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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
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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.
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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.
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and Dr. Gunter Lind was based on a relative number of contestants for each type of award, instead of the score boundaries defined by percentage of the best contestant's score.
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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
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In 2001, the IPhO International Board accepted a new system of awarding the prizes. The new system, designed by
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score and the mean score of the top 3 participants. It was first used on
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APhO has 8 students in each delegation, while IPhO has 5.
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high school
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Asia
Oceania
International Science Olympiads
Indonesia
Indonesia
International Physics Olympiad
Yohanes Surya
Waldemar Gorzkowski
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Cambodia
China
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Israel
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Macau
Malaysia
Mongolia
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