APLO 2024 Results - Asia Pacific Linguistics Olympiad

The 6th Asia Pacific Linguistics Olympiad (APLO 2024) was held simultaneously in nine countries/regions, on 7 April 2024.

A total of 491 contestants participated in 10 official testing sites. After grading, the top 8 contestants from each delegation were regarded as official participants.

Country/Region	Official testing sites	Number of contestants

Country/Region	Official testing sites	Number of contestants
Sum		466
China	Shanghai	237
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	19
Japan	Tokyo, Cardiff	72
Kazakhstan	Astana	12
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	19
Republic of Korea	Seoul	34
Singapore	Singapore	11
Taiwan	Taipei	28
Thailand	Bangkok	34

Sum		466

In addition, ten countries/regions have participated in APLO 2024 as a guest, between 7 and 21 April: Canada Anglophone, Colombia, Czechia, Finland, Hungary, India, Nepal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine.

The contestants competed to solve problems on diverse languages including Tutuba, Wemba Wemba, Bambara, Mairasi, and Chungli Ao. The problem set was provided in 15 different language versions. Problems and solutions may be found at https://aplo.asia/problems-by-year/.

Among the 72 official participants, 48 medals (6 gold, 19 silver, and 23 bronze) and 24 honourable mentions have been awarded by the International Jury. The cut-off scores are

Gold ≥ 59.0; Silver ≥ 52.0; Bronze ≥ 47.0.

The following tables contain the country results and the individual results of APLO 2024.

Country Results

Rank	Country/Region	Gold	Silver	Bronze	HM

Rank	Country/Region	Gold	Silver	Bronze	HM
Sum	-	6	19	23	24
1	Taiwan	1	3	4	0
1	China	1	3	4	0
1	Japan	1	3	4	0
4	Republic of Korea	1	3	3	1
5	Hong Kong	1	3	2	2
6	Malaysia	1	0	0	7
7	Thailand	0	2	1	5
8	Singapore	0	1	4	3
9	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	6

