List of Olympic medalists in curling

The medalists in the women's tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Left to right: Canada (silver), Sweden (gold) and China (bronze).

Curling is a team sport that is contested at the Winter Olympic Games. A men's tournament was held at the 1924 Winter Olympics before the sport was removed from the official programme until the 1998 Games.^[1] For 82 years, the 1924 tournament was considered a demonstration sport, so the medals were not officially counted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).^[2] The tournament was won by a team from the Royal Caledonian Curling Club in Scotland, who represented Great Britain.^[3] In 2006, Scottish newspaper The Herald conducted an investigation that found evidence that curling had been part of the official programme.^[4] The IOC subsequently recognized the top three teams as full medal winners.^[5]

Although not part of the official programme, curling was contested as a demonstration sport in 1932, 1988 and 1992. Curling was re-added as a demonstration event in 1988 because the Olympics were being held in Calgary, Canada, where the sport has a strong following.^[6] In November 1992, the Nagano Winter Olympic Organizing Committee and IOC Coordination Committee reached an agreement to include curling in the official programme of the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan.^[7] Both the men's and women's tournaments have been held at every Winter Olympics since.^[1]

In total, 132 athletes have won a medal in curling, and 6 have won two. In 2010, Anette Norberg, Eva Lund and Cathrine Lindahl of Sweden won the gold medal in the women's tournament, becoming the first curlers to win consecutive gold medals.^[8] Kevin Martin of Canada (one gold, one silver), Torger Nergård of Norway (one gold, one silver) and Mirjam Ott of Switzerland (two silver) have also won two medals. Norberg also won a silver in 1988 when curling was a demonstration sport.^[9] According to the IOC, Carl August Kronlund of Sweden was the oldest Winter Olympics medallist, winning silver in 1924 at the age of 59. Robin Welsh of Great Britain was the oldest Winter Olympics gold medallist, winning in 1924 when he was 54.^[10]

Teams from Canada have been successful in the sport since its return to the programme, winning two medals at each Olympics for a total of three gold, three silver and two bronze. Switzerland is the only other nation to win at least one medal at every Olympics since 1998 with one gold, two silver and one bronze. Teams from Norway, Sweden and Great Britain have also won gold medals in the sport. A total of 27 medals (nine of each color) have been awarded since 1924 and have been won by teams from ten National Olympic Committees (NOC).

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1924 Chamonix details	Great Britain (GBR)[Note 1] William Jackson Robin Welsh Thomas Murray Laurence Jackson	Sweden (SWE)[Note 2] Johan Petter Åhlén Carl August Kronlund Ture Ödlund Carl Wilheim Petersén Carl-Axel Pettersson Erik O. Severin Karl-Erik Wahlberg Victor Wetterström	France (FRA) Henri Cournollet Georges André Armand Bénédic Jacques Canivet F. Cornollet R. Planque
1928–1994	not included in the Olympic programme
1998 Nagano details	Switzerland (SUI) Patrick Hürlimann Patrik Lörtscher Daniel Müller Diego Perren Dominic Andres	Canada (CAN) Mike Harris Richard Hart Collin Mitchell George Karrys Paul Savage	Norway (NOR) Eigil Ramsfjell Jan Thoresen Stig-Arne Gunnestad Tore Torvbråten Anthon Grimsmo
2002 Salt Lake City details	Norway (NOR) Pål Trulsen Lars Vågberg Flemming Davanger Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Torger Nergård	Canada (CAN) Kevin Martin Don Walchuk Carter Rycroft Don Bartlett Ken Tralnberg	Switzerland (SUI) Andreas Schwaller Christof Schwaller Markus Eggler Damian Grichting Marco Ramstein
2006 Turin details	Canada (CAN) Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Russ Howard Jamie Korab Mike Adam	Finland (FIN) Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Kalle Kiiskinen Teemu Salo Jani Sullanmaa	United States (USA) Pete Fenson Shawn Rojeski Joseph Polo John Shuster Scott Baird
2010 Vancouver details	Canada (CAN) Kevin Martin John Morris Marc Kennedy Ben Hebert Adam Enright	Norway (NOR) Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Thomas Løvold	Switzerland (SUI) Ralph Stöckli Jan Hauser Markus Eggler Simon Strübin Toni Müller

