Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Curling

at the I Olympic Winter Games

Dates| 28−30 January 1924
Medalists
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1932 ->

The curling event at the 1924 Winter Olympics was contested only by men. It was the first curling event in Olympic history.

In February 2006, a few days before the start of the 2006 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee ruled that the curling medals were part of the official Olympic programme in 1924, and not a demonstration event as many authoritative sources had previously claimed - the IOC itself had never done so.

This official confirmation was the culmination of an investigative campaign begun by the Glasgow-based newspaper The Herald,[1] on behalf of the families of the eight British contestants who won the first curling gold medals. The winning team had been selected by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, Perth.

## Medals

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's
|  Great Britain (GBR)
William K. Jackson (skip)
Robin Welsh
Thomas Murray
Laurence Jackson
T. S. Robertson-Aikman (non-playing captain) (alt.)
John McLeod (alt.)
William Brown (alt.)
D. G. Astley (alt.)  |  Sweden (SWE)
Johan Petter Åhlén (skip)
Carl Axel Pettersson
Karl Wahlberg
Carl August Kronlund
Carl Wilhelm Petersén (skip)
Ture Ödlund
Victor Wetterström
Erik Severin |  France (FRA)
Henri Cournollet (skip)
Pierre Canivet
Armand Bénédic
Georges André
Henri Aldebert (alt.)
Robert Planque (alt.)

Note: R. Cousin of Great Britain is listed in the Official Report as a "Non-Participant" and it is not known if he received a medal; however, Skip William Jackson of Great Britain is also listed in the Official Report as a "Non-Participant"

## Round robin results

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France, Great Britain and Sweden were the only countries to participate. A full Swiss team is listed as attending as "a Non-Participating team", indicating they withdrew before the draw.

All games were 18 ends in length.

### Standings

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Place  | Team  | Wins  | Losses  | Points

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1 |  Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 4
2 |  Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2
3 |  France | 0 | 2 | 0

### Draw 1

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Monday 28 January 1924; 10:00 am

Team | Final

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Sweden | 18
France | 10

### Draw 2

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Tuesday 29 January 1924; 10:00 am

Team | Final

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Great Britain | 38
Sweden | 7

### Draw 3

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Wednesday 30 January 1924; 10:00 am

Team | Final

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Great Britain | 46
France | 4

## References

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1. ^ SCOTLAND WINS AN OLYMPIC GOLD . . . 82 YEARS LATER

## External links

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* The Herald \- "Scotland Wins an Olympic Gold... 82 Years Later"
* "The Herald sweeps Britain to curling gold medal"
* BBC Sport \- GB curlers awarded belated gold
* 1924 Olympic Curling Medals Count: CBC News Feb 8, 2006
* Results copied from Official Report
* Query for Medalists from the Official Site
* Sports Reference record of curling in the 1924 Games
* Team UK press release from 2006[dead link]
* The Winter Olympics: An Insider's Guide to the Legends, Lore and The Games by Ron C. Judd
* Curling, Etcetera: A Whole Bunch of Stuff About the Roaring Game by Bob Weeks
* The Curling History Blog - Debunking the story that a GB curler also played for Sweden at the 1924 Winter Olympics

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Events at the 1924 Winter Olympics (Chamonix)

* Bobsleigh
* Cross-country skiing
* Curling
* Figure skating
* Ice hockey
* Military patrol
* Nordic combined
* Ski jumping
* Speed skating

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Curling at the Winter Olympics

Summary by year|

* 1924
* 1928
* 1932 (demonstration)
* 1936–1984
* 1988 (demonstration)
* 1992 (demonstration)
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026

Men's events|

* 1924
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026

Women's events|

* 1924
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026

Mixed doubles|

* 2018
* 2022
* 2026

* List of medalists
* List of venues

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Olympic champions in men's curling

Demonstration events|

* 1932:  Burns, Bowman, Pow, Willis (CAN)
* 1988:  E. Ramsfjell, Loen, Søgård, Bakke, Meland (NOR)
* 1992:  U. Dick, J. Dick, R. Hürlimann, Kläy, Däppen (SUI)

Official events|

* 1924:  W. Jackson, Welsh, Murray, L. Jackson, Astley (GBR)
* 1998:  P. Hürlimann, Lörtscher, Müller, Perren, Andres (SUI)
* 2002:  Trulsen, Vågberg, Davanger, B. Ramsfjell, Nergård (NOR)
* 2006:  Gushue, Nichols, Howard, Korab, Adam (CAN)
* 2010:  Martin, Morris, Kennedy, Hebert, Enright (CAN)
* 2014:  Jacobs, Fry, E. J. Harnden, R. Harnden, Flaxey (CAN)
* 2018:  Shuster, George, Hamilton, Landsteiner, Polo (USA)
* 2022:  Edin, Eriksson, Wranå, Sundgren, Magnusson (SWE)

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