The 4th Asia Pacific Linguistics Olympiad (APLO 2022) was held simultaneously in eight countries/regions, on April 10, 2022.
A total of 213 contestants participated in 14 official testing sites, including the ones organized virtually. After grading, the top 8 students from each delegation were regarded as official participants.
| Country/Region | Official testing sites | Number of contestants |
|---|---|---|
| China | Beijing/Haidian, Guangzhou/Guangdong, Jiangsu/Nanjing, Jiangsu/Suzhou, Zhejiang/Wenzhou | 26 |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong (Virtual) | 19 |
| Japan | Tokyo (Virtual) | 67 |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur (Virtual) | 22 |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | 11 |
| Republic of Korea | Daejeon, Seoul, Yongin | 30 |
| Taiwan | Taipei | 21 |
| Thailand | Bangkok | 17 |
| Sum | 213 |
In addition, seven countries/regions have participated in APLO 2022 as a guest, between April 10th and April 24th: Brazil, Canada Anglophone, Colombia, India, Republic of Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine.
The contestants competed to solve problems on diverse languages including Panará, Wayuu, Jarawara, Ngkolmpu, and Miskito. The problem set was provided in 13 different language versions. Problems and solutions may be found at https://aplo.asia/problems-by-year/.
Among the 64 official participants, 54 medals (4 gold, 19 silver, and 31 bronze) and 10 honourable mentions have been awarded by the International Jury. The cut-off scores are
Gold ≥ 43.0; Silver ≥ 31.0; Bronze ≥ 23.0.
The following tables contain the country results and the individual results of APLO 2022.
Country Results
| Rank | Country/Region | Gold | Silver | Bronze | HM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Taiwan | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Thailand | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | China | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Sum | 4 | 19 | 31 | 10 |
Individual Results
| Rank | Country | Surname | Given Name | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | Total | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Hong Kong | Tam | Lok Hang | 0 | 11.75 | 11 | 19 | 9.25 | 51 | Gold |
| 5 | Hong Kong | Xie | Lingrui | 13 | 10.25 | 17 | 0 | 7.5 | 47.75 | Silver |
| 8 | Hong Kong | Wong | Tok Shing Henry | 16 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | 6.75 | 45.25 | Silver |
| 15 | Hong Kong | Ip | Tsz Oi | 18 | 0 | 15.5 | 0 | 6 | 39.5 | Silver |
| 25 | Hong Kong | Mok | Tin Yan | 12.5 | 9.25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35.75 | Bronze |
| 32 | Hong Kong | Chan | Chi Wah Mason | 9.5 | 9.25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 31.75 | Bronze |
| 39 | Hong Kong | Lo | Cheuk Yi Ryan | 1.5 | 5.75 | 6 | 15.5 | 1 | 29.75 | Bronze |
| 40 | Hong Kong | Chau | Chun Hei | 5.5 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 3.75 | 29.25 | Bronze |
| 2 | Republic of Korea | Park | Hyunsoo | 15 | 11.75 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 52.75 | Gold |
| 6 | Republic of Korea | Yook | Jun Hyeong | 11.5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 46.5 | Silver |
| 7 | Republic of Korea | Kwon | Junhyuk | 17.5 | 11.75 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | 45.75 | Silver |
| 9 | Republic of Korea | Jang | Han | 15.5 | 11 | 14.5 | 0 | 4 | 45 | Silver |
| 21 | Republic of Korea | Kim | Gangrae | 9 | 10.25 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 37.25 | Bronze |
| 23 | Republic of Korea | Moon | Jeonghoo | 11.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 0 | 5 | 36.5 | Bronze |
| 27 | Republic of Korea | Lee | Sangjun | 15 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 35 | Bronze |
| 36 | Republic of Korea | Kang | Hanbyul | 6.5 | 6.25 | 10.5 | 0 | 7.5 | 30.75 | Bronze |
| 57 | Nepal | Shrestha | Pragya | 0 | 6 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | HM |
| 58 | Nepal | Woli | Deepak | 1.5 | 2 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 10.25 | HM |
| 59 | Nepal | Tandukar | Nisha | 0.5 | 7 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | HM |
| 60 | Nepal | Acharya | Nidish | 1.5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | HM |
| 61 | Nepal | Gyawali | Samip | 0.5 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | HM |
| 62 | Nepal | Shah | Riyesh Jung | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | HM |
