Curling at the Winter Olympics

Curling was included in the program of the inaugural Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in Chamonix[1] although 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.

Curling at the Winter Olympics
Governing bodyWCF
Events3 (men: 1; women: 1; mixed: 1)
Games
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics

Until 2018, men's and women's events were contested. An additional event, mixed doubles, was rejected for 2010 because the Olympic Programme Commission felt it had not developed enough,[2][3] but was approved for the 2018 Winter Olympics at an IOC Executive Board meeting in June 2015.[4]

Since the 1998 Olympics, Canada has generally dominated the sport with their men's teams winning gold in 2006, 2010, and 2014, and silver in 1998 and 2002. The women's team won gold in 1998 and 2014, a silver in 2010, and a bronze in 2002 and 2006. Their mixed doubles team won gold in 2018.

The related ice stock sport (Eisstockschießen in German) was a demonstration event in 1936 and 1964. These events are not considered additional demonstrations of curling.[5][6]

Events

= official event, (d) = demonstration event

Event242832364852566064687276808488929498020610141822Years
Men's tournament(d)(d)(d)11
Women's tournament(d)(d)9
Mixed doubles2
Total events11222222233

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
 Canada46
 China842
 Denmark796104
 Finland52
 France1073
 Germany8686105
 Great Britain784557
 Italy792
 Japan682
 New Zealand101
 Norway5566
 Russia71
 South Korea71
 Sweden54947
 Switzerland686
 United States491096

Note: The three medal winners in 1924 were the only teams entered that year.

Women's tournament
Nation 98 02 06 10 14 18 Years
 Canada66
 China753
 Denmark9956106
 Germany8563
 Great Britain45746
 Italy101
 Japan687856
 Norway5743
 Olympic Athletes from Russia91
 Russia106994
 South Korea82
 Sweden66
 Switzerland4475
 United States748101086
Mixed doubles tournament
Nation18Years
 Canada1
 China41
 Finland71
 Norway1
 Olympic Athletes from RussiaDQB1
 South Korea51
 Switzerland1
 United States61

Medal table

Standings in curling medals won as of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)63211
2 Sweden (SWE)3328
3 Great Britain (GBR)2114
4 Switzerland (SUI)1337
5 Norway (NOR)1124
6 United States (USA)1012
7 Denmark (DEN)0101
 Finland (FIN)0101
 South Korea (KOR)0101
10 China (CHN)0011
 France (FRA)0011
 Japan (JPN)0011
Totals (12 nations)14141442

Medal summary

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1924 Chamonix
 Great Britain (GBR)  Sweden (SWE)  France (FRA)
1928 → 1994Not included in the Olympic programme
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
 United States (USA)  Sweden (SWE)  Switzerland (SUI)

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
 Sweden (SWE)  South Korea (KOR)  Japan (JPN)

Mixed doubles

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2018 Pyeongchang
 Canada (CAN)  Switzerland (SUI)  Norway (NOR)

See also

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. "Olympic Programme Updates". Olympic.org. 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  3. 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.
  4. "Mixed Doubles curling confirmed for PyeongChang 2018 Olympics". World Curling Federation. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  5. Hojnacki, Sean (2013-12-20). "Winter Olympics 2014: 10 Things to Know About Curling - Yahoo Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  6. Briscoe, Jeff (2014-01-08). "Rules of Curling in the Winter Olympics - Yahoo Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.

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