Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics explained

Event:Curling
Games:2018 Winter
Venue:Gangneung Gymnasium
Dates:8–25 February 2018
Competitors:116
Nations:13
Num Events:3 (1 men, 1 women, 1 mixed)
Prev:2014
Next:2022
Event:Men's curling
Games:2018 Winter
Event:Women's curling
Games:2018 Winter
Event:Mixed doubles's curling
Games:2018 Winter

The curling competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held between 8 and 25 February 2018 at the Gangneung Curling Centre.[1] This was the seventh time that curling is on the Olympic program. In each of the men's and women's competitions, ten nations competed. A third competition was added for the 2018 Olympics, mixed doubles, in which teams consist of one woman and one man. There were eight participating countries in the doubles competition.[2]

Qualification

See main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Qualification to the curling tournaments at the Winter Olympics was determined through two methods. Nations could qualify teams by earning qualification points from performances at the 2016 and 2017 World Curling Championships. Teams could also qualify through an Olympic qualification event which was held in December 2017. Seven nations qualified teams via World Championship qualification points, while two nations qualified through the qualification event. As host nation, South Korea qualified teams automatically, thus making a total of ten teams per gender in the curling tournaments. For the mixed doubles competition the top seven ranked teams earning qualification points from performances at the 2016 and 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship qualified along with hosts South Korea.[3]

Competition schedule

Curling competitions started the day before the Opening Ceremony and finish on the last day of the games, meaning the sport was the only one to have a competition every day of the games.[4] The following was the competition schedule for the curling competitions:

RRRound robinSFSemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal
Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25
RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR SF B F
RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR SF B F
RR RR RR RR SF B F

Medal summary

Medal events

Men

John Shuster
Tyler George
Matt Hamilton
John Landsteiner
Joe Polo

Niklas Edin
Oskar Eriksson
Rasmus Wranå
Christoffer Sundgren
Henrik Leek

Benoît Schwarz
Claudio Pätz
Peter de Cruz
Valentin Tanner
Dominik Märki
Women

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gangneung Curling Centre . . pyeongchang2018 . . 10 April 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160417131618/http://www.pyeongchang2018.com/horizon/eng/Olympic_Games/Gangneung_Curling_Centre.asp . 17 April 2016 .
  2. News: McKay. Duncan . 10 April 2016 . New disciplines added to Pyeongchang 2018 but snowboard parallel slalom cut to accommodate them . Insidethegames . 10 April 2016 .
  3. Web site: Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 . 9 March 2016 . . 10 April 2016.
  4. Web site: Developing Mixed Doubles ahead of Olympic debut . 14 September 2016 . www.worldcurling.org/ . . 10 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161110115331/http://www.worldcurling.org/md-camp-2016 . 10 November 2016 . dead .