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2008 Education Olympics

About the Education Olympics

Events

Highest 8th grade scores on TIMSS math (females)

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Measures how well a country’s eighth-grade female students perform overall on the TIMSS math exam.

The United States ranked 14th in this event and did not win a medal.

Results

Additional Results
Place Country
4th Republic of Korea (South Korea)
5th Japan
6th Netherlands
7th Belgium
8th Hungary
9th Malaysia
10th Russian Federation
11th Latvia
12th Slovak Republic
13th Lithuania
14th United States
15th Scotland
16th Australia
17th Sweden
18th New Zealand
19th Slovenia
20th Israel
21st Italy
22nd Romania
23rd Bulgaria
24th Cyprus
25th Republic of Moldova

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Education Olympics Today - Final Day - August 22, 2008

They waited until the last second, but the Americans finally won a medal in this year’s games—and a gold, no less. Pandemonium ensued on the set of Education Olympics Today.

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Rankings

Education Olympics Medal Count
Country Medals
United States 1
Finland 35
Hong Kong 33
Singapore 16
Japan 15
Republic of Korea (South Korea) 15
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 12
New Zealand 11
Canada 8
Estonia 8
Total medals awarded: 190
Complete rankings
Olympics Medal Count
Country Medals
United States 110
China* 100
Russian Federation 72
United Kingdom 47
Australia 46
Germany 41
France 40
Republic of Korea (South Korea) 31
Italy 28
Ukraine* 27
Total medals awarded: 818
Complete rankings
* Is not competing in the 2008 Education Olympics

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