IMO 2010 Results Out!

This is posted by LJ's mum.

The IMO 2010 results were released about half an hour ago. Here is Singapore's results: 4 Silvers, 1 Bronze and 1 Honourable Mention.



Singapore is ranked 22 out of 96 countries (last year, she was ranked 30 out of 104 countries). Top 5 countries are: China, Russia, USA, Korea and Kazakhstan.

Full results are here. This year the cut-off points for Gold, Silver and Bronze medals are 27, 21 and 15 respectively. Looking at the Singapore Team's individual contestant's results for each question, I think we could have won 4 Golds!! How?? Typically Qn 3 and Qn 6 of the IMO are the hardest questions, so it is understandable if none of them could solve the questions or manage to secure even 1 point. However, IF only Ivan could solve Qn 2 (Geometry) completely, and IF only Jie Jun, Lim Jeck and Yan Sheng could solve Qn 5 (Combinatorics) completely, then this time Singapore would have won 4 Golds, and she would also be ranked among the top 10 countries :D
But sadly the fact is, Singapore has participated 23 times in IMO since 1988, and has only won a grand total of 1 Gold :-( .. nevertheless, I do have the confidence that Singapore can win more Golds within the next years as we see more and more younger students being inducted into the national training team!!