LIST OF WINNERS IN 1ST – 41ST INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS OLYMPIADS Compiled by Waldemar Gorzkowski and Ádám Tichy-Rács BME OMIKK 2010. List of Winners in 1st – 41st International Physics Olympiads (Extended and improved version of List of Winners in 1st – 41st International Physics Olympiads [ISBN 978-963-593-500-0] for electronic publication) This publication is based on List of Winners in 1st - 30th International Physics Olympiads Compiled by Prof. Waldemar Gorzkowski (1937-2007), 1999. The original publication was revised Czech, Hungarian and Russian participants, 1st - 30th all participants 5th; 17th others cca. 70% and extended (31st – 41st) by Ádám Tichy-Rács, 2010. This publication can be freely printed, stored, reproduced, used to prepare any new publication in relation with the International Physics Olympiads. Contents PREFACE............................................................................................................................................................... 7 Foreword of the President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.................................................................... 9 Foreword of the absolute winner of the first IPhO............................................................................................ 13 Foreword of the author...................................................................................................................................... 15 Foreword to the new edition ............................................................................................................................. 17 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS OLYMPIADS ............................. 19 Secretariat ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Past presidents and secretaries .......................................................................................................................... 22 Leaders 2009..................................................................................................................................................... 23 Statutes.............................................................................................................................................................. 28 The Syllabus...................................................................................................................................................... 36 International Physics Olympiads (IPhO): their history, structure and future .................................................... 41 The Medal ......................................................................................................................................................... 51 Pioneers of IPhO movement ............................................................................................................................. 52 WINNERS ............................................................................................................................................................ 65 I IPhO — Warszawa (Poland) 1967.................................................................................................................. 67 II IPhO — Budapest (Hungary) 1968 ............................................................................................................... 68 III IPhO — Brno (Czechoslovakia) 1969 ......................................................................................................... 69 IV IPhO — Moscow (Soviet Union) 1970........................................................................................................ 70 V IPhO — Sofia (Bulgaria) 1971...................................................................................................................... 71 VI IPhO — Bucharest (Romania) 1972 ............................................................................................................ 72 VII IPhO — Warszawa (Poland) 1974 ............................................................................................................. 74 VIII IPhO — Güstrow (German Democratic Republic) 1975 .......................................................................... 75 IX IPhO — Budapest (Hungary) 1976.............................................................................................................. 76 X IPhO — Hradec Kralove (Czechoslovakia) 1977 ......................................................................................... 78 XI IPhO — Moscow (Soviet Union) 1979........................................................................................................ 80 XII IPhO — Varna (Bulgaria) 1981.................................................................................................................. 82 XIII IPhO — Malente (Germany, Fedaral Republic of) 1982 .......................................................................... 84 XIV IPhO — Bucharest (Romania) 1983 ......................................................................................................... 86 XV IPhO — Sigtuna (Sweden) 1984 ................................................................................................................ 88 XVI IPhO — Portorož (Yugoslavia) 1985........................................................................................................ 90 XVII IPhO — London-Harrow (United Kingdom) 1986.................................................................................. 92 XVIII IPhO — Jena (German Democratic Republic) 1987 .............................................................................. 94 XIX IPhO — Bad Ischl (Austria) 1988............................................................................................................. 96 XX IPhO — Warszawa (Poland) 1989 ............................................................................................................. 99 XXI IPhO — Groningen (the Netherlands) 1990 ........................................................................................... 102 XXII IPhO — Havana (Cuba) 1991................................................................................................................ 104 XXIII IPhO — Helsinki-Espoo (Finland) 1992.............................................................................................. 106 XXIV IPhO — Williamsburg (United States of America) 1993..................................................................... 109 XXV IPhO — Beijing (China) 1994............................................................................................................... 114 XXVI IPhO — Canberra (Australia) 1995...................................................................................................... 119 XXVII IPhO — Oslo (Norway) 1996............................................................................................................. 123 XXVIII IPhO — Sudbury (Canada) 1997....................................................................................................... 127 XXIX IPhO — Reykjavik (Iceland) 1998....................................................................................................... 131 XXX IPhO — Padova (Italy) 1999................................................................................................................. 135 XXXI IPhO — Leicester (United Kingdom) 2000 ......................................................................................... 140 XXXII IPhO — Antalya (Turkey) 2001 ......................................................................................................... 144 XXXIII IPhO — Nusa Dua (Bali, Indonesia) 2002 ........................................................................................ 148 XXXIV IPhO — Taipei (Taiwan) 2003.......................................................................................................... 153 XXXV IPhO — Pohang (Korea) 2004 ........................................................................................................... 157 XXXVI IPhO — Salamanca (Spain) 2005 ..................................................................................................... 162 XXXVII IPhO — Singapore 2006.................................................................................................................. 168 XXXVIII IPhO — Isfahan (Iran) 2007........................................................................................................... 174 XXXIX IPhO — Hanoi (Vietnam) 2008 ........................................................................................................ 179 XL IPhO — Merida (Mexico) 2009................................................................................................................ 185 XLI IPhO — Zagreb (Croatia) 2010............................................................................................................... 191 3 WINNERS BY COUNTRIES............................................................................................................................. 197 Albania............................................................................................................................................................ 199 Argentina......................................................................................................................................................... 200 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