Prizes for the 2001 Ortvay Competition were offered by:
Eötvös Lóránd Fizikai Társulat 40 000 Ft
Márton Major 30 000 Ft
Pro Physica Alapítvány 7 000 Ft for the contestant from Szeged
Tamás Serényi 5 000 Ft for the best non-physicist
Abbreviations in the table:
1, 2, 3: the first, second and third prizes in each year.
(some were not dispensed in some years)
HM: Honourable mention
X N: special award for the outstanding solution of the Nth problem(s)
SZ: special award offered for the best contestant from Szeged
NP: special award for the best non-physicist
1st prize was 12000 Ft, the second 8000 Ft, the third 4000,
the special award 2000 Ft
Bence Kocsis' 940 points is the best result in the 32-year history of the
Ortvay Competition!
Year | Award | Special award | NAME | country | city | university | major | year | Number of solutions recieved | Total points | Average of points |
| | | TOTAL | | | | | | 166 | 8307 | 50 |
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1 | 1 | X 7 | POZSGAY Balázs | Hungary | Budapest | ELTE TTK | Physics | 1st | 10 | 888 | 88,8 |
1 | 3 | NP | PUFU, Silviu | Romania | Pitesti | " C.N. ""Ion C. Bratianu""" | Secondary School | 11th | 10 | 435 | 43,5 |
1 | 3 | | BARTOS, Imre | Hungary | Budapest | ELTE TTK | Physics | 1st | 5 | 395 | 79 |
1 | HM | | NAGY Ádám | Hungary | Budapest | BME | Engineering & Physics | 1st | 5 | 290 | 58 |
1 | | | KOZAK, Andrew | Ukraine | Kiev | PTI NTUU KPI | Physics | 1st | 10 | 235 | 23,5 |
1 | | | NAZARUK, Olexandr | Ukraine | Kiev | Kiev Politechnick Intitute(FTI) student | Engineering | 1st | 9 | 145 | 16,1 |
1 | | | NAGY Tibor | Hungary | Budapest | ELTE TTK | Physics | 1st | 2 | 125 | 62,5 |
1 | | | BÉKY Bence | Hungary | Budapest | Fazekas Mihály Gimnázium | Secondary School | 12th | 4 | 97 | 24,2 |
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2 | 1 | X 4, 8 | GÁSPÁR Merse Előd | Hungary | Budapest | ELTE TTK | Physics | 2nd | 10 | 910 | 91 |
2 | 2 | | HEGEDŰS Ákos | Hungary | Budapest | ELTE TTK | Physics | 2nd | 8 | 660 | 82,5 |
2 | | | BURUZS Ádám | Hungary | Budapest | BME | Engineering & Physics | 2nd | 9 | 421 | 46,8 |
2 | | | PATAY Gergely | Hungary | Budapest | BME | Engineering & Physics | 2nd | 8 | 230 | 28,7 |
2 | | | PALEO, Bruno Woltzenlogel | Brazil | Piracicaba | SP Technological Institute of Aeronautics | Electrical Engineering | 2nd | 9 | 161 | 17,9 |
2 | | | RYABININA, Olena | Ukraine | Kiev | "NTUU ""KPI""" | Physics, Biology | 2nd | 10 | 145 | 14,5 |
2 | | | RAGHUNATHAN, Kannan | Indian, but in USA | East Lansing | Michigan State University | Physics | 2nd | 5 | 45 | 9 |
2 | | | KÖVESÁRKI Péter | Hungary | Budapest | BME | Engineering & Physics | 2nd | 2 | 40 | 20 |
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3 | 1 | | KOCSIS Bence | Hungary | Budapest | ELTE TTK | Physics | 3rd | 10 | 940 | 94 |
3 | HM | | LUKÁCS Árpád | Hungary | Budapest | ELTE TTK | Physics | 3rd | 6 | 315 | 52,5 |
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4 | 1 | X 21, 22, 23 | KORMOS Márton | Hungary | Budapest | ELTE TTK | Physics | 4th | 8 | 725 | 90,6 |
4 | HM | | SOMOGYI Gábor | Hungary | Debrecen | DTE | Physics | 4th | 8 | 440 | 55 |
4 | | | SARLÓS Ferenc | Hungary | Szeged | SZTE | Physics | 4th | 4 | 95 | 23,7 |
4 | | | BÁLINT Imre | Hungary | Szeged | ELTE TTK | Physics | 4th | 1 | 40 | 40 |
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5 | HM | SZ | PUSZTAI Béla Gábor | Hungary | Szeged | SZTE | Physics | PhD 2nd | 10 | 540 | 54 |
5 | | | ZIMMER Péter | Hungary | Budapest | ELTE TTK | Physics | 5th | 3 | 20 | 6,7 |