# Curling at the Winter Olympics

Curling was included in the program of the inaugural Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in Chamonix 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, but was approved for the 2018 Winter Olympics at an IOC Executive Board meeting in June 2015.
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.

## Summary

| Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
| 1 | 1924 | 1 | Great Britain (1) |
| 3 | 1932 | 1 | Canada (1) |
| 15 | 1988 | 2 | Canada (2) Norway (1) |
| 16 | 1992 | 2 | Germany (1) Switzerland (1) |
| 18 | 1998 | 2 | Canada (3) |
| 19 | 2002 | 2 | Great Britain (2) Norway (2) |
| 20 | 2006 | 2 | Canada (4) |
| 21 | 2010 | 2 | Canada (5) |
| 22 | 2014 | 2 | Canada (6) |
| 23 | 2018 | 3 | Sweden (1) |
| 24 | 2022 | 3 | Great Britain (3) |

## Events

* = official event, (d) = demonstration event
| Event | 24 | 32 | 88 | 92 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | Years |
| Men's tournament | • | (d) | (d) | (d) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11 |
| Women's tournament | | | (d) | (d) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 |
| Mixed doubles | | | | | | | | | | • | • | 2 |
| Total events | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

## 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 | 22 | Years |
| Canada | – | | | | | | 4 | | 7 |
| China | – | – | – | – | 8 | 4 | – | 5 | 3 |
| Denmark | – | – | 7 | – | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| Finland | – | – | 5 | | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| France | | – | 10 | – | 7 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Germany | – | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | – | – | 5 |
| Great Britain | | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | | 5 | | 8 |
| Italy | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| Japan | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | 2 |
| New Zealand | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Norway | – | | | 5 | | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| ROC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 1 |
| Russia | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | 1 |
| South Korea | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | 1 |
| Sweden | | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | | | | 8 |
| Switzerland | – | | | 6 | | 8 | | 7 | 7 |
| United States | – | 4 | 9 | | 10 | 9 | | 4 | 7 |
Note: The three medal winners in 1924 were the only teams entered that year.

### Women's tournament

| Nation | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | Years |
| Canada | | | | | | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| China | – | – | – | | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Denmark | | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Germany | 8 | 5 | – | 6 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Great Britain | 4 | | 5 | 7 | | 4 | | 7 |
| Italy | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Japan | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | | | 7 |
| Norway | 5 | 7 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Olympic Athletes from Russia | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | 1 |
| ROC | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 1 |
| Russia | – | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 | – | – | 4 |
| South Korea | – | – | – | – | 8 | | 8 | 3 |
| Sweden | | 6 | | | | | | 7 |
| Switzerland | – | | | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| United States | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 |

### Mixed doubles tournament

| Nation | 18 | 22 | Years |
| Australia | – | 10 | 1 |
| Canada | | 5 | 2 |
| China | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | – | 6 | 1 |
| Finland | 7 | – | 1 |
| Great Britain | – | 4 | 1 |
| Italy | – | | 1 |
| Norway | | | 2 |
| Olympic Athletes from Russia | DQB | – | 1 |
| South Korea | 5 | – | 1 |
| Sweden | – | | 1 |
| Switzerland | | 7 | 2 |
| United States | 6 | 8 | 2 |

## Medal table

Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics): Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Canada | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Norway | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |

## Medal summary
### Men

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1924 Chamonix details | Great Britain | Sweden | France |
| 1928 → 1994 | Not included in the Olympic programme | Not included in the Olympic programme | Not included in the Olympic programme |
| 1998 Nagano details | Switzerland | Canada | Norway |
| 2002 Salt Lake City details | Norway | Canada | Switzerland |
| 2006 Turin details | Canada | Finland | United States |
| 2010 Vancouver details | Canada | Norway | Switzerland |
| 2014 Sochi details | Canada | Great Britain | Sweden |
| 2018 Pyeongchang details | United States | Sweden | Switzerland |
| 2022 Beijing details | Sweden | Great Britain | Canada |

### Women

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1998 Nagano details | Canada | Denmark | Sweden |
| 2002 Salt Lake City details | Great Britain | Switzerland | Canada |
| 2006 Turin details | Sweden | Switzerland | Canada |
| 2010 Vancouver details | Sweden | Canada | China |
| 2014 Sochi details | Canada | Sweden | Great Britain |
| 2018 Pyeongchang details | Sweden | South Korea | Japan |
| 2022 Beijing details | Great Britain | Japan | Sweden |

### Mixed doubles

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2018 Pyeongchang details | Canada | Switzerland | Norway |
| 2022 Beijing details | Italy | Norway | Sweden |