Wheelchair curling at the Winter Paralympics | |
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Governing body | WCF |
Events | 2 (mixed) |
Games | |
Wheelchair curling tournaments have been staged at the Paralympic Games since the Winter Paralympic Games in 2006 in Turin.
The tournaments are staged for mixed gender teams.
Canada has been the most successful team in the tournaments, winning three of five gold medals.
The final placement for each team in each tournament is shown in the following tables.
Team | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 |
Canada | |||||
China | – | – | 4 | ||
Denmark | 5 | – | – | – | – |
Estonia | – | – | – | – | 10 |
Finland | – | – | 10 | 11 | – |
Germany | – | 8 | – | 8 | – |
Great Britain | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
Italy | 7 | 5 | – | – | – |
Japan | – | 10 | – | – | – |
Latvia | – | – | – | – | 9 |
Neutral Paralympic Athletes | – | – | – | 5 | – |
Norway | 4 | 9 | 8 | ||
South Korea | – | 9 | 4 | ||
Russia | – | – | - | - | |
RPC | – | – | - | - | DSQ |
Slovakia | – | – | 6 | 9 | 4 |
Sweden | 7 | 10 | |||
Switzerland | 6 | 7 | – | 6 | 11 |
United States | 8 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
Total teams | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
2 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
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Gold medalist | Score | Silver medalist | Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2006 details | Torino | Canada | 7–4 | Great Britain | Sweden | 10–2 | Norway | ||
2010 details | Vancouver | Canada | 8–7 | South Korea | Sweden | 7–5 | United States | ||
2014 details | Sochi | Canada | 8–3 | Russia | Great Britain | 7–3 | China | ||
2018 details | Pyeongchang | China | 6–5 | Norway | Canada | 5–3 | South Korea | ||
2022 details | Beijing | China | 8–3 | Sweden | Canada | 8–3 | Slovakia |
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