Curling at the Winter Olympics

Curling at the Winter Olympics
Governing body	WCF
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics
Medalists

Curling was included in the program of the inaugural Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in Chamonix.^[1] The results of that competition were not considered official by the International Olympic Committee until 2006. Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Games, and then again after a lengthy absence in 1988 and 1992. The sport was finally added to the official program for the 1998 Nagano Games.

The related sport of ice stock sport (eisstockschießen in German) was a demonstration event in 1936 and 1964. These events are not considered additional demonstrations of curling.^[2][3]

Two events are contested, the men's and women's. A third, mixed doubles, was considered for inclusion in the 2010 Winter Olympics. However, it was rejected because the Olympic Programme Commission felt it had not developed enough.^[4][5] Mixed doubles was approved for inclusion in the 2018 Winter Olympics following an IOC Executive Board meeting in June 2015.^[6]

Participating nations

The final placement for each team in each tournament is shown in the following tables.

Men's tournament Nation 24 98 02 06 10 14 18 Years Canada – 5 China – – – – 8 4 2 Denmark – – 7 – 9 6 3 Finland – – 5 – – 2 France – 10 – 7 – 3 Germany – 8 6 8 6 10 5 Great Britain 7 8 4 5 6 Italy – – – 7 – – 1 Japan – 6 – – – – 1 Norway – 5 5 5 New Zealand – – – 10 – – 1 Russia – – – – – 7 1 South Korea – – – – – – 1 Sweden * 5 4 9 4 6 Switzerland – 6 8 5 United States – 4 9 10 9 5 *Two Swedish teams were awarded two separate silver medals. Women's tournament Nation 98 02 06 10 14 18 Years Canada 5 China – – – 7 2 Denmark 9 9 5 6 5 Germany 8 5 – 6 – 3 Great Britain 4 5 7 5 Italy – – 10 – – 1 Japan 6 8 7 8 5 5 Norway 5 7 4 – – 3 Russia – 10 6 9 9 4 South Korea – – – – 8 2 Sweden 6 5 Switzerland – 4 4 4 United States 7 4 8 10 10 5

Medal table

Standings in curling medals won as of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada (CAN)	5	3	2	10
2	Sweden (SWE)	2	3*	2	7*
3	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	1	4
4	Switzerland (SUI)	1	2	2	5
5	Norway (NOR)	1	1	1	3
6	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
8	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Total		11	12	11	34

Note: Two Swedish teams won silvers in 1924.

Medal summary

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1924 Chamonix	Great Britain (GBR)	Sweden (SWE) I  Sweden (SWE) II^1	France (FRA)
1928 → 1994	Not included in the olympic program
1998 Nagano	Switzerland (SUI)	Canada (CAN)	Norway (NOR)
2002 Salt Lake City	Norway (NOR)	Canada (CAN)	Switzerland (SUI)
2006 Turin	Canada (CAN)	Finland (FIN)	United States (USA)
2010 Vancouver	Canada (CAN)	Norway (NOR)	Switzerland (SUI)
2014 Sochi	Canada (CAN)	Great Britain (GBR)	Sweden (SWE)
2018 Pyeongchang

Notes

1. ^ Two silver medals were awarded to two different Swedish teams.

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998 Nagano	Canada (CAN)	Denmark (DEN)	Sweden (SWE)
2002 Salt Lake City	Great Britain (GBR)	Switzerland (SUI)	Canada (CAN)
2006 Turin	Sweden (SWE)	Switzerland (SUI)	Canada (CAN)
2010 Vancouver	Sweden (SWE)	Canada (CAN)	China (CHN)
2014 Sochi	Canada (CAN)	Sweden (SWE)	Great Britain (GBR)
2018 Pyeongchang

Mixed doubles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018 Pyeongchang

See also

• List of Olympic venues in curling
• Wheelchair curling at the Winter Paralympics

References

1. Heidrick, Shaun (2014-01-08). "Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games: A History of Curling at the Games - Yahoo Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
2. Hojnacki, Sean (2013-12-20). "Winter Olympics 2014: 10 Things to Know About Curling - Yahoo Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
3. Briscoe, Jeff (2014-01-08). "Rules of Curling in the Winter Olympics - Yahoo Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
4. "Olympic Programme Updates". Olympic.org. 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
5. National Lead Writer (2014-01-27). "Sochi Olympics: Popularity, Buzz and Drama of Curling with NBC's Andrew Catalon". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
6. "Mixed Doubles curling confirmed for PyeongChang 2018 Olympics". World Curling Federation. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

External links

Media related to Curling at the Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

• Olympic information at the World Curling Federation's site