Curling at the Winter Olympics

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Canada's female curling team exhibiting their gold medals at the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics

Curling was included in the program of the inaugural Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in Chamonix. 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 to be considered additional demonstrations of curling.

[edit] Participating nations

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

Men's tournament Nation 1924 1998 2002 2006 Total Canada – 2 2 1 3 Denmark – – =7 – 1 Finland – – 5 2 2 France 3 – 10 – 2 Great Britain 1 7 =7 4 4 Germany – 8 6 =8 3 Italy – – – 7 1 Japan – 5 – – 1 Norway – 3 1 =5 3 New Zealand – – – 10 1 Sweden 2 6 4 =8 4 Switzerland – 1 3 =5 3 United States – 4 =7 3 3 Total teams 3 8 10 10

Women's tournament Nation 1998 2002 2006 Total Canada 1 3 3 3 Denmark 2 9 =8 3 Great Britain 4 1 =5 3 Germany 8 5 – 2 Italy – – 10 1 Japan =5 8 7 3 Norway =5 7 4 3 Russia – 10 =5 2 Sweden 3 6 1 3 Switzerland – 2 2 2 United States =5 4 =8 3 Total teams 8 10 10

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	2	2	2	6
2	Great Britain	2	0	0	2
3	Switzerland	1	2	1	4
4	Sweden	1	1	1	3
5	Norway	1	0	1	2
6	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Finland	0	1	0	1
8	France	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1924 Chamonix	Great Britain	Sweden	France
1998 Nagano	Switzerland	Canada	Norway
2002 Salt Lake City	Norway	Canada	Switzerland
2006 Turin	Canada	Finland	United States

[edit] Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998 Nagano	Canada	Denmark	Sweden
2002 Salt Lake City	Great Britain	Switzerland	Canada
2006 Turin	Sweden	Switzerland	Canada

Curling at the Winter Olympics
1924 • 1928 • 1932 (demonstration) • 1936-1984 • 1988 (demonstration) • 1992 (demonstration) • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 See also: List of Olympic medalists in curling