Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Curling
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Curling pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics
VenueGangneung Gymnasium
Dates8–25 February 2018
No. of events3 (1 men, 1 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors116 from 13 nations

Men's curling
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Switzerland

Women's curling
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan

Mixed doubles's curling
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Norway
Curling at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Statistics
Tournament
Men
Women
Mixed doubles
Gangneung Curling Centre
Gangneung Curling Centre during the 2018 Winter Olympics
Inside view of Gangneung Curling Centre
Inside view of Gangneung Curling Centre

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
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 robin SFSemifinals B3rd place play-off FFinal
Date
Event
Thu 8Fri 9Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17Sun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
Men's tournamentRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSFBF
Women's tournamentRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSFBF
Mixed doublesRRRRRRRRSFBF

Medal summary

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden1102
2 Canada1001
 United States1001
4 Switzerland0112
5 South Korea*0101
6 Japan0011
 Norway0011
Totals (7 entries)3339

Medal events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
  United States
John Shuster
Tyler George
Matt Hamilton
John Landsteiner
Joe Polo		  Sweden
Niklas Edin
Oskar Eriksson
Rasmus Wranå
Christoffer Sundgren
Henrik Leek		  Switzerland
Benoît Schwarz
Claudio Pätz
Peter de Cruz
Valentin Tanner
Dominik Märki
Women
  Sweden
Anna Hasselborg
Sara McManus
Agnes Knochenhauer
Sofia Mabergs
Jennie Wåhlin		  South Korea
Kim Eun-jung
Kim Kyeong-ae
Kim Seon-yeong
Kim Yeong-mi
Kim Cho-hi		  Japan
Satsuki Fujisawa
Chinami Yoshida
Yumi Suzuki
Yurika Yoshida
Mari Motohashi
Mixed doubles
  Canada
Kaitlyn Lawes
John Morris		  Switzerland
Jenny Perret
Martin Rios		  Norway1
Kristin Skaslien
Magnus Nedregotten
Notes
  1. ^ The Olympic Athletes from Russia team originally won the mixed doubles bronze medal, but were disqualified after Alexander Krushelnitskiy tested positive for meldonium.[5]

Results summary

Men's tournament
Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Round robin
Standings
Final round robin standings
Team Skip Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
 Sweden Niklas Edin 9 7 2 62 43 34 28 13 8 87% Playoffs
 Canada Kevin Koe 9 6 3 56 46 36 34 14 8 87%
 United States John Shuster 9 5 4 67 63 37 39 4 6 80%
 Great Britain Kyle Smith 9 5 4 55 60 40 37 8 7 82% Tiebreaker
 Switzerland Peter de Cruz 9 5 4 60 55 39 37 10 6 83%
 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 9 4 5 52 56 34 39 7 8 82%
 South Korea Kim Chang-min 9 4 5 65 63 39 39 8 8 82%
 Japan Yusuke Morozumi 9 4 5 48 56 33 35 13 5 81%
 Italy Joël Retornaz 9 3 6 50 56 37 38 15 7 81%
 Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 9 2 7 53 70 36 39 12 5 83%
Source:
Results
Team Canada Denmark Great Britain Italy Japan Norway South Korea Sweden Switzerland United States Record
 Canada 8–3 6–4 5–3 8–4 7–4 7–6 2–5 6–8 7–9 6–3
 Denmark 3–8 6–7 6–4 4–6 8–10 9–8 5–9 7–9 5–9 2–7
 Great Britain 4–6 7–6 7–6 6–5 10–3 5–11 6–8 6–5 4–10 5–4
 Italy 3–5 4–6 6–7 5–6 6–4 6–8 3–7 7–4 10–9 3–6
 Japan 4–8 6–4 5–6 6–5 6–4 4-10 4–11 5–6 8–2 4–5
 Norway 4–7 10–8 3–10 4–6 4–6 7–5 7–2 5–7 8–5 4–5
 South Korea 6–7 8–9 11–5 8–6 10-4 5–7 2–7 8–7 7–11 4–5
 Sweden 5–2 9–5 8–6 7–3 11–4 2–7 7–2 3–10 10–4 7–2
 Switzerland 8–6 9–7 5–6 4–7 6–5 7–5 7–8 10–3 4–8 5–4
 United States 9–7 9–5 10–4 9–10 2–8 5–8 11–7 4–10 8–4 5–4

Playoffs
Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1  Sweden 9
4  Switzerland 3
1  Sweden 7
3  United States 10
2  Canada 3
3  United States 5 Bronze medal game
2  Canada 5
4  Switzerland 7

