Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament explained

Event:Men's curling
Games:2018 Winter
Venue:Gangneung Curling Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates:14–24 February
Competitors:50
Nations:10
Gold:John Shuster
Tyler George
Matt Hamilton
John Landsteiner
Joe Polo
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Niklas Edin
Oskar Eriksson
Rasmus Wranå
Christoffer Sundgren
Henrik Leek
Silvernoc:SWE
Bronze:Benoît Schwarz
Claudio Pätz
Peter de Cruz
Valentin Tanner
Dominik Märki
Bronzenoc:SUI
Prev:2014
Next:2022

See main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The men's curling tournament of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held between 14 and 24 February 2018 at the Gangneung Curling Centre.[1] Ten nations competed in a round robin preliminary round, and the top four nations at the conclusion of the round robin qualified for the medal round.[2]

Great Britain, Switzerland, and the United States each finished round robin play with a 5–4 record, resulting in a three-way tie for third place in the preliminary round standings. Under Olympic tiebreaker rules then in effect, the United States was awarded the third seed in the medal round (by virtue of having defeated both Great Britain and Switzerland during the preliminary round), and Great Britain and Switzerland played a one-game tiebreaker. Switzerland prevailed 9-5 and was awarded the fourth seed.

In the gold medal match, with the score tied at 5 in the eighth end, US skip John Shuster fired a dramatic double take-out for five that left his team leading 10-5 with two ends to go, effectively sealing the win and the gold medal for the United States, which won its first gold medal in curling.[3]

Teams

Ten teams took part in the tournament:[4]

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The Glencoe Club, Calgary Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Royal Caledonian CC, Stirling A.S.D. Trentino Curling, Cembra SC Karuizawa Club, Karuizawa
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Snarøen CC, Oslo GyeongBuk Uiseong CC, Uiseong Karlstads CK, Karlstad CC Genève, Geneva Duluth CC, Duluth

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Seoul Time (UTC+9).[5]

Summary

Draw 1

Wednesday, 14 February, 09:05

Draw 2

Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05

Draw 3

Thursday, 15 February, 14:05

Draw 4

Friday, 16 February, 09:05

Draw 5

Friday, 16 February, 20:05

Draw 6

Saturday, 17 February, 14:05

Draw 7

Sunday, 18 February, 09:05

Draw 8

Sunday, 18 February, 20:05

Draw 9

Monday, 19 February, 14:05

Draw 10

Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05

Draw 11

Tuesday, 20 February, 20:05

Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05

Tiebreaker

Thursday, 22 February, 9:05

Playoffs

Semifinals

Thursday, 22 February, 20:05

Bronze medal game

Friday, 23 February, 15:35

Gold medal game

Saturday, 24 February, 15:35

Final standings

The final standings are:[6]

Place Team Record
7–4
8–3
7–5
4 6–5
5 5–5
6 4–5
7 4–5
8 4–5
93–6
10 2–7

Statistics

See main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Statistics.

Player percentages

Player percentages during round robin play are as follows:[7]

Lead

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1 84 86 89 88 95 93 90 86 93 89
2 98 90 91 8481 85 88 85 83 87
2 84 80 86 94 93 89 85 85 91 87
2 88 98 82 86 83 84 80 93 85 87
5 88 91 68 85 91 88 88 88 95 86
5 85 90 75 93 88 81 86 81 94 86
7 88 88 83 76 89 75 89 75 88 83
7 82 78 100 72 86 83 75 86 86 83
7 81 78 86 74 75 85 89 88 94 83
7 82 81 80 91 78 88 — — — 83

Second

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1 85 92 95 79 89 89 68 97 94 88
2 80 89 81 94 81 86 82 86 95 86
3 90 64 90 96 80 83 88 90 93 85
3 85 80 85 93 98 84 79 96 66 85
5 — — 93 80 86 78 83 78 92 84
6 93 76 86 90 82 67 78 71 95 82
7 75 85 95 69 90 76 80 81 75 81
7 76 79 85 81 79 93 80 78 83 81
7 82 80 84 81 81 75 83 89 77 81
10 85 79 75 85 76 69 84 78 90 80

Third

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1 86 93 95 88 88 91 86 89 86 89
1 86 83 89 95 89 96 90 90 83 89
3 91 91 88 91 83 74 77 74 85 84
4 83 86 91 74 93 68 91 76 92 83
4 83 85 76 84 88 74 83 85 94 83
6 84 70 88 81 74 92 76 86 80 81
6 80 68 83 81 82 89 74 89 86 81
8 88 80 79 80 95 58 76 79 78 79
8 83 78 72 78 89 7480 75 86 79
10 71 83 73 88 80 81 69 85 78 78

Fourth

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1 91 96 83 84 99 77 70 86 73 85
1 86 86 83 88 75 83 83 96 86 85
3 70 78 81 88 80 82 95 90 76 82
4 80 94 83 72 72 86 86 58 89 81
5 78 78 84 83 78 79 64 83 94 80
6 80 71 84 82 65 72 83 96 72 78
7 75 84 70 78 91 69 71 89 72 77
7 78 69 85 81 79 65 70 86 78 77
7 82 80 66 82 54 67 82 97 78 77
10 75 81 79 75 82 76 78 78 48 75

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. Web site: Championship Overview . . 2017-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100117124426/http://www.worldcurling.org/championships-overview . 2010-01-17 . dead .
  3. News: Keating . Steve . Curling: United States rock Sweden to win first gold medal . 29 January 2021 . Reuters . 24 February 2018 . en.
  4. Web site: 2018 Olympic Winter Games – Entry List by NOC. Pyeongchang 2018. 14 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023438/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/CUR/OWG2018_CUR_C32E_CURMTEAM4-------------------------.pdf. 15 February 2018. dead.
  5. Web site: 2018 Olympic Winter Games – Schedule. Pyeongchang 2018. 29 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171105010048/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/schedule. 5 November 2017. dead.
  6. Web site: PyeongChang curling men – Olympic Curling. 15 June 2018.
  7. Web site: Shot Success Percentage by Position. World Curling Federation. 14 February 2018. 15 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023338/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/CUR/OWG2018_CUR_C84C1_CURMTEAM4-------------------------.pdf. dead.

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