SwissPhO | Swiss Physics Olympiad

Results of the preliminary round 2017

The preliminary round of the SwissPhO 2017 took place on Wednesday, 18th of January. 73 students from all across Switzerland and Lichtenstein took part in the competition, which was held simultaneously in four different places: Bern, Zurich, Lausanne and Lugano.

Congratulations to the following 25 Swiss participants and the 4 students from Liechtenstein who qualified for the SwissPhO 2017. (The ranking has no significance for the SwissPhO.)

Rank	Name	Points (Max 70)
1	Zhang Henning	56.75
2	Som Tamar	53.5
3	Isenring Pascal	52.5
4	Pinazza Alexandre	49
5	Baudis Nathan	48.25
5	Hajdin Nikola	48.25
5	Rutschmann Adrian	48.25
5	Vering Julius	48.25
9	Mazenauer Justin	45.5
10	Tobuschat Philip	43.75
11	Nussbaum Parzival	42
12	Humbel Ciril	41.75
13	Montandon Loïc	41.5
14	Biedermann Joel	41.25	Liechtenstein (non-competitive)
14	Wohlwend Konstantin	41.25	Liechtenstein (non-competitive)
16	Gaberdiel Alexander	40.25
17	Kellner Jost	38.75
17	Gartmann Jannik	38.75	Liechtenstein (non-competitive)
17	Hofer Maxence	38.75
20	Gianotti Nicholas	37.25
21	Hitz Maurizio	36.25
22	Mukherjee Ambika	35.75
23	Capelli Sandro	35
24	Kaufmann Timon	34.25
25	Jaques Arthur	33.25
26	Peppard Luke	32.25	Liechtenstein (non-competitive)
27	Schweiger Jonas	31.25
28	Bürgler Matthias	30.5
28	Jordan Ari	30.5

Best of luck to all the successful participants at the SwissPhO 2017, which will take place on 25th/26th of March at Neue Kantonsschule Aarau. The top five participants will then get the chance to represent Switzerland in July at the International Physics Olympiad in Yogyakarta (Indonesia).

We thank everyone who was not lucky enough to make it into the second round for participating. We hope that many of you will try again next year.

Some pictures taken at the different locations:
Bern

Lugano

Zürich (Uni)

Registration 2017

You can now register here for the preliminary round of the Swiss Physics Olympiad. Registration deadline is 31 December 2016.

All important dates for this year's physics olympiad can be found here.

IPhO 2016 : Results

The 47th International Physics Olympiad took place this year in Zürich. The participants faced two five hour-long exams. During the experimental part, one task for the students was to study a model of the theory about phase transitions including beads. During the theoretical part of the exam the participants had to solve three problems. The topics reached form classical mechanics and gravitation to electric circuits with nonlinear components and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Besides the exams the program included excursions to Liechtenstein, the PSI and CERN.

Switzerland was represented in 2016 by (from left to right):

Markus Köhler, aus Balgach/SG (Kantonsschule Heerbrugg)
Nicolà Gantenbein, aus Eschenbach/SG (ehem. Kantonsschule Wattwil)
Caroline Rossier, aus Cottens/FR (Collège Sainte-Croix)
Quirin Reding, aus Honau/LU (Kantonsschule Alpenquai)
Bastian Lengen, aus Uvrier/VS (Lycée-Collège de la Planta)

The Swiss team performed really well at these competitions: Markus Köhler won a Bronze Medal, and Nicolà Gantenbein, Bastian Lengen, Quirin Reding und Caroline Rossier were decorated with a Honorable Mention!

Congratulations to all the participants not only for their individual results but as well for the great team performance