| 63 | Nepal | Pudasaini | Aashutosh | 0 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | HM |
| 64 | Nepal | Nepal | Rumi | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | HM |
| 35 | China | Li | Ruoqi | 7.5 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 31 | Silver |
| 37 | China | Feng | Silang | 9 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Bronze |
| 41 | China | Yan | Zhiyu | 8 | 11.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | Bronze |
| 42 | China | Xu | Haoyang | 6 | 8.75 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 28.75 | Bronze |
| 44 | China | Wang | Guqiao | 6 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 27.5 | Bronze |
| 48 | China | Dong | Ziwei | 6 | 9.25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25.25 | Bronze |
| 50 | China | Yang | Jingyue | 5.5 | 8.25 | 10 | 0 | 0.5 | 24.25 | Bronze |
| 52 | China | Dai | Xuexing | 2.5 | 9.75 | 9 | 0 | 2.5 | 23.75 | Bronze |
| 1 | Japan | Ishii | Seiko | 13.5 | 8 | 15 | 13.5 | 6 | 56 | Gold |
| 4 | Japan | Morisawa | Yuma | 15 | 8.25 | 17.5 | 0 | 8.5 | 49.25 | Silver |
| 10 | Japan | O | Simon | 16 | 14.75 | 11.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 43.75 | Silver |
| 14 | Japan | Kawano | Yuma | 4.5 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 3.25 | 41.75 | Silver |
| 16 | Japan | Kudo | Ikoma | 11 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 39 | Bronze |
| 18 | Japan | Hoshii | Takamichi | 3 | 11.5 | 15 | 2 | 7.25 | 38.75 | Bronze |
| 20 | Japan | Kubomiya | Reona | 1.5 | 11.25 | 14 | 0 | 10.75 | 37.5 | Bronze |
| 22 | Japan | Sakuragi | Haruya | 1.5 | 10.5 | 16.5 | 0 | 8.5 | 37 | Bronze |
| 19 | Thailand | Tiacharoen | Panawat | 14 | 12.25 | 9.5 | 1 | 1.25 | 38 | Silver |
| 24 | Thailand | Trakulthongchai | Tanupat | 12.5 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Silver |
| 42 | Thailand | Kitsanadecha | Kittapas | 4 | 10.75 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28.75 | Bronze |
| 44 | Thailand | Pratueangsukpong | Narawit | 10.5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27.5 | Bronze |
| 46 | Thailand | Sakdapipanich | Natdanai | 3.5 | 11.25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 26.75 | Bronze |
| 47 | Thailand | Kotrakulsin | Nut | 12 | 0 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 25.5 | Bronze |
| 50 | Thailand | Umpriwan | Pawada | 9.5 | 8.25 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 24.25 | Bronze |
| 55 | Thailand | Wattanaraksakul | Thee | 3.5 | 9.25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22.75 | HM |
| 16 | Malaysia | Wong | Jer Ren | 12.5 | 8.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 39 | Silver |
| 26 | Malaysia | Mohd Zainal Abidin | Muhammad Hafizuddin Akhtar | 1 | 7.5 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 35.5 | Silver |
| 34 | Malaysia | Chew | Jia Sheng | 11 | 10.25 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 31.25 | Silver |
| 48 | Malaysia | Ng | Yu Xuan | 3 | 7.75 | 13.5 | 0 | 1 | 25.25 | Bronze |
| 32 | Malaysia | Tan | Mia | 11.5 | 10.25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 31.75 | Silver |
| 54 | Malaysia | Seah | Jia Yi | 1.5 | 8.75 | 9.5 | 0 | 3.5 | 23.25 | Bronze |
| 53 | Malaysia | Lai | Haye Jenn | 0.5 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 | 3.5 | 23.5 | Bronze |
| 56 | Malaysia | Chong | Hong Yee | 3.5 | 9.5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | HM |
| 11 | Taiwan | Lee | Long-Yo | 11.5 | 14 | 13.5 | 1 | 3.5 | 43.5 | Gold |
| 12 | Taiwan | Chang | Yi-Ning | 11.5 | 13.25 | 18 | 0 | 0.5 | 43.25 | Silver |
| 13 | Taiwan | Kao | Samantha | 12 | 10.25 | 13 | 1 | 5.75 | 42 | Silver |
| 28 | Taiwan | Wu | Eric | 17 | 8.25 | 9 | 0 | 0.5 | 34.75 | Silver |
| 29 | Taiwan | Lien | Zi-Li | 0 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 34 | Bronze |
| 30 | Taiwan | Ma | Ching-Chao | 6.5 | 14.25 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 32.25 | Bronze |
| 37 | Taiwan | Huang | Yen Hsi | 10 | 10 | 7.5 | 0 | 2.5 | 30 | Bronze |
| 31 | Taiwan | Lin | Chien-Chih | 7.5 | 11.75 | 11 | 0 | 1.75 | 32 | Bronze |
Guest Countries Results
| Country/Region | Testing sites | Number of contestants |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Brasilia (Virtual) | 17 |
| Canada Anglophone | British Columbia (Virtual), Ontario (Virtual), India (Virtual) | 8 |
| Colombia | Bogota (Virtual) | 43 |
| India | Hyderabad (Virtual) | 54 |
