Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Dates10–21 February 2014
Competitors100 from 12 nations
Curling
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueIce Cube Curling Center, Sochi, Russia
Dates10–21 February 2014
Competitors100 from 12 nations
 2010
2018 

Men's curling
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden

Women's curling
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada2002
2 Great Britain0112
 Sweden0112
Totals (3 entries)2226

Medal events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details
 Canada
Brad Jacobs
Ryan Fry
E. J. Harnden
Ryan Harnden
Caleb Flaxey
 Great Britain
David Murdoch
Greg Drummond
Scott Andrews
Michael Goodfellow
Tom Brewster
 Sweden
Niklas Edin
Sebastian Kraupp
Fredrik Lindberg
Viktor Kjäll
Oskar Eriksson
Women
details
 Canada
Jennifer Jones
Kaitlyn Lawes
Jill Officer
Dawn McEwen
Kirsten Wall
 Sweden
Margaretha Sigfridsson
Maria Prytz
Christina Bertrup
Maria Wennerström
Agnes Knochenhauer
 Great Britain
Eve Muirhead
Anna Sloan
Vicki Adams
Claire Hamilton
Lauren Gray

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.

Results summary

References

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