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# 2017 - {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Yakutsk]], [[Russia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apho2017.mipt.ru|title=APhO 2017 Website|date=30 May 2017|accessdate=30 May 2017}}</ref> 1–9 May
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Revision as of 06:14, 5 November 2017

The Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) is an annual physics competition for high school students from Asia and Oceania regions. It is one of the International Science Olympiads.The first APhO was hosted by Indonesia in 2000. The next Asian Physics Olympiad will be held in Russia.

APhO has its origins in the International Physics Olympiad and is conducted according to similar statutes (One five-hour theoretical examination and one or two laboratory examinations). It is usually held about two months before the IPhO and can also be seen as additional training for the teams.[1]

Each national delegation is made up of eight competitors (unlike five in the IPhO) plus two leaders. Observers may also accompany a national team. The leaders are involved in the selection, preparation and translation of the exam tasks, and the translation and marking of exam papers. The students compete as individuals, and must sit through intensive theoretical and laboratory examinations. For their efforts the students can be awarded a medal (gold, silver or bronze) or an honorable mention.

History

In 1999, the team leader of Indonesia, Prof. Yohanes Surya, Ph.D., together with the president of IPhO, Prof.Waldemar Gorzkowski, undertook to create and organize the first APhO, which was held in Indonesia, between April 24 and May 2, 2000. At this time, prof. Gorzkowski was also working in Indonesia to help with the IPhO team. The event attracted participants from 12 Asian countries. It now is attended by up to 27 countries.[2]

Actively participating countries include Australia, Cambodia,[3] China, China Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand and Vietnam. Russia and Romania have participated as guest teams[2] in the past years.

Differences between APhO and IPhO

APhO has 8 students in each delegation, while IPhO has 5.

The award system

In 2001, the IPhO International Board accepted a new system of awarding the prizes.[4] The new system, designed by Cyril Isenberg and Dr. Gunter Lind was based on relative number of contestants for each type of award, instead of the score boundaries defined by percentage of the best contestant's score.

This was not acceptable for APhO, because the average level of contestants is different. The old system remained in power for APhO since the beginning up to 9th APhO in Mongolia, where the leaders voted for replacing it by a new award system suggested by Dr. Eli Raz from the Israeli delegation. The new system, sometimes unofficially referred to as the Israeli Award System, is based on a reference score that is the lowest between twice the median score and the mean score of the top 3 participants.[5] It was first used on 10th APhO in Thailand.

Summary

Number
 Year
 City
 Country
 Date
Participant countries
1 2000 Karawaci Indonesia April 23 - May 2, 2000 10
2 2001 Taipei Taiwan April 22 - May 1, 2001 12
3 2002 Singapore Singapore May 6 - 14, 2002 15
4 2003 Bangkok Thailand April 20 - 29, 2003 10
5 2004 Hanoi Vietnam April 26 - May 4, 2004 13
6 2005 Pekanbaru Indonesia April 24 - May 2, 2005 17
7 2006 Almaty Kazakhstan April 22 - 30, 2006 18
8 2007 Shanghai China April 21 - 29, 2007 22
9 2008 Ulaanbaatar Mongolia April 20 - 28, 2008 18
10 2009 Bangkok Thailand April 24 - May 2, 2009 15
11 2010 Taipei Taiwan April 23 - May 1, 2010 16
12 2011 Tel Aviv Israel May 1 - 9, 2011 16
13 2012 New Delhi India April 30 - May 7, 2012 21
14 2013 Bogor Indonesia May 5 - 13, 2013 20
15 2014 Singapore Singapore May 11 - 19, 2014 27
16 2015 Hangzhou China May 3 - 11, 2015 25
17 2016 Hong Kong China May 1 - 9, 2016 27
18 2017 Yakutsk Russia May 1 - 9, 2017 24
19 2018 Hanoi Vietnam May 5 - 15, 2018
20 2019 Adelaide Australia May 5 - 13, 2019
21 2020

Dates and locations[6] of the APhO:

  1. 2000 - Indonesia Indonesia, 23 April - 2 May
  2. 2001 - Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan, 22 April - 1 May
  3. 2002 - Singapore Singapore, 6–14 May
  4. 2003 - Thailand Bangkok & Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, 20–29 April
  5. 2004 - Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam, 26 April - 4 May
  6. 2005 - Indonesia Pekanbaru, Indonesia, 24 April - 2 May
  7. 2006 - Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan, 22–30 April
  8. 2007 - China Shanghai, China, 21–29 April
  9. 2008 - Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 20–28 April
  10. 2009 - Thailand Bangkok, Thailand, 24 April - 2 May
  11. 2010 - Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan, 23 April-1 May
  12. 2011 - Israel Tel Aviv, Israel, 1 May - 9 May
  13. 2012 - India Delhi, India, 30 April - 7 May
  14. 2013 - Indonesia Bogor, Indonesia, 5–13 May
  15. 2014 - Singapore Singapore, 11–19 May
  16. 2015 - China Hangzhou, China, 3–11 May
  17. 2016 - Hong Kong Hong Kong,[7] 1–9 May
  18. 2017 - Russia Yakutsk, Russia,[8] 1–9 May
  19. 2018 - Vietnam Hanoi,Vietnam, 5-15 May
  20. 2019 - Australia Adelaide, Australia, confirmed

All Time Medal Table

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total

References

  1. ^ APhO history Archived June 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "Statistics of Participant Countries of APhO" (PDF). Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. ^ APhO 12 participants
  4. ^ Minutes of the Meetings of the International Board during the XXXII International Physics Olympiad in Antalya (Turkey) June 28 – July 6, 2001
  5. ^ "Statutes of the Asian Physics Olympiad". Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "APhO - Past and Future Organizers". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  7. ^ "APhO 2016 Invitation Video". YouTube. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  8. ^ "APhO 2017 Website". 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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