Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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]

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
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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
Gangneung Curling Centre
Gangneung Curling Centre during the 2018 Winter Olympics
Inside view of Gangneung Curling Centre
Inside view of Gangneung Curling Centre

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 robinSFSemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal
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

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men
details
 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
details
 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
details
 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

Round robin

Standings
Final round robin standings
TeamSkipPldWLPFPAEWELBESES%Qualification
 SwedenNiklas Edin9726243342813887%Playoffs
 CanadaKevin Koe9635646363414887%
 United StatesJohn Shuster954676337394680%
 Great BritainKyle Smith954556040378782%Tiebreaker
 SwitzerlandPeter de Cruz9546055393710683%
 NorwayThomas Ulsrud945525634397882%
 South KoreaKim Chang-min945656339398882%
 JapanYusuke Morozumi9454856333513581%
 ItalyJoël Retornaz9365056373815781%
 DenmarkRasmus Stjerne9275370363912583%
Source: [citation needed]
Results
Team Record
 Canada8–36–45–38–47–47–62–56–87–96–3
 Denmark3–86–76–44–68–109–85–97–95–92–7
 Great Britain4–67–67–66–510–35–116–86–54–105–4
 Italy3–54–66–75–66–46–83–77–410–93–6
 Japan4–86–45–66–56–44-104–115–68–24–5
 Norway4–710–83–104–64–67–57–25–78–54–5
 South Korea6–78–911–58–610-45–72–78–77–114–5
 Sweden5–29–58–67–311–42–77–23–1010–47–2
 Switzerland8–69–75–64–76–57–57–810–34–85–4
 United States9–79–510–49–102–85–811–74–108–45–4

Playoffs

SemifinalsGold medal game
      
1  Sweden9
4  Switzerland3
1  Sweden7
3  United States10
2  Canada3
3  United States5Bronze medal game
2  Canada5
4  Switzerland7

Women's tournament

Round robin

Standings
Final round robin standings
TeamSkipPldWLPFPAEWELBESES%Qualification
 South KoreaKim Eun-jung9817544413451579%Playoffs
 SwedenAnna Hasselborg97264484234141383%
 Great BritainEve Muirhead9636156393812679%
 JapanSatsuki Fujisawa95459553836101375%
 ChinaWang Bingyu9455765353812578%
 CanadaRachel Homan94568594036101281%
 SwitzerlandSilvana Tirinzoni9456055343712778%
 United StatesNina Roth945566538397678%
 Olympic Athletes from RussiaVictoria Moiseeva927457634408676%
 DenmarkMadeleine Dupont9185072324110673%
Source: [citation needed]
Results
Team Record
 Canada5–78–95–68–39–86–86–710–811–34–5
 China7–510–77–87–66–75–124–87–24–104–5
 Denmark9–87–106–75–87–83–93–94–66–71–8
 Great Britain6–58–77–68–610–34–76–88–74–76–3
 Japan3–86–78–56–810–57–55–44–810–55–4
 Olympic Athletes from Russia8–97–68–73–105–102–114–52–116–72–7
 South Korea8–612–59–37–45–711–27–67–59–68–1
 Sweden7–68–49–38–64–55–46–78–79–67–2
 Switzerland8–102–76–47–88–411–25–77–86–54–5
 United States3–1110–47–67–45–107–66–96–95–64–5

Playoffs

SemifinalsGold medal game
      
1  South Korea8
4  Japan7
1  South Korea3
2  Sweden8
2  Sweden10
3  Great Britain5Bronze medal game
3  Great Britain3
4  Japan5

Mixed doubles

Round robin

Standings
Final round robin standings
TeamAthletesPldWLPFPAEWELBESES%Qualification
 CanadaKaitlyn Lawes / John Morris761522628200980%Playoffs
 SwitzerlandJenny Perret / Martin Rios7524540292601071%
 Olympic Athletes from RussiaAnastasia Bryzgalova / Alexander Krushelnitskiy743364426271767%
 NorwayKristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten743394326251874%Tiebreaker
 ChinaWang Rui / Ba Dexin743474227271672%
 South KoreaJang Hye-ji / Lee Ki-jeong725404023291767%
 United StatesRebecca Hamilton / Matt Hamilton725374326250974%
 FinlandOona Kauste / Tomi Rantamäki716355323290667%
Source: [citation needed]
Results
Team Record
 Canada10–48–26–98–27–37–26–46–1
 China4–1010–59–35–68–75–76–44–3
 Finland2–85–106–75–74–96–77–51–6
 Norway9–63–97–63–48–36–53–104–3
 Olympic Athletes from Russia2–86–57–54–36–58–93–94–3
 South Korea3–77–89–43–85–64–69–12–5
 Switzerland2–77–57–65–69–86–49–45–2
 United States4–64–65–710–39–31–94–92–5

Playoffs

SemifinalsGold medal game
      
1  Canada8
4  Norway4
1  Canada10
2  Switzerland3
2  Switzerland7
3  Olympic Athletes from Russia5Bronze medal game
3  Olympic Athletes from Russia (DSQ)L
4  NorwayW

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.

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