Welcome to the British Mathematical Olympiad

• A PDF file (350kB) containing lots of BMO problems from the past (1993–2009). No answers are supplied! Hints and solutions for BMO1 problems from 1996–1997 to 2006–2007 are included in A Mathematical Olympiad Primer, available from the UKMT; past paper booklets with BMO2 problems and solutions are also available.
• A short history of the BMOC
• Current committee members
• Events calendar
• The BMO papers
• Notes on BMO marking (PDF)
• Policy on use of BMO1 DVDs
• Policy on eligibility
• National Mathematics Summer School
• The International Mathematical Olympiad
• The Balkan Mathematical Olympiad
• The Romanian Master in Mathematics
• UK IMO Training Sessions
• A brief article on areal co-ordinate methods in Euclidean geometry (PDF), by Tom Lovering
• Past news and events

IMO team selected (27 May 2009)

After the training camp held at Oundle School from 23–27 May, the team of six for the IMO (to be held in Bremen, Germany from 10–22 July) has been chosen as:

The three reserves are:

The Team Leader is Dr Geoff Smith of the University of Bath and the Deputy Leader is Dr Vesna Kadelburg of Mander Portman Woodward, Cambridge. James Cranch of the University of Leicester will be Observer with Leader, Mary Wimbury of the UKMT will be Observer with Deputy and Jacqui Lewis of St. Julian’s International School, Carcavelos, Portugal will be Observer with Contestants.

Balkan Mathematical Olympiad results (3 May 2009)

The UK team in the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad in Kragujevac, Serbia have achieved the following scores (each question marked out of 10). The team total of 59 placed us equal 13th out of 20 participating (official and guest) teams. The medal cut-offs were 23 for gold, 15 for silver and 6 for bronze.

The involvement of the UK team in this competition is sponsored by Winton Capital Management.