Women's tournament
Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Round robin
Standings
Final round robin standings
Team Skip Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
 South Korea Kim Eun-jung 9 8 1 75 44 41 34 5 15 79% Playoffs
 Sweden Anna Hasselborg 9 7 2 64 48 42 34 14 13 83%
 Great Britain Eve Muirhead 9 6 3 61 56 39 38 12 6 79%
 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 9 5 4 59 55 38 36 10 13 75%
 China Wang Bingyu 9 4 5 57 65 35 38 12 5 78%
 Canada Rachel Homan 9 4 5 68 59 40 36 10 12 81%
 Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 9 4 5 60 55 34 37 12 7 78%
 United States Nina Roth 9 4 5 56 65 38 39 7 6 78%
 Olympic Athletes from Russia Victoria Moiseeva 9 2 7 45 76 34 40 8 6 76%
 Denmark Madeleine Dupont 9 1 8 50 72 32 41 10 6 73%
Source:
Results
Team Canada China Denmark Great Britain Japan Olympic Athlete From Russia South Korea Sweden Switzerland United States Record
 Canada 5–7 8–9 5–6 8–3 9–8 6–8 6–7 10–8 11–3 4–5
 China 7–5 10–7 7–8 7–6 6–7 5–12 4–8 7–2 4–10 4–5
 Denmark 9–8 7–10 6–7 5–8 7–8 3–9 3–9 4–6 6–7 1–8
 Great Britain 6–5 8–7 7–6 8–6 10–3 4–7 6–8 8–7 4–7 6–3
 Japan 3–8 6–7 8–5 6–8 10–5 7–5 5–4 4–8 10–5 5–4
 Olympic Athletes from Russia 8–9 7–6 8–7 3–10 5–10 2–11 4–5 2–11 6–7 2–7
 South Korea 8–6 12–5 9–3 7–4 5–7 11–2 7–6 7–5 9–6 8–1
 Sweden 7–6 8–4 9–3 8–6 4–5 5–4 6–7 8–7 9–6 7–2
 Switzerland 8–10 2–7 6–4 7–8 8–4 11–2 5–7 7–8 6–5 4–5
 United States 3–11 10–4 7–6 7–4 5–10 7–6 6–9 6–9 5–6 4–5

Playoffs
Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1  South Korea 8
4  Japan 7
1  South Korea 3
2  Sweden 8
2  Sweden 10
3  Great Britain 5 Bronze medal game
3  Great Britain 3
4  Japan 5

Mixed doubles
Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament

Round robin
Standings
Final round robin standings
Team Athletes Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
 Canada Kaitlyn Lawes / John Morris 7 6 1 52 26 28 20 0 9 80% Playoffs
 Switzerland Jenny Perret / Martin Rios 7 5 2 45 40 29 26 0 10 71%
 Olympic Athletes from Russia Anastasia Bryzgalova / Alexander Krushelnitskiy 7 4 3 36 44 26 27 1 7 67%
 Norway Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten 7 4 3 39 43 26 25 1 8 74% Tiebreaker
 China Wang Rui / Ba Dexin 7 4 3 47 42 27 27 1 6 72%
 South Korea Jang Hye-ji / Lee Ki-jeong 7 2 5 40 40 23 29 1 7 67%
 United States Rebecca Hamilton / Matt Hamilton 7 2 5 37 43 26 25 0 9 74%
 Finland Oona Kauste / Tomi Rantamäki 7 1 6 35 53 23 29 0 6 67%
Source:
Results
Team Canada China Finland Norway Olympic Athlete From Russia South Korea Switzerland United States of America Record
 Canada 10–4 8–2 6–9 8–2 7–3 7–2 6–4 6–1
 China 4–10 10–5 9–3 5–6 8–7 5–7 6–4 4–3
 Finland 2–8 5–10 6–7 5–7 4–9 6–7 7–5 1–6
 Norway 9–6 3–9 7–6 3–4 8–3 6–5 3–10 4–3
 Olympic Athletes from Russia 2–8 6–5 7–5 4–3 6–5 8–9 3–9 4–3
 South Korea 3–7 7–8 9–4 3–8 5–6 4–6 9–1 2–5
 Switzerland 2–7 7–5 7–6 5–6 9–8 6–4 9–4 5–2
 United States 4–6 4–6 5–7 10–3 9–3 1–9 4–9 2–5

Playoffs
Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1  Canada 8
4  Norway 4
1  Canada 10
2  Switzerland 3
2  Switzerland 7
3  Olympic Athletes from Russia 5 Bronze medal game
3  Olympic Athletes from Russia (DSQ) L
4  Norway W

Participating nations

A total of 113 athletes from 13 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Some curlers competed in both the 4-person and mixed doubles tournament, therefore the numbers included on this list are the total athletes sent by each NOC to the Olympics, not how many athletes they qualified.

References
  1. "Gangneung Curling Centre". pyeongchang2018. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. McKay, Duncan (10 April 2016). "New disciplines added to Pyeongchang 2018 but snowboard parallel slalom cut to accommodate them". Insidethegames. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). World Curling Federation. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  4. "Developing Mixed Doubles ahead of Olympic debut". www.worldcurling.org/. World Curling Federation. 14 September 2016. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  5. "Russian curler stripped of Winter Olympics medal after an anti-doping rule violation". www.theguardian.com. The Guardian. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
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