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Peru wins 3 gold medals at South American Mathematical Olympiads

Living in Peru
Israel J. Ruiz


For the third consecutive year, high school students from Peru won the gold medal in South America's Mathematical Olympiads, which were held from May 18 - 23 in Chile.

This 19th version of the Olympiads, which included the participation of countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, was organized by the Mathematics Society of Chile and La Frontera University .

The competition called for the participation of four-student teams in which each participant was not older than 16 years of age.

Achieving the highest score of the eight countries, 16-year-old César Cuenca led his team, consisting of Fernando Manrique (15), Iván Muñoz (16) and Eduardo Salas (16) in their win of Peru's third gold medal at the Olympiads.

The four students had to solve three problems daily in four hours. Cuenca managed to get 59 points of the 60 available while Manrique scored 50.

The other two members of the team scored 46 and 35 points for a combined score of 190.

Peru won three of the four gold medals that were awarded to the South American teams.

Students had to score at least 43 points for a gold medal, 22 for a silver medal and 15 for a bronze.

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# CapitanDan says :
26 May, 2008 [ 14:27 ]

Now this is something to be proud of. The hope for Peru is in it's youth.Not in the ramblings of politicians. My congratulations to the Students, their parents and the schools they are from.Chau

# Quantum says :
26 May, 2008 [ 16:42 ]

Great news.  Congratulations to the team, their families, their academic coaches, and the schools which supported and encouraged them. 

# Tracy says :
27 May, 2008 [ 12:28 ]

Bien chibolos xDD ya ven ke aparte de piranhas somos inteligentes xDDDy no va a ser pq si no estudiamos nuestras viejas no agarran con la correa San martin o nuestro viejos con las correas xDDD algo asi como " tought love "

Well, I'm so glad to hear that the future of our country looks a lot better than it did back in the 90's. I also want to express how proud I am to be Peruvian, creo que los peruanos somo los mas patriotas en Sudamerica! =D
saludos

# Tupac says :
27 May, 2008 [ 13:22 ]

They were NOT gold metals.
They were cheap gold plated lead.
What kind of prize is that? Cheapstakes!

# hilda lindley says :
8 August, 2008 [ 22:45 ]

I am so happy to see Peruvians' youngsters showing the world what were are mentally strong and we do not need calculators we use our wonderful brain, our future is bright if we continue in the path of knowledge,Viva Peru!!!!

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