LIST OF WINNERS IN 1ST – 45TH INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS OLYMPIADS Compiled by Ádám Tichy-Rács BME OMIKK 2015. List of Winners in 1st – 45th International Physics Olympiads (Extended and improved version of List of Winners in 1st – 40th 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 Contents PREFACE ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 Foreword of the absolute winner of the first IPhO .............................................................................................. 9 Foreword of the author ...................................................................................................................................... 11 Foreword to the 2010 Summar edition .............................................................................................................. 13 Foreword to the 2015 Spring edition ................................................................................................................. 15 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS OLYMPIADS ............................. 17 Secretariat ......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Past presidents and secretaries .......................................................................................................................... 20 Statutes .............................................................................................................................................................. 21 The Syllabus ...................................................................................................................................................... 32 International Physics Olympiads (IPhO): their history, structure and future .................................................... 39 The Medal ......................................................................................................................................................... 49 Pioneers of IPhO movement ............................................................................................................................. 50 WINNERS BY OLYMPIADS .............................................................................................................................. 63 I IPhO — Warszawa (Poland) 1967 .................................................................................................................. 65 II IPhO — Budapest (Hungary) 1968 ............................................................................................................... 66 III IPhO — Brno (Czechoslovakia) 1969.......................................................................................................... 67 IV IPhO — Moscow (Soviet Union) 1970 ........................................................................................................ 68 V IPhO — Sofia (Bulgaria) 1971 ...................................................................................................................... 69 VI IPhO — Bucharest (Romania) 1972 ............................................................................................................ 70 VII IPhO — Warszawa (Poland) 1974 ............................................................................................................. 72 VIII IPhO — Güstrow (German Democratic Republic) 1975 .......................................................................... 73 IX IPhO — Budapest (Hungary) 1976 .............................................................................................................. 74 X IPhO — Hradec Kralove (Czechoslovakia) 1977 ......................................................................................... 76 XI IPhO — Moscow (Soviet Union) 1979 ........................................................................................................ 78 XII IPhO — Varna (Bulgaria) 1981 .................................................................................................................. 80 XIII IPhO — Malente (Germany, Fedaral Republic of) 1982 .......................................................................... 82 XIV IPhO — Bucharest (Romania) 1983 ......................................................................................................... 84 XV IPhO — Sigtuna (Sweden) 1984 ................................................................................................................ 86 XVI IPhO — Portoroņ (Yugoslavia) 1985 ........................................................................................................ 88 XVII IPhO — London-Harrow (United Kingdom) 1986 .................................................................................. 90 XVIII IPhO — Jena (German Democratic Republic) 1987 .............................................................................. 92 XIX IPhO — Bad Ischl (Austria) 1988 ............................................................................................................. 94 XX IPhO — Warszawa (Poland) 1989 ............................................................................................................. 97 XXI IPhO — Groningen (the Netherlands) 1990 ........................................................................................... 100 XXII IPhO — Havana (Cuba) 1991 ................................................................................................................ 102 XXIII IPhO — Helsinki-Espoo (Finland) 1992 .............................................................................................. 104 XXIV IPhO — Williamsburg (United States of America) 1993 ..................................................................... 107 XXV IPhO — Beijing (China) 1994 ............................................................................................................... 112 XXVI IPhO — Canberra (Australia) 1995 ...................................................................................................... 117 XXVII IPhO — Oslo (Norway) 1996 ............................................................................................................. 121 XXVIII IPhO — Sudbury (Canada) 1997 ....................................................................................................... 125 XXIX IPhO — Reykjavik (Iceland) 1998 ....................................................................................................... 129 XXX IPhO — Padova (Italy) 1999 ................................................................................................................. 133 XXXI IPhO — Leicester (United Kingdom) 2000 ......................................................................................... 138 XXXII IPhO — Antalya (Turkey) 2001 ......................................................................................................... 142 XXXIII IPhO — Nusa Dua (Bali, Indonesia) 2002 ........................................................................................ 146 XXXIV IPhO — Taipei (Taiwan) 2003 .......................................................................................................... 151 XXXV IPhO — Pohang (Korea) 2004 ........................................................................................................... 155 XXXVI IPhO — Salamanca (Spain) 2005...................................................................................................... 160 XXXVII IPhO — Singapore 2006 .................................................................................................................. 166 XXXVIII IPhO — Isfahan (Iran) 2007 ........................................................................................................... 172 XXXIX IPhO — Hanoi (Vietnam) 2008 ........................................................................................................ 177 XL IPhO — Merida (Mexico) 2009 ................................................................................................................ 183 XLI IPhO — Zagreb (Croatia) 2010 ............................................................................................................... 189 XLII IPhO — Bangkok (Thailand) 2011 ........................................................................................................ 195 3 CONTENTS XLIII IPhO — Tartu (Estonia) 2012 ............................................................................................................... 201 XLIV IPhO — Copenhagen (Denmark) 2013 ................................................................................................ 209 XLV IPhO — Astana (Kazakhstan) 2014 ....................................................................................................... 217 WINNERS BY COUNTRIES (1967-2011) .......................................................................................................