Iranian high school students received two gold, three silver, and one bronze medals in the 58th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO 2017) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Out of 111 countries, the Iranian team achieved fifth place after South Korea, Vietnam, China and USA.

Earlier this month, Iran ranked third in the 49th Chemistry Olympiad (IChO 2017), behind Taiwan and the USA. The event, that was held in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand hosted 297 students from 76 countries.

Team Iran at IMO 2017

Gold medal winners: Amir Mojtaba Sabur and Aryo Lotfi Jandaghi

Silver medal winners: Seyed Mahdavi Tikdari, Taha Miranzadeh and Farhood Rostamkhani

Bronze medal winner: Soroush Taslimi

Team Iran at IChO 2017

Gold medal winners: Amirabbas Kazeminia, Hossein Behnoush and Parsa Pirouz

Silver medal winner: Soroush Baniani

The best placed Iranian participant in the IMO’s hall of fame is Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and to-date only female winner of the Fields Medal since its inception in 1936. She earned a gold medal in 1994 and in 1995 she notched a perfect score and another gold medal, as the first female to compete with Iran’s International Mathematical Olympiad team.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo credit 58th International Mathematical Olympiad, Facebook Tehran, Iran. Photo credit: IRNA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo credit 58th International Mathematical Olympiad, Facebook Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Photo credit Sakulsuk Unarunotai, Facebook Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Photo credit Sakulsuk Unarunotai, Facebook Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo credit bigschool.vn Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo credit bigschool.vn

The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is an annual six-problem mathematical olympiad for pre-college students, and is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959.

The International Chemistry Olympiad, one of the International Science Olympiads, is an annual academic competition for high school students. The first IChO was held 1968 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Sources: imo-official.org I, imo-official.org II, Wikipedia | IMO, Facebook @IMO2017Rio, bigschool.vn, icho2017.sc.mahidol.ac.th, Tehran Times, Wikipedia | IChO, Facebook @sak.otai