The Australian team at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Ljubljana, Slovenia has won three Silver Medals, two Bronze Medals and an Honourable Mention at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Slovenia.

The Silver Medals were won by Graham White, of James Ruse Agricultural High School in Sydney, Konrad Pilch, of St Peter's College in Adelaide and Charles Li, of Sydney Grammar School.

Australia is placed in 26th position, of 90 teams, one lower than in 2005, among a number of teams with similar scores.

China had the highest score, folowed by Russia, Korea and Germany. More details of country scores can be found at the foot of this page.

Results of the Australian students are:

		NAME	YR	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	TOT
		LI Charles Sydney Grammar School NSW	12	7	7	0	7	1	0	22
		NANDAKUMAR Vinoth James Ruse Agricultural High School NSW	11	7	1	1	7	2	0	18
		NG Matthew Scotch College VIC	12	7	1	0	1	0	0	9
		PHAM Vinh Sydney Boys High School NSW	12	7	1	0	7	0	0	15
		PILCH Konrad St Peter's College SA	12	7	7	0	7	1	0	22
		WHITE Graham James Ruse Agricultural High School NSW	12	7	7	1	3	4	0	22
		TOTALS		42	24	2	32	8	0	108

Team Leader was Dr Angelo Di Pasquale and Deputy Leader Mr Norman Do, both from the University of Melbourne.

The team after the Closing Ceremony. From left Matthew, Vinh, Vinoth, Charles, Graham, Konrad.

Press here for a transcript of Silver Medal winner Graham White on ABC Breakfast radio with Adam Spencer immediately after the closing ceremony.

Professor Peter Taylor, Executive Director of the Australian Mathematics Trust, which administers Australia's involvement in the IMO, acknowledged the support of the Australian Government, through its Department of Education, Science and Training.

"Participation in this Olympiad, which is sanctioned by UNESCO, is just the tip of the iceberg for a complete range of mathematics enrichment activities made available by the Trust. At the general level several hundred thousand students take part in the Australian Mathematics Competition for the Westpac Awards, through almost every school in Australia. At the next level, over 20,000 students enrol in the Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians and after that the top students are invited to take part in further training leading to possible selection in the Australian team", he said.

All of these students enhance their knowledge, and particularly their problem solving capabilities, which are so vital for making them ready for employment or future University study."

In addition to significant Australian Government support, Australia's participation at the International Mathematical Olympiad also receives support from the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers and the Australian Mathematical Society.

Country Scores

These are unofficial and as we obtained. There may be errors.

01 China          214
02 Russia         174
03 Korea          170
04 Germany        157
05 USA            154
06 Romania        152
07 Japan          146
08 Iran           145
09 Moldova        140
10 Taiwan         136
11 Poland         133
12 Italy          132
13 Vietnam        131
14 Hong Kong      129
15 Canada         123
15 Thailand       123
17 Hungary        122
18 Slovakia       118
19 Great Britain  117
19 Turkey         117
21 Bulgaria       116
22 Ukraine        114
23 Belarus        111
24 Mexico         110
25 Israel         109
26 Australia      108
27 Singapore      100
28 France          99
29 Brazil          96
30 Argentina       95
30 Kazakhstan      95
30 Switzerland     95
33 Lithuania       94
33 Georgia         94
35 India           92
36 Armenia         90
36 Slovenia        90
38 Serbia          88
39 Finland         86
40 Peru            85
41 Bosnia and H    84
42 Austria         83
43 Sweden          82
44 Estonia         80
44 Mongolia        80
44 Spain           80
47 Portugal        78
48 Azerbaijan      77
48 Czech Republic  77
50 Albania         76
50 Colombia        76
52 Belgium         75
52 Latvia          75
54 Croatia         72
55 Sri Lanka       71
56 Greece          69
57 Uzbekistan      68
58 New Zealand     66
59 Iceland         63
59 Macao           63
61 Turkmenistan    59
62 Macedonia       57
62 Netherland      57
62 South Africa    57
65 Morocco         55
66 Norway          52
67 Ireland         49
66 Paraguay        47
69 Denmark         45
70 Ecuador         40
70 Malaysia        40
72 Tajikistan      35
73 Trinidad and T  34
73 Venezuela       34
75 Panama          33
76 Pakistan        32
77 Kyrgizia        31
78 Costa Rica      27
78 El Salvador     27
80 Bangla Desh     22
81 Cyprus          19
82 Luxembourg      12
82 Uruguay         12
84 Nigeria         11
84 Puerto Rico     11
86 Bolivia          5
86 Kuwait           5
88 Saudi Arabia     3
89 Liechtenstein    2
90 Mozambique       0