| Republic of Moldova | Chișinău | 10 |
| Romania | Bucharest (Virtual) | 105 |
| Ukraine | Kyiv (Virtual) | 12 |
| Sum | 249 |
Brazil
A total of 17 students representing Brazil participated as a guest at 1 (virtual) testing sites on April 16th. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 students from Brazil.
| Rank | Surname | Given Name | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | Total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliveira de Araújo | Pedro Henrique | 2 | 9.75 | 8 | 11.5 | 0 | 31.25 | Result on the level of Silver Medal |
| 2 | Gonçalves Filho | Fernando César | 7 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 3 | Teleginski Ferraz | Manoela Erothildes | 10 | 8 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 27.5 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Costa de Lima | João Pedro | 1 | 5.25 | 9.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 18.25 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 5 | Dantas Portela | Juliano | 1.5 | 4.75 | 9 | 1 | 0.5 | 16.75 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 6 | Abreu Schreiber | Laene | 0.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 16.5 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 7 | Fagundes Pedra | João Pedro | 7.5 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 8 | Lebarbenchon | Kauí Patrício | 1.5 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 | 0.25 | 14.25 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
Canada Anglophone
A total of 8 students representing Canada Anglophone participated as a guest at 3 (virtual) testing sites on April 10th. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 students from Canada Anglophone.
| Rank | Surname | Given Name | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | Total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chandrashekar | Kunaal | 16.5 | 8.5 | 18.5 | 0 | 15.25 | 58.75 | Result on the level of Gold Medal |
| 2 | Agrawal | Ayushi | 13 | 11 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 38.5 | Result on the level of Silver Medal |
| 3 | Yan | Kevin | 12 | 3.5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 35.5 | Result on the level of Silver Medal |
| 4 | Wang | Aidan | 16 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35 | Result on the level of Silver Medal |
| 5 | Velmineti | Sukrith | 9.5 | 11.75 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 28.75 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 6 | Dai | Perry | 0.5 | 3 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 | 22 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 7 | Dai | Chloe | 1.5 | 6.75 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 14.25 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 8 | Cai | Sophia | 0.5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12.5 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
Colombia
A total of 43 students representing Colombia participated as a guest at 1 (virtual) testing site on April 23rd. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 students from Colombia.
| Rank | Surname | Given Name | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | Total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garcia Mejia | Mariana | 3.5 | 4.75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13.25 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 2 | Avendaño Contreras | Keyner Alexander | 0 | 8.75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12.75 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 3 | Pérez Rojas | David Alfonso | 0.5 | 5.75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 4 | Nocua Meneses | Mariana | 0 | 4.75 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10.75 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 5 | Rodríguez Olarte | Maria Lucía | 1 | 6.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 6 | Carrera Correa | Angie Catherin | 0 | 7.75 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 10.25 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 7 | Vergara Alpizar | Mariana | 0 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 8 | Roldan Giraldo | María | 0 | 5.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
India
A total of 54 students representing India participated as a guest at 1 (virtual) testing site on April 10th. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 students from India.