Sum	-	6	19	23	24

Individual Results

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Rank	Country/Region	Surname	Given Name	Name in Local Language	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	Total	Award
1	Taiwan	Wang	Po-Hsiang	王柏翔	20	20	13	19.5	15.5	88	1Gold
2	China	Liu	Jiahong	刘家宏	19.5	18.5	14	16	19	87	1Gold
3	Japan	Tsukada	Satoshi	塚田智志	19	10.5	11	18	20	78.5	1Gold
4	Japan	Taeda	Keisuke	田枝啓介	17.5	10.5	12	14.5	20	74.5	2Silver
5	China	Gui	Yijin	桂一今	14	16	10.5	13.5	19.5	73.5	2Silver
6	Japan	Mushiaki	Joji	虫明穣二	18.5	18.5	11.5	18.5	1.5	68.5	2Silver
6	Taiwan	Hou	Jen-Chien	侯任謙	15.5	15	11	17.5	9.5	68.5	2Silver
8	Republic of Korea	Lee	Gyuhwa	이규화	20	10	11	7	20	68	1Gold
9	Hong Kong	Choi	John Nathaniel	Choi John Nathaniel	17	19	14	16.5	0	66.5	1Gold
10	China	Wen	Feiran	文斐然	18.5	18.5	9	12.5	7.5	66	2Silver
10	Taiwan	Kao	Samantha	高顥瑄	19.5	7.5	18	12.5	8.5	66	2Silver
12	Republic of Korea	Kim	Gangrae	김강래	14	20	16	13	2	65	2Silver
13	Republic of Korea	Jung	Wonjoon	정원준	20	16.5	13	15	0	64.5	2Silver
14	China	Zhu	Yucheng	诸予澄	18.5	16	14	13.5	0	62	2Silver
14	Japan	Oh	Kantetsu	王瀚哲	18.5	12.5	16	13.5	1.5	62	2Silver
14	Taiwan	Chen	Li-Pang	陳立邦	13	4.5	13	16	15.5	62	2Silver
17	Japan	Yoshioka	Keigo	吉岡恵吾	15	18.5	12.5	15	0.5	61.5	3Bronze
17	Taiwan	Wu	Eric	吳昶佑	19	18.5	11	13	0	61.5	3Bronze
19	Japan	Ohmiya	Ryusei	大宮隆誠	19	6.5	9	14	12.5	61	3Bronze
20	Hong Kong	Lin	Cheuk Hang	Lin Cheuk Hang	20	5	11	16	8.5	60.5	2Silver
20	Japan	Hachiya	Chihiro	八谷知拓	16.5	13.5	13	10.5	7	60.5	3Bronze
22	China	Zhang	Zongqiao	张宗桥	2	5	20	14.5	18.5	60	3Bronze
22	Hong Kong	Wong	Tok Shing Henry	Wong Tok Shing Henry	19.5	17	11	12.5	0	60	2Silver
24	China	Li	Zhengze	李正泽	13.5	17.5	13	15.5	0	59.5	3Bronze
24	Hong Kong	Ji	Maxwell	Ji Maxwell	12.5	20	12	15	0	59.5	2Silver
24	Malaysia	Ho	Janson	Ho Janson	14.5	17.5	14	13.5	0	59.5	1Gold
27	China	Shan	Yuran	单愉然	14.5	17.5	13	13.5	0.5	59	3Bronze
27	Japan	Hokugo	Yuji	北郷佑至	14	19.5	11	13	1.5	59	3Bronze
27	Taiwan	Chen	Arthur Po-Hsiang	陳柏翔	16.5	18.5	10	14	0	59	3Bronze
30	China	Guo	Tianyuan	郭湉源	18	12	15	13	0	58	3Bronze
31	Taiwan	Liao	Yu-Chiao	廖昱喬	13	13	11	11.5	8	56.5	3Bronze
32	Republic of Korea	Lee	Sihoo	이시후	15	19.5	10	11.5	0	56	2Silver
32	Taiwan	Ko	Cheng-You	柯承佑	14	16	13	13	0	56	3Bronze
34	Hong Kong	Zhang	Yixuan	Zhang Yixuan	18.5	11.5	11	11.5	2	54.5	3Bronze
34	Thailand	Artnarongrith	Narongrith	ณรงค์ฤทธิ์ อาจณรงค์ฤทธิ์	19.5	10	13	12	0	54.5	2Silver
36	Hong Kong	Chan	Chi Wah Mason	Chan Chi Wah Mason	8	18	13	15	0	54	3Bronze
36	Republic of Korea	Lee	Jaehyun	이재현	20	6	11.5	15	1.5	54	3Bronze
