Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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| Curling at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Ice Cube Curling Center, Sochi, Russia |
| Dates | 10–21 February 2014 |
| Competitors | 100 from 12 nations |
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The curling competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Ice Cube Curling Center, nicknamed "the Ice Cube".[1] It is the sixth time that curling was on the Olympic program. In both the men's and women's competitions, ten nations competed.[2] These two events took place from 10 to 21 February 2014.[3]
The Canadian women's team went through the whole competition undefeated, the first time this has happened in an Olympic women's curling competition. Additionally, both the Canadian men's and women's teams won the gold medal, becoming the first country to do so in the history of the event.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Medal events
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 2012 and 2013 World Curling Championships. Teams could also qualify through an Olympic qualification event which was held in the autumn of 2013. Seven nations qualified teams via World Championship qualification points, while two nations qualified through the qualification event. As host nation, Russia qualified teams automatically, thus making a total of ten teams per gender in the curling tournaments.[4]
Participating nations
Twelve nations participated, with the number of athletes participating per nation in parentheses. South Korea made its Olympic curling debut.
Canada (10)
China (10)
Denmark (10)
Germany (5)
Great Britain (10)
Japan (5)
Norway (5)
Russia (10)
South Korea (5)
Sweden (10)
Switzerland (10)
United States (10)