Minutes of the Meetings of the International Board during the XXXII International
Physics Olympiad in Antalya (Turkey)
June 28 – July 6, 2001

1. The following 65 countries were present at the 32nd International Olympiad: (* - newparticipants):
Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia*, Bosnia& Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, The
Czechlands, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland,India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya*,Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein,Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, The Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan*,Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden,Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam, Yugoslavia.
Onecountry
wasrepresentedbyanobserver:Malaysia.
As the following two former participants: Greece and Suriname have not participated in threelast Olympiads, the next organisers are not obliged to invite them to the competition (Accordingto §2 of the Statutes these countries should be treated as “new” countries).
2. Results of marking the papers by the organisers were presented.
The best score (47,55 points) was achieved by Daniyar Nurgaliev from Russia (Absolutewinner of the XXXII IPhO). The second and third were Ali Farahanchi from Iran (46,80points) and Aliaksandr Yermalitski from Belarus (46,10 points). The following limits forawarding the medals and the honourable mention were established according to the Statutes:
Gold Medal
Silver Medal
Bronze Medal
Honourable Mention

42 points
36 points30 points
23 points

According to the limits 22 Gold Medals, 40 Silver Medals, 53 Bronze Medals and 47
Honourable Mentions were awarded. The list of the scores of the winners and the students
awarded with honourable mentions were distributed to all the delegations.
3. In addition to the regular prizes the following special prizes were awarded:for the best score (Absolute winner)o Daniyar Nurgaliev (Russia)
for the best score in the experimental part of the competition:o Daniyar Nurgaliev (Russia)
for the best score in the theoretical part of the competition:

oAli Farahanchi (Iran)for the best participant from the host country (Prize of the Turkish Physical Society):o Fethi Mubin Ramazanoglu (Turkey)
for the best participant from the countries which joined the IPhO in 2001 (Prize of thePresident of the IPhOs):
o Yaser Raza Khan (Pakistan)

4. The International Board has accepted a new system of awarding the prizes (based on theproposal prepared by Dr. Cyril Isenberg with a change suggested by Dr. Gunter Lind.) The
final version of the proposal was disseminated to all the delegations three months prior to thecompetition. The text in §6 of the Statutes, beginning with “Contestants will be awardedmedals …” and ending with “… To the nearest lower integer.” is replaced with the text:
After preliminary grading (prior to discussion of the grading with the delegation leaders) theorganisers establish minima (expressed in points) for Gold Medals, Silver Medals, Bronze
MedalsandHonourable
Mentions
accordingtothefollowing
rules:a) The minimum suggested by the organisers for the Gold Medal should ensure that the GoldMedalwouldbeobtainedby6%ofthecontestants.
b) The minimum suggested by the organisers for the Silver Medal should ensure that the Gold or
SilverMedals
wouldbeobtainedby18%ofthecontestants.
c) The minimum suggested by the organisers for the Bronze Medal should ensure that the Gold,
Silver or Bronze Medals would be obtained by 36% of the contestants.
d) The minimum suggested by the organisers for the Honourable Mention should ensure that anOlympic Medal or Honourable Mention would be obtained by 60% of the contestants.
The minima corresponding to the above mentioned percents (6, 18, 36 and 60) should beexpressed as integers by rounding off possible fractional numbers to the nearest lower integers(under assumption that the maximum possible score is 50 points). The suggested minima shall beconsidered carried if one half or more of the number of the Members of the International Board
cast
theirvotein
theaffirmative.
The above wording has been accepted by qualified majority of votes (108 in favour; necessaryminimum: 83).
5. Prof. Stanislav Kozel, the leader of the Russian delegation, suggested a change of the status ofthe President and Secretary of the IPhOs. Appropriate proposal was disseminated to all thedelegation three months prior to the competition. By qualified majority of votes (104 in favour;minimum83)
itwasdecidedtoadd
thefollowingparagraph:
The President and the Secretary of the IPhO should be invited to the Olympiads as the members
and heads of the International Board, their relevant expenses should be paid by the organisers ofthe competition. The President and the Secretary should not be leaders of any national team.
as the second paragraph in §8 of the Statutes.

6. Dr. Hans Jordens and Dr. Waldemar Gorzkowski informed the International Board about
the 1st Congress of the World Federation of Physics Competitions (Bali, Indonesia, 23rd – 27thJuly 2002). Dr. Hans Jordens disseminated appropriate materials about the Congress (leafletsand declarations).
7. The Singaporean delegation informed (and disseminated appropriate materials) about the 3rd
Asian Physics Olympiad, which will take place in Singapore in the period: 6th – 14th May, 2002.
8. At the closing ceremony Dr. Waldemar Gorzkowski (President of the IPhOs), acting on
behalf of all the participants, awarded three Gold Olympic Medals to the organisers (Prof.
Ibrahim Gunal, Mrs. Cigdem Ercelebi and Mr. Sinan Kaan Yerli) for very good preparationand very good execution of the XXXII International Physics Olympiad and expressed deep
thanks to all people involved in organisation and execution of the event.
9. Taking into account very quick increase in the number of participants and great effort ofsubsequent organisers at preparing and executing the competition, especially great in case ofsmall countries, the International Board has decided that the ICPE Medal for Physics Teaching,awarded to IPhO in 1993, will be deposited in the smallest country that organised the IPhO. At
present Iceland is such country. The Medal has been handed over to the Icelandic delegation atthe Closing Ceremony.
10. Acting on behalf of the organisers of the next International Physics Olympiad Dr. Triyanta(Indonesia) announced that the XXXIII International Physics Olympiad will be organised inBandung, Indonesia, on July 14th – 23rd, 2002 and cordially invited all the participating
countries to attend the competition. A brochure about the Olympiad in Bandung has been
disseminatedtoall
thedelegations.

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Prof.
Ibrahim
Gunal Dr. Waldemar Gorzkowski Prof.
Maija
AhteeGeneral
Managerof President of the IPhOs
Secretary of the IPhOs
the 32nd IPhO
Antalya, Turkey 5.7.2001