No, the provincial first prize and the national physics competition first prize are not the same concept. Generally speaking, the national first prize is more powerful than the provincial first prize. Generally, the competition starts at the provincial level, and the preliminary and semi-finals are all in the province. The first, second and third prizes at the provincial level will be selected, and the final competition will be the national competition, and then the first, second and third prizes at the national level will be decided.

One province is not necessarily equal to one in the whole country. In fact, the competition differences of various subjects are quite big. For example, there are generally 30~40 people in physical chemistry, and there are about 60~80 people in math competition. Only 7~ 10 people can really enter the provincial team to participate in the finals. Some save a little more, some save a little less, but they are basically within this range. Only by participating in the finals can you win the national prize. So even if a province is strong, only single digits can get the first place in the country. There are many middle schools in Sichuan (such as Chengdu No.1 Middle School, Mianyang, Bashu and Nankai). ), these have very good competition results, and the competition should be relatively large.

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China Physics Olympics, a national physics competition for senior high schools, is a mass extracurricular subject competition organized by the Chinese Physics Society under the leadership of China Association for Science and Technology, and voluntarily participated by all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. The competition is divided into preliminaries (written test), semi-finals (written test and experiment) and finals (written test and experiment). Those who win the first prize in the semi-finals will be eligible to be admitted to the university.