36	Singapore	Tan	Junheng	Tan Junheng	6.5	20	13	14.5	0	54	2Silver
39	Republic of Korea	Ku	Seoyeon	구서연	14	17.5	12	10	0	53.5	3Bronze
40	Kazakhstan	Gluhih	Yegor	Глухих Егор	12.5	15.5	13.5	11	0	52.5	2Silver
40	Thailand	Trakulthongchai	Tanupat	ตนุภัทร ตระกูลธงชัย	13	7	7.5	6	19	52.5	2Silver
42	Republic of Korea	Goo	Nayoon	구나윤	16.5	8	14.5	13	0	52	3Bronze
43	Singapore	Cheng	Dylan	Cheng Dylan	19	4	13	15.5	0	51.5	3Bronze
44	Singapore	Soon	Jaeden	Soon Jaeden	16	7	14	12.5	0	49.5	3Bronze
45	Singapore	Heng	Yutong	Heng Yutong	14.5	13.5	7	12	1.5	48.5	3Bronze
46	Kazakhstan	Kim	Kirill	Ким Кирилл	14	4.5	16	13.5	0	48	3Bronze
47	Singapore	Hai	Le Xuan	Hai Le Xuan	7.5	10.5	16	13.5	0	47.5	3Bronze
48	Thailand	Cusinsup	Pitchayapa	พิชญาภา คูสินทรัพย์	19.5	5	9	13.5	0	47	3Bronze
49	Kazakhstan	Galymzhankyzy	Amina	Ғалымжанқызы Амина	14	7	10	14.5	0	45.5	4HM
49	Singapore	Ng	You Xiang	Ng You Xiang	13.5	6	13	13	0	45.5	4HM
51	Hong Kong	Cao	Jenny	Cao Jenny	9.5	13	10	11	1.5	45	4HM
51	Republic of Korea	Kim	Solyeop	김솔엽	12	18.5	2	12.5	0	45	4HM
53	Hong Kong	Chiu	Pak Hei	Chiu Pak Hei	13.5	4.5	13	0	13.5	44.5	4HM
53	Thailand	Sriboonjareanchai	Siravit	สิรวิชญ์ ศรีบุญเจริญชัย	14	9.5	9.5	11.5	0	44.5	4HM
55	Singapore	Chng	Yaw Tia	Chng Yaw Tia	19.5	3	12	9.5	0	44	4HM
56	Singapore	Wong	Cervon	Wong Cervon	13.5	4.5	13	12.5	0	43.5	4HM
57	Thailand	Petchsritong	Pichchaya	พิชชาญาณ์ เพชรศรีทอง	14.5	7	10	11	0	42.5	4HM
58	Kazakhstan	Yessenkulov	Yelizar	Есенкулов Елизар	1	17.5	12	11	0	41.5	4HM
59	Thailand	Plianklin	Pratpreecha	ปราชญ์ปรีชา เปลี่ยนกลิ่น	7	7.5	12	14	0	40.5	4HM
60	Kazakhstan	Poyezkanov	Darkhan	Поезканов Дархан	17.5	11	1	9.5	0	39	4HM
61	Thailand	Trangkanont	Kristpong	กฤษฏิ์พงษ์ ตรังคานนท์	3.5	9	11	14.5	0	38	4HM
62	Malaysia	Lim	Ming Wen	Lim Ming Wen	1	12.5	15	0	9	37.5	4HM
62	Thailand	Tantivisethsak	Kornchawan	กรชวัลร์ ตันติวิเศษศักดิ์	0	5.5	9	14.5	8.5	37.5	4HM
64	Malaysia	Bin Abdul Aziz	Adib Asyraf	Adib Asyraf Bin Abdul Aziz	4	15	11	6.5	0	36.5	4HM
65	Kazakhstan	Abdikesh	Miras	Әбдікеш Мирас	11	1.5	12.5	11	0	36	4HM
66	Kazakhstan	Aleksanova	Angelina	Алексанова Ангелина	0.5	17	12	6	0	35.5	4HM
66	Malaysia	Ng	Kai Jean	Ng Kai Jean	11.5	2.5	10	11.5	0	35.5	4HM
68	Kazakhstan	Butantayev	Ramazan	Бутантаев Рамазан	12.5	12.5	10	0	0	35	4HM
68	Malaysia	Sarawanan	Harshavardini	Harshavardini Sarawanan	4	14	10.5	6.5	0	35	4HM
70	Malaysia	Leang	Kar Men	Leang Kar Men	10.5	0	13	10.5	0	34	4HM
71	Malaysia	Tan	Hong Zher	Tan Hong Zher	12.5	2	5	10.5	0.5	30.5	4HM
72	Malaysia	Tan	Yu Xuan	Tan Yu Xuan	5.5	5.5	4.5	9.5	0	25	4HM