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998 Nagano details	Canada (CAN) Sandra Schmirler Jan Betker Joan McCusker Marcia Gudereit Atina Ford	Denmark (DEN) Helena Blach Lavrsen Margit Pörtner Dorthe Holm Trine Qvist Jane Bidstrup	Sweden (SWE) Elisabet Gustafson Katarina Nyberg Louise Marmont Elisabeth Persson Margaretha Lindahl
2002 Salt Lake City details	Great Britain (GBR) Rhona Martin Deborah Knox Fiona MacDonald Janice Rankin Margaret Morton	Switzerland (SUI) Luzia Ebnöther Mirjam Ott Tanya Frei Laurence Bidaud Nadia Röthlisberger	Canada (CAN) Kelley Law Julie Skinner Georgina Wheatcroft Diane Nelson Cheryl Noble
2006 Turin details	Sweden (SWE) Anette Norberg Eva Lund Cathrine Lindahl Anna Svärd Ulrika Bergman	Switzerland (SUI) Mirjam Ott Binia Beeli Valeria Spälty Michèle Moser Manuela Kormann	Canada (CAN) Shannon Kleibrink Amy Nixon Glenys Bakker Christine Keshen Sandra Jenkins
2010 Vancouver details	Sweden (SWE) Anette Norberg Eva Lund Cathrine Lindahl Anna Le Moine Kajsa Bergström	Canada (CAN) Cheryl Bernard Susan O'Connor Carolyn Darbyshire Cori Bartel Kristie Moore	China (CHN) Wang Bingyu Liu Yin Yue Qingshuang Zhou Yan Liu Jinli

Athlete medal leaders

Athlete		Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	Norberg, AnetteAnette Norberg	Sweden (SWE)	2006, 2010	2	0	0	2
	Lund, EvaEva Lund	Sweden (SWE)	2006, 2010	2	0	0	2
	Lindahl, CathrineCathrine Lindahl	Sweden (SWE)	2006, 2010	2	0	0	2
	Martin, KevinKevin Martin	Canada (CAN)	2002, 2010	1	1	0	2
	Nergård, TorgerTorger Nergård	Norway (NOR)	2002–2010	1	1	0	2
	Ott, MirjamMirjam Ott	Switzerland (SUI)	2002–2010	0	2	0	2

Notes

• ^ Note 1. The members of the 1924 British team vary depending on the source. William Jackson, Robin Welsh, Thomas Murray and Laurence Jackson are listed as the medallists by the British Olympic Association and International Society of Olympic Historians.^[11][12] The Herald reports that those four are the only British curlers that played, and they received gold medals and certificates.^[3] However, the IOC database omits Laurence Jackson and includes John T. Robertson Aikman, D. G. Astley, W. Brown, R. Cousin and J. McLeod.^[13] According to The Herald, the IOC believes that those five also received medals.^[3] The World Curling Federation's list agrees with the BOA, but also lists John T. Robertson Aikman as an alternate.^[14]
• ^ Note 2. According to The Herald, D. G. Astley of the British team played for Sweden in their playoff match against France. it reports that Astley won a silver with Sweden, and may have also won a gold as well.^[3] However, the IOC database only lists Astley as having won a gold medal with Britain.^[13]

See also

• List of World Curling Men's champions
• List of World Curling Women's champions

References

General

Specific

External links

• Curling – Olympics at Sports-reference.com
• Olympic Review and Revue Olympique. LA84 Foundation

Curling at the Winter Olympics 1924 • 1928 • 1932 (demonstration) • 1936–1984 • 1988 (demonstration) • 1992 (demonstration) • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 List of medalists