South African Mathematics Olympiad  The premier mathematics competition in South Africa

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Organised by the SA  Mathematics Foundation

in co-operation with AMESA and SAMS 

and the SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns

Sponsored by the Harmony Gold Mining Company

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Statistics : Participation since 1966

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	FIRST ROUND		SECOND ROUND		THIRD ROUND
YEAR	Participants	SCHOOLS	Participants	SCHOOLS	Participants	SCHOOLS
1966	5 234	433	74	51
1967	5 575	?	120	65
1968	5 800	430	120	61
1969	2 840	361	119	76
1970	2 626	392	72	47
1971	3 229	399	155	81
1972	3 068	395	107	61
1973	2 639	390	92	54
1974	2 600	369	70	49
1975	2 318	330	57	39
1976	2 845	357	114	70
1977	3 575	391	92	57
1978	3 429	396	99	64
1979	3 533	410	103	69
1980	4 441	?	115	65
1981	5 327	505	85	52
1982	5 185	540	116	79
1983	3 992	494	107	61
1984	3 771	521	122	77
1985	4 448	536	98	55
1986	4 413	497	103	62
1987	5 910	610	102	60
1988	5 484	584	112	60
1989	5 435	548	125	71
1990	6 124	577	108	62
1991	6 041	599	102	61
1992 *	20 431	768	1 025	324	97	60
1993	20 766	734	1 051	318	125	64
1994 **	24 153	848	1 537	403	110	64
1995	26 605	869	1 544	393	117	81
1996	31 849	997	1 508	394	157	82
1997 #	31 218	837	10 366	811	156	90
1998	26 155	754	9 100	618	121	74
1999	29 131	784	3 731	514	108	91
2000	27 063	698	6 474	565	113	76
2001	27 641	690	8 285	565	112	78
2002	26538	691	5468	510	110	74
2003	23234	619	6627	431	106	69
2004 ##	27867	651	5632	427	183	106
2005	34871	798	6969	544	192	110
2006	25833	506	5720	370	192	98
2007	31228	668	5381	365	203	110
2008	59563	870	7528	570	200	110

*     A new structure with three rounds came into operation in 1992.

**     A separate second round paper for juniors was introduced in 1994.

#     A new format was introduced in 1997: participants who obtained 50% and higher in the first round advanced to the second round. 

##   A third round for juniors was introduced in 2004.