Guest Countries Results

Country/Region	Testing sites	Number of contestants

Country/Region	Testing sites	Number of contestants
Sum		196
Canada Anglophone	Ottawa, Vancouver, Burnaby, New York City, Hackensack	10
Colombia	Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Medellín	25
Czechia	Prague	5
Finland	Helsinki 1, Helsinki 2	17
Hungary	Budapest	11
India	Hyderabad	53
Nepal	Kathmandu	25
Republic of Moldova	Chișinău	20
Romania	București, Giurgiu, Baia Mare, Tulcea, Cluj-Napoca, Iași, Craiova, Galați, Bacău, Timișoara, Satu Mare, Alexandria, Pitești, Oradea, Caracal	20
Ukraine	Kyiv, Lviv, Chernivtsi	10

Sum		196

Canada Anglophone

A total of 10 contestants representing Canada (Anglophone) participated as a guest at 5 testing sites on 9 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Canada (Anglophone).

Rank	Surname	Given Name	Name in Local Language	Note
1	Mao	Marvin	Marvin Mao	Result on the level of Gold Medal
2	Dong	Peter	Peter Dong	Result on the level of Bronze Medal
3	Zhang	Ray	Ray Zhang	Result on the level of Bronze Medal
4	Zhou	Leonardo	Leonardo Zhou	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5	Li	Jason	Jason Li	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6	Li	Kevin	Kevin Li	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7	Sun	Kiran	Kiran Sun	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8	Mak	Joshua	Joshua Mak	Result on the level of Honourable Mention

Colombia

A total of 25 contestants representing Colombia participated as a guest at 3 testing sites on 20 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Colombia.

Rank	Surname	Given Name	Name in Local Language	Note
1	Carranza	Margarita	Margarita Carranza	Result on the level of Gold Medal
2	Soto	Sofia	Sofia Soto Guerrero	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
3	Poblete	Santiago	Santiago Isaías Poblete Velasco	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
4	Garcia	Manuela	Manuela García Mejía	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5	Ramos	Maria	Maria Victoria Ramos Sánchez	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6	Bautista	Gabriela	Gabriela Bautista Talero	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7	Aguirre	Mariana	Mariana Aguirre Consuegra	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8	Fonseca	Jacobo	Jacobo Fonseca Montoya	Result on the level of Honourable Mention

Czechia

A total of 5 contestants representing Czechia participated as a guest at 1 testing site on 20 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 5 contestants from Czechia.

Rank	Surname	Given Name	Name in Local Language	Note
1	Kulhánek	Jáchym Jakub	Jáchym Jakub Kulhánek	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
2	Podolský	Petr	Petr Podolský	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
3	Sedláková	Ema	Ema Sedláková	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
4	Heřmanová	Aino	Aino Heřmanová	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5	Mundryan	Alexanra	Alexandra Mundryan	Result on the level of Honourable Mention

Finland

A total of 17 contestants representing Finland participated as a guest at 2 testing sites on 12 April and 18 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Finland.

Rank	Surname	Given Name	Name in Local Language	Note
1	Daavittila	Valto	Valto Daavittila	Result on the level of Silver Medal
2	Suomalainen	Emma	Emma Suomalainen	Result on the level of Bronze Medal
3	Tiitinen	Minea	Minea Tiitinen	Result on the level of Bronze Medal
4	Pekkola	Inka	Inka Pekkola	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5	Ovaskainen	Emilia	Emilia Ovaskainen	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6	Sillasto	Hilda	Hilda Sillasto	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7	Thorel	Terho	Terho Thorel	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8	Sulander	Severi	Severi Sulander	Result on the level of Honourable Mention

Hungary

A total of 11 contestants representing Hungary participated as a guest at 1 testing site on 10 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Hungary.

Rank	Surname	Given Name	Name in Local Language	Note
1	Baranyai	Lili	Baranyai Lili	Result on the level of Bronze Medal
2	Virág	Máté Gergely	Virág Máté Gergely	Result on the level of Bronze Medal
3	Leiszter	Flóra	Leiszter Flóra	Result on the level of Bronze Medal
4	Hegedűs	Júlia	Hegedűs Júlia	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5	Szarka	Áron	Szarka Áron	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6	Hornok	Ágnes Anna	Hornok Ágnes Anna	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7	Ozsváth	Botond	Ozsváth Botond	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8	Brozsó	Anna	Brozsó Anna	Result on the level of Honourable Mention

India

A total of 47 contestants representing India participated as a guest at 1 testing site on 20 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from India.

