Vietnam. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

South Africa ranked 68th.

Team Leader: David Hatton (University of Cape Town)
Deputy Leader: Koos van Zyl (University of Stellenbosch)
Professor John Webb (University of Cape Town) attended the IMO as Secretary of the IMO Advisory Board.

South African Team and Results - 2006

The 2006 IMO took place in July in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

South Africa ranked 62nd with 5 Honourable Mentions.

Team Leader: Professor Dirk Laurie, University of Stellenbosch
Deputy Team Leader: David Hatton, University of Cape Town
Professor John Webb (University of Cape Town) attended the IMO as Secretary of the IMO Advisory Board.

South African Team and Results - 2005

The 2005 IMO took place in July in Merida, Mexico. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

South Africa ranked 62nd.

Team Leader: Professor Nic Heideman, Rhodes University
Deputy Team Leader: David Hatton, University of Cape Town
Professor John Webb (University of Cape Town) attended the IMO as Secretary of the IMO Advisory Board.

South African Team and Results - 2004

The 2004 IMO took place in July in Athens, Greece. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

South Africa ranked 33rd.

This was the best medal tally of any South African team since we first took part in 1992. Girls are under-represented at the IMO, but South Africa was one of only two countries with three girls in its team of six. Tamara von Glehn, who turned in the best performance for South Africa, ranked fourth in the world among the female contestants.

Team Leader: Professor Nic Heideman, Rhodes University
Deputy Team Leader: David Hatton, University of Cape Town
Professor John Webb (University of Cape Town) attended the IMO as Secretary of the IMO Advisory Board and was re-elected Secretary of the IMO Advisory Board for the next four years.

South African Team and Results - 2003

The 2003 IMO took place in July in Tokyo, Japan. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

South Africa ranked 38th out of 82 countries.

Team Leader: Professor Nic Heideman, Rhodes University
Deputy Team Leader: David Hatton, University of Cape Town
Professor John Webb (University of Cape Town) attended the IMO as Secretary of the IMO Advisory Board and was nominated unopposed for another 4-year term of office.

The top ten positions: 1 Bulgaria (disp), 2 China, 3 USA, 4 Vietnam, 5 Russia, 6 Korea, 7 Romania, 8 Taiwan, 9 Turkey, 10 UK and Hungary (tied).

South African Team and Results - 2002

The 2002 IMO took place in July in Glasgow, Scotland. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

South Africa ranked 32nd out of 84 countries.

The top ten positions: 1 China (212 marks out of 252), 2 Russia (204), 3 USA (171), 4 Bulgaria (167), 5 Vietnam (166), 6 Korea (163), 7 Taiwan (161), 8 Romania (157), 9 India (156), 10 Germany (144)

South African Team and Results - 2001

The 2001 IMO took place in July in Washington DC, USA. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

South Africa ranked 36th out of 83 countries.

This was the tenth year of South Africa's participation in the IMO. In this time South Africa has won 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 19 Bronze Medals, with 10 Honourable Mentions.

Team Leader: Professor Nic Heideman, Rhodes University
Deputy Team Leader: Professor Dirk Laurie, Stellenbosch University
Professor John Webb (University of Cape Town) attended the IMO as Secretary of the IMO Advisory Board.

The top three positions: 1 China, 2 USA and Russia (tied)

South African team and results - 2000

The 2000 IMO took place in July in Taejon, Korea. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

The cutoff for Bronze was 11, Silver 21, and Gold 30.

South Africa ranked 27th out of 81 countries, with a total score of 81 marks. This is our best performance ever, and the tally of four medals is also our best ever.

The team leader was Professor Nic Heideman (Rhodes University) and the Deputy Team Leader was Professor Dirk Laurie (Potchefstroom University).

At the IMO Professor John Webb (University of Cape Town) was elected to the position of Secretary of the IMO Advisory Board, a position he will hold for four years.

The top ten positions: 1 China (218 marks out of 252), 2 Russia (215), 3 USA (184), 4 Korea (172), 5 Bulgaria (169), 6 Vietnam (169), 7 Belarus (165), 8 Taiwan (164), 9 Hungary (156), 10 Iran (155)

South African team and results - 1999

The 1999 IMO took place in July in Bucharest, Romania. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

Koos van Zyl (HS Overkruin) was team reserve.

South Africa ranked 27th out of 81 countries, with a total score of 77 points.

The team leader was Nic Heideman (Rhodes University) and the Deputy Team Leader was Dirk Laurie (Potchefstroom University).

The top ten positions: 1 Russia (182 points out of 252), China (182), 3 Vietnam (177), 4 Romania (173), 5 Bulgaria (170), 6 Belarus (167), 7 Korea (164), 8 Iran (159), 9 Taiwan (153), 10 USA (150)

South African team and results - 1998

The 1998 IMO took place from 10-21 July in Taipei, Taiwan. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

The cutoff for Bronze was 14, Silver 24, and Gold 31.

South Africa ranked 28th with a total score of 98.

The team leader was John Webb (University of Cape Town), the Deputy Team Leader was Nic Heideman (Rhodes University), and Dirk Laurie attended as an observer.

The top ten positions: 1 Iran, 2 Bulgaria, 3 USA, 4 Hungary, 5 Taiwan, 6 Russia, 7 Ukraine, 8 Vietnam, 9 Yugoslavia, 10 Romania

South African team and results - 1997

The 1997 IMO took place in Mar del Plata, Argentina, 18-31 July. The South African IMO team and results were as follows:

Tiaan Towsen (Std 7, Brackenfell High School) was team reserve.

Bruce Merry is the first South African and only the second African to win a Gold Medal at the IMO.

The team leader was Nic Heideman (Rhodes University) and the Deputy Team Leader was Graeme West (Wits).

South Africa ranked 38th out of 83 countries.

The top ten positions: 1 China, 2 Hungary, 3 Iran, 4 USA, 5 Russia, 6 Ukraine, 7 Bulgaria, 8 Romania, 9 Australia, 10 Vietnam

South African team and results - 1996

The 37th International Mathematical Olympiad took place in July 1996 in Mumbai (Bombay), India.The results for the South African team were as follows:

South Africa was placed 43rd, with 50 points.

South African team and results - 1995

The 36th International Mathematical Olympiad took place in Toronto, Canada, in July 1995. The results for the South African team were as follows:

Tim Lawrance (Hilton College) was team reserve.

South Africa was placed 41st out of 75 countries, with 95 points.

South African team and results - 1994

The 35th International Mathematical Olympiad took place in Hong Kong in July 1994. The results for the South African team were as follows:

Elitca Mitova (Durban GHS) was team reserve.

South Africa was placed 27th.

South African team and results - 1993

The 34th International Mathematical Olympiad took place in Istanbul, Turkey, in July 1993. The South African team was as follows:

South Africa was placed 57th out of 73 countries with a total of 30 points.

South African team and results - 1992

The 33rd International Mathematical Olympiad took place in Moscow, Russia, in July 1992. South African entered the IMO for the first time. The South African team was as follows:

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