Mathematical Olympiad
The Mathematical Olympiad is a mathematics competition in which young people from all over Switzerland who are enthusiastic about mathematics can exchange ideas and compete against each other. The competition consists of several rounds as well as numerous preparatory meetings and a week-long camp for the finalists. Our goal is to share our enthusiasm for mathematics with young people, to support them intellectually and for them to gain valuable professional and social experience together with their peers. You can read more about the Olympiad here.
The Final Round 2025 has now concluded! Thank you to everyone who participated and helped out in both the January weekend in Altstettent, and the Final Round Camp in March in picturesque Aarburg.
After a 14 year wait, a girl came first at Final Round again! Congratulations to Hongjia Meng for her spectacular performance, winning the competition with 46 points out of a possible 56. The full list of Swiss medallists are as follows:
| Gold |
Hongjia Meng Jason Su |
46 43 |
| Silver |
Francesc Oro Adil Enes Yilmaz Andrej Ševera Jovian Soejono Emil Spiess |
40 35 35 32 31 |
| Bronze |
Eric Lüscher Svenja Felber Evelyn Ebneter Benoît Schmit Linus VandeVondele Austin Zhang |
28 27 26 26 26 26 |
| Wildcard |
Michael Mühlemann Pranavendra Tammireddy Vladyslav Babiy |
24 22 20 |
Leonhard Hasler won a silver medal with 31 points, representing Liechtenstein.
Along with the medallists, three additional participants were wildcarded: Michael Mühlemann, Pranavendra Tammireddy and Vladyslav Babiy. The 16 students will sit the Swiss TST in May to determine the IMO and MEMO teams.
Congratulations to everyone again!
Second Round Results 2024/25
On Saturday morning, the Second Round exam took place in Zurich, Lausanne and Lugano and the corrections are now complete. This year, the cutoff to be in the top 19 and directly qualified for the Final Round was 22 points. Bravo to Evelyn Ebneter for their perfect score of 42 points! The following people are qualified.
The EGMO team will provisionally consist of Evelyn Ebneter, Myriam Faltin, Svenja Felber and Hongjia Meng.
Directly qualified
| Name | School | Canton |
|---|---|---|
| Evelyn Ebneter | Gymnasium Oberwil | BL |
| Myriam Faltin | CEC André-Chavannes | GE |
| Svenja Felber | Kantonsschule Trogen | AR |
| Lucas Fillet | Ecolint, LGB | GE |
| Leonhard Hasler | Liechtensteinisches Gymnasium | LIE |
| Volodymyr Kusaiko | Interational School PL | ZG |
| Eric Lüscher | MNG Rämibühl | ZH |
| Hongjia Meng | Kantonale Mittelschule Uri | UR |
| Michael Mühlemann | Gymnase de Burier | VD |
| Lev Myropolskyy | International School of Basel | SO |
| Francesc Oro | Collège St-Michel | FR |
| David Reichmuth | Kantonsschule Alpenquai Luzern | LU |
| Andrej Ševera | Collège Voltaire | GE |
| Jovian Soejono | Ecolint, Nations | GE |
| Emil Spiess | Kantonsschule Wettingen | AG |
| Jason Su | International School Altdorf | UR |
| Pranavendra Tammireddy | Gymnase de Burier | VD |
| Irina Tikhonovskaia | MNG Rämibühl | ZH |
| Linus VandeVondele | MNG Rämibühl | ZH |
| Adil Enes Yilmaz | Gymnasium St. Antonius | AI |
| Austin Zhang | Ecole Moser | GE |
Wildcards
| Name | School | Canton |
|---|---|---|
| Vladyslav Babiy | MNG Rämibühl | ZH |
| Artem Fedorov | Kantonsschule Uster | ZH |
| Ruwen Gu | Sekundarschule Hüslimatt | BL |
| Benoît Schmit | Collège du Sud | FR |
| Yuxuan Xiao | The American School of Switzerland | TI |
Back-to-back golds!
BACK TO BACK! After our first gold medal in 17 years in 2023, we are delighted to win our second consecutive gold medal at the IMO this year with Felix Xu's outstanding showing at the 65th International Mathematical Olympiad in Bath, England. With 30 points, Felix came 29th out of the 600+ contestants. The results in full are:
- Gold: Felix Xu, Kantonsschule Wettingen (AG)
- Bronze: Mark Neumann, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliches Gymnasium Rämibühl (ZH)
- Honourable Mention: Hongjia Meng, Kantonale Mittelschule Uri (UR)
- Honourable Mention: Louis Renner, Kantonsschule Menzingen (ZG)
- Honourable Mention: Eric Lüscher, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliches Gymnasium Rämibühl (ZH)
- Honourable Mention: Jovian Soejono, École internationale de Genève (GE)
A special mention to the Principality of Liechtenstein and their contestant Leonhard Hasler (Liechtensteinisches Gymnasium), who won an honourable mention as well.
Switzerland came 48th overall, continuing our long streak of finishing in the top 50 countries, and the team will continue to build on this string of outstanding performances, with the three youngest participants all able to continue for at least two more years.
IMO Selection 2024
The Swiss Mathematical Olympiad TST for 2024 is now complete! Congratulations to everyone who took the exam for their hard work and outstanding results. Our international teams for this summer are as follows:
| IMO 2024 in Bath, England |
| Schweiz 59 Felix Xu 51 Hongjia Meng 49 Louis Renner 47 Eric Lüscher 44 Jovian Soejono 44 Mark Neumann Liechtenstein 33 Leonhard Hasler |
| MEMO 2024 in Szeged, Hungary |
| 41 Andrej Ševera 36 Emil Spiess 32 Evelyn Ebneter 31 Francesc Oro 23 David Reichmuth 21 Svenja Felber |
Congratulations again to Felix for topping the IMO TST in his final year. With that, the Mathematical Olympiad for this year concludes! See you all in England and Hungary :)