Rank	Surname	Given Name	Name in Local Language	Note
1	Siddiqui	Faraz	Faraz Ahmed Siddiqui	Result on the level of Gold Medal
2	Dhar	Animikha	Animikha Dutta Dhar	Result on the level of Silver Medal
3	Vempati	Pratyush	Pratyush Vempati	Result on the level of Bronze Medal
4	Prasad	Aadibhav	Aadibhav Prasad	Result on the level of Bronze Medal
5	Venkatraman	Shrilakshmi	Shrilakshmi Venkatraman	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6	Agarwal	Ananya	Ananya Agarwal	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7	Vikash	H Jatin	H Jatin Vikash	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8	Agarwal	Shreyansh	Shreyansh Agarwal	Result on the level of Honourable Mention

Nepal

A total of 25 contestants representing Nepal participated as a guest at 1 testing site on 7 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Nepal.

Rank	Surname	Given Name	Name in Local Language	Note
1	Aavash	Tiwari	आभाष तिवारी	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
2	Utsav	Bhurtel	उत्सव भुर्तेल	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
3	Shreyas	Manandhar	श्रेयास मानन्धर	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
4	Aaryan	Bastakoti	आर्यन वस्ताकोटी	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5	Swornim	Shrestha	श्वर्णिम श्रेष्ठ	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6	Pradeep	Bhatta	प्रदिप भट्ट	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7	Yugal	Thapa	युगल थापा	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8	Bipasana	Shrestha	विपासना श्रेष्ठ	Result on the level of Honourable Mention

Republic of Moldova

A total of 20 contestants representing the Republic of Moldova participated as a guest at 1 testing site on 20 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from the Republic of Moldova.

Rank	Surname	Given Name	Name in Local Language	Note
1	Tărâță	Daniela	Tărâță Daniela	Result on the level of Bronze Medal
2	Tcaci	Vanessa	Tcaci Vanessa	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
3	Macari	Alexandru	Macari Alexandru	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
4	Ostalep	Valeriu	Ostalep Valeriu	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5	Bătrânu	Beatrice	Bătrânu Beatrice	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6	Garștea	Irina	Garștea Irina	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7	Petricheeva	Elizaveta	Petricheeva Elizaveta	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8	Sîrbu	Cristian	Sîrbu Cristian	Result on the level of Honourable Mention

Romania

A total of 20 contestants representing Romania participated as a guest at 15 testing sites on 21 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Romania.

Rank	Surname	Given Name	Name in Local Language	Note
1	Barbu	Ioana-Steliana	Barbu Ioana-Steliana	Result on the level of Gold Medal
2	Chirilă	Matei	Chirilă Matei	Result on the level of Silver Medal
3	Stănoiu	Ioana	Stănoiu Ioana	Result on the level of Silver Medal
4	Păvăloaia	Elena	Păvăloaia Elena	Result on the level of Silver Medal
5	Anghel	Mihaela	Anghel Mihaela	Result on the level of Bronze Medal
6	Stăncescu	Karina-Adriana	Stăncescu Karina-Adriana	Result on the level of Bronze Medal
7	Manea	Sergiu	Manea Sergiu	Result on the level of Bronze Medal
8	Mihai	Luiza-Teodora	Mihai Luiza-Teodora	Result on the level of Bronze Medal

Ukraine

A total of 10 contestants representing Ukraine participated as a guest at 3 testing sites on 21 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Ukraine.

Rank	Surname	Given Name	Name in Local Language	Note
1	Tereshchenko	Denys	Терещенко Денис	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
2	Drushchak	Ostap	Друщак Остап	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
3	Lutsenko	Tymofii	Луценко Тимофій	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
4	Berehulyak	Kateryna	Берегуляк Катерина	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5	Goldina	Oleksandra	Гольдіна Олександра	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6	Kyrychenko	Mykhailo	Кириченко Михайло	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7	Borovyi	Artur	Боровий Артур	Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8	Iniukhina	Mariia	Інюхіна Марія	Result on the level of Honourable Mention

Published 21 April 2024
Last Updated 10 May 2024
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