I was trying to google for more information about RIMO, such as the number of participants, countries participated, local schools participated and winners list, but could not find any RI website that captured the information. There is also no mention of the competition in any local media (this is quite expected .. as the sports fratenity usually receives much, much more coverage than the academic competitions). Interestingly, I found the RIMO event widely publicised in the Filipino media, and even the President's spokesman congratulated their team during a press briefing, which can be seen below:
Official Gazette - The Presidential Spokesperson on the success of four Filipino students in the Raffles Invitational Mathematical Olympiad, February 13, 2012
Manila Bulletin Newspaper - Filipinos Shine In Math Olympiad
Inquirer News - 4 medals for Philippines in math Olympiad in Singapore
Rappler - Palace lauds math whiz kids' feat in Singapore
Asian Journal, The Filipino-American Community Newspaper - Filipino high-school students honored for their success in Raffles-Invitational Mathematical Olympiad
From the Filipino newslinks (this is ironical, isn't it, that I found information about RIMO not from local newslinks or from RI website), I gathered that aside from the Philippines, China and host Singapore, also represented at RIMO were Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand. And from among the 100 contestants (total 25 teams), 10 won gold medals, 20 bagged silver, 30 got bronze, and 15 obtained honorable mention. Filipino students have won 1 Silver and 3 Bronze.
Where are the gold medalists? NUS High has sent a team for the competition and won 3 Gold. I think one China team has also won 3 Gold, another China team 1 Gold and Indonesia team 1 Gold.
Gold medalists - photo taken from NUS High website.
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