The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is the World Championship Mathematics Competition for High School students. It suffice to note that so far five IMO medallists went on to win the Fields Medal (Nobel Prize in Mathematics) and another two IMO medallists went on to win the Nevanlinna Prize.

The first IMO was held in 1959 in Romania and the competition has been held annually since, except 1980. The list of participating countries has grown from 7 to over 80 from all over the world. Tunisia first took part of the IMO in XXXX in 19XX, but has not been a regular participant.

Highlights of Tunisia’s participation:

  • 1985: Sadok Kallel and XXX became the first to win a medal for Tunisia.

  • 1991: xxx earned the first Silver medal for Tunisia.

  • 1992: Nader Masmoudi became the first to earn a Gold medal for Tunisia.

Team Tunisia of the 42nd IMO that took place in the USA in 2001

Historical Summary of Tunisian IMO Team Results

Year Location Participants Award
2003 Tokyo, Japan    
2002 Glasgow, UK

Bassem Ammar

Yasser Boulares

Jihad Harrath

Mohamed Lakhdar

Fehmi Mabrouk

Wided Smati           

 

 

 

 

 

Honorable Mention
2001 Washington DC, USA

 

Badr Ben Sliman

Mohamed Chakroun

Bayram Kaddour

Mourad Kammoun

Thouraya Sakka

Nidhal Smaoui         

 

 

 

 

 

Bronze Medal
2000 Taejon, South Korea No participation  
1999 Bucharest, Romania

Khalil Ayadi

Firas Haij Tab

Wissan Mailoul

Malek Messelmai

  
1998 Taipei, Taiwan No participation  
1997 Mar del Plata, Argentina No participation  
1996 Mumbai, India No participation  
1995 North York, Canada No participation  
1994 Hong Kong    
1993 Istanbul, Turkey    
1992 Moscow, Russia Nader Masmoudi      Gold Medal
1991 Sigtuna, Sweden Walid Ben-Ameur     Bronze Medal
1990 Beijing, China    
1989 Braunschweig, West Germany    
1988 Canberra, Australia    
1987 Habana, Cuba    
1986      
1985 Helsinki, Finland Sadok Kallel             Bronze Medal
1984 Prague, Czechoslovakia    
1983      
1982      
1981      
1980