Curling at the Winter Olympics explained

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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 Games in Nagano.

Until 2018, only 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, and a bronze in 2022. 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]

Summary

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Events

= official event, (d) = demonstration event

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 data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"Years
data-sort-value="11"47
data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"84data-sort-value="11"53
data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"7data-sort-value="11"9610104
data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"5data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"2
data-sort-value="11"10data-sort-value="11"7data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"3
data-sort-value="11"868610data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"5
784558
data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"7data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"9data-sort-value="11"93
data-sort-value="11"6data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"8data-sort-value="11"2
data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"10data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"1
data-sort-value="11"556data-sort-value="11"67
data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"81
data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"7data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"1
data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"7data-sort-value="11"1
54948
data-sort-value="11"6877
data-sort-value="11"4910947
Note: The three medal winners in 1924 were the only teams entered that year.
Women's tournament
Nation data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"02data-sort-type="number"06data-sort-type="number"10data-sort-type="number"14data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"Years
657
data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"7574
99561097
85data-sort-value="11"6data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"3
4574data-sort-value="11"7
data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"10data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"1
68785data-sort-value="11"7
574data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"3
data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"9data-sort-value="11"1
data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"101
data-sort-value="11"10699data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"4
data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"883
67
data-sort-value="11"44746
7481010867
Mixed doubles tournament
Nation data-sort-type="number"18data-sort-type="number"Years
data-sort-value="9"101
52
492
data-sort-value="9"61
7data-sort-value="9"1
data-sort-value="9"41
data-sort-value="9"1
2
data-sort-value="11"data-sort-value="11"1
5data-sort-value="11"1
data-sort-value="9"1
72
682

Medal table

See main article: article and List of Olympic medalists in curling. Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):[7]
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.

Medal summary

See main article: List of Olympic medalists in curling.

Men

1924 Chamonix
1928 → 1994Not included in the Olympic programme
1998 Nagano
2002 Salt Lake City
2006 Turin
2010 Vancouver
2014 Sochi
2018 Pyeongchang
2022 Beijing

Women

1998 Nagano
2002 Salt Lake City
2006 Turin
2010 Vancouver
2014 Sochi
2018 Pyeongchang
2022 Beijing

Mixed doubles

2018 Pyeongchang
2022 Beijing

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heidrick. Shaun. Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games: A History of Curling at the Games - Yahoo Sports. Sports.yahoo.com. 2014-01-08. 2014-02-01. 2014-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20140227043259/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sochi-2014-olympic-winter-games-history-curling-games-173100074.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Olympic Programme Updates. 2006-11-28. Olympic.org. 2008-08-20.
  3. Web site: National Lead Writer. Sochi Olympics: Popularity, Buzz and Drama of Curling with NBC's Andrew Catalon. Bleacher Report. 2014-01-27. 2014-02-01.
  4. Web site: Mixed Doubles curling confirmed for PyeongChang 2018 Olympics. 8 June 2015. World Curling Federation. 8 June 2015.
  5. Web site: Winter Olympics 2014: 10 Things to Know About Curling - Yahoo Sports. Hojnacki. Sean. 2013-12-20. Sports.yahoo.com. 2014-02-01. 2014-04-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20140403194118/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/winter-olympics-2014-10-things-know-curling-204500389.html. dead.
  6. Web site: Rules of Curling in the Winter Olympics - Yahoo Sports. Briscoe. Jeff. 2014-01-08. Sports.yahoo.com. 2014-02-01. 2014-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20140302133318/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/rules-curling-winter-olympics-232800516.html. dead.
  7. Web site: Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries. olympanalyt.com. 2022-02-20.