IMO

Hanoi, Vietnam, July 30, 2007 — The 48th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) for high school-age students announced the medal winners today.   Overall, the six members of the USA team won  2 Gold medals, 3 Silver medals and 1 Bronze Medal.   The USA team ranked 5th among all 94 participating countries.

* Sherry Gong, a graduate of Philips Exeter Academy, Exeter NH, and from Puerto Rico, received a Gold medal.
* Eric Larson who attends South Eugene High School in Eugene, Oregon, received a Silver medal.
* Brian Lawrence, a graduate of Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD, received a  Silver medal.
* Tedrick Leung, a graduate of North Hollywood High School, Hollywood, CA, won a Bronze medal.
* Arnav Tripathy, a graduate of East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC, won a Siliver medal.
* Alex Zhai, who attends University Laboratory High School, Champaign, IL, won a Gold medal.

At the IMO, the USA team has consistently finished in the top five for the last eight years. At this year's IMO 536 young mathematicians from 94 countries competed in solving problems posed in a test administered on July 25 and July 26.   Overall, the IMO awarded 39 gold medals, 83 silver and 131 bronze medals.

This year the competition was held in Hanoi, Vietnam.

The 2007 IMO is the 48th in the annual series of international mathematical competitions.   The competition poses six math questions to be solved, three very challenging problems each day in a 4.5 hour session.   More details on the IMO are available on the web at  http://www.imo2007.edu.vn/index.htm

The sponsor of the USA team to the IMO is the Mathematical Association of America (www.maa.org).    Additional contributions come from 23 organizations and companies in the mathematical sciences.   High scores on a four-stage process of mathematics testing by the Mathematical Association of American's American Mathematics Competitions (www.unl.edu/amc) select the US team members.