The First (Experimental) International Astronomy Olympiad 1996

The First (Experimental) International Astronomy Olympiad was carried out by Euro-Asian Astronomical Society and took place at the Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS) in North Caucasus on November 1-8, 1996. Pupils representing five nationalities in Russia (winners of all-Russian national olympiad) and Swedish-Finnish team from Stockholm participated. Contacts with several more countries had been taken, but it was impossible to find financial support for participants from these this year.

Professional astronomers were involved into the composition of exercises on astronomy and their checking. Olympiad consised of three separate tours. Exercises included tasks and questions on different branches of astronomy and astrophysics which are quite availible for schoolchildren. According to the Statutes the competitors were divided in two age groups: grades 8-10 and grades 11-12.

Winners of the First (Experimental) International Astronomy Olympiad:

I prize:

Chilingarian Igor (Moscow) Tuntsov Artiom (Moscow) Yevdokimov Nikolai (Moscow) Zhuravlyov Vyacheslav (Moscow) II prize:

Andersson Andreas (Stockholm, Sweden) Bondar Valentin (Kirov reg., Russia) Mazunin Serge (St.Petersburg, Russia) Podnebesov Alexey (Orenburg, Russia) Pudeyev Andry (Nizhnij Novgorod, Russia) III prize:

Ahlqvist Erika (Stockholm, Sweden) Karjalainen Eeva-Liisa (Stockholm, Sweden) Pavliuchenko Serge (Ukhta, Russia) Shakhvorostova Nadezhda (Krasnodar, Russia)