| Rank | Surname | Given Name | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | Total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singh | Vedant | 9 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 2.75 | 41.75 | Result on the level of Silver Medal |
| 2 | Mundra | Shashwat | 13.5 | 0.25 | 13.5 | 0 | 3 | 30.25 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 3 | Attavar | Siddhant | 7 | 9 | 11.5 | 0 | 2.5 | 30 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Siddiqui | Faraz Ahmed | 7.5 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 29.5 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 5 | Lakshmanan | Anish Bharadwaj | 8 | 11.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.25 | 29.25 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 6 | Aggarwal | Yash | 0 | 6 | 9.75 | 13 | 0 | 28.75 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 7 | Gupta | Akshit | 0.5 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 28.5 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 8 | Jain | Divyansh | 0 | 5.75 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 | 28.25 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
Republic of Moldova
A total of 10 students representing the Republic of Moldova participated as a guest at 1 testing site on April 16th. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 students from the Republic of Moldova.
| Rank | Surname | Given Name | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | Total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghimpu | Andreea | 0 | 7.25 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 18.75 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 2 | Jelihovschi | Alexandra | 1.5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 15.5 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 3 | Jumir | Alina | 3.5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 4 | Malcoci | Delia | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 5 | Șchiopu | Felicia | 1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 6 | Țurcan | Sabina | 1.5 | 4.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9.75 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 7 | Bostan | Sanda | 0 | 6 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
| 8 | Meleca | Cristina | 0 | 0 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 | 4.75 | Result on the level of Honourable Mention |
Romania
A total of 105 students representing Romania participated as a guest at 1 (virtual) testing site on April 21st. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 students from Romania.
| Rank | Surname | Given Name | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | Total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oros | Vlad-Ștefan | 19 | 13.75 | 13.5 | 20 | 1.5 | 67.75 | Result on the level of Gold Medal |
| 2 | Bratu | Mihai-Alexandru | 16.5 | 9.5 | 11 | 19 | 0.5 | 56.5 | Result on the level of Silver Medal |
| 3 | Stăncescu | Karina | 13 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 | Result on the level of Silver Medal |
| 4 | Polenciuc | Rareș | 13.5 | 10.5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 37 | Result on the level of Silver Medal |
| 5 | Dobrică | Nicoleta | 12.5 | 9.75 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 36.25 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 6 | Pop | Sebastian | 5 | 12 | 15.5 | 1 | 0 | 33.5 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 7 | Negrău | Bianca-Maria | 14 | 10.25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33.25 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 8 | Stan | Nicoleta Ana | 12.5 | 9 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
Ukraine
A total of 12 students representing Ukraine participated as a guest at 1 (virtual) testing site on April 23rd. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 students from Ukraine.
| Rank | Surname | Given Name | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | Total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kryvosheieva | Daria | 18.5 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 | 6.5 | 55.5 | Result on the level of Gold Medal |
| 2 | Tereshchenko | Denys | 2.5 | 7.75 | 10.5 | 20 | 1.5 | 42.25 | Result on the level of Silver Medal |
| 3 | Tymoshenko | Solomiia | 4 | 13.3 | 15.5 | 0 | 4.75 | 37.5 | Result on the level of Silver Medal |
| 4 | Hrechka | Artem | 18 | 0 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | 36.5 | Result on the level of Silver Medal |
| 5 | Pishchymukha | Valeriia | 10.5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30.5 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 6 | Skutar | Nataliia | 8.5 | 10.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27.75 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 7 | Mikhnovska | Mariia | 0 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 26.75 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
| 8 | Goldina | Oleksandra | 2.5 | 5 | 14.5 | 4 | 0 | 26 | Result on the level of Bronze Medal |
Published April 24, 2022
Last Updated May 18, 2022
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