Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Women's curling
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Women's curling; at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Medalists

Men's curling
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Men's curling; at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Medalists

Curling
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Curling; at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre
Dates	16–27 February 2010
Competitors	100 from 12 nations
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Last updated January 01, 2024

The curling competition of the 2010 Olympics was held at Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre in Vancouver. It is the fifth time that curling was on the Olympic program, after having been staged in 1924, 1998, 2002 and 2006. For the 2010 Winter Olympics the competition followed the same format that was used during the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, with 10 teams playing a round robin tournament, from which the top four teams advance to the semi-finals.

The women's competition concluded on Friday, February 26, 2010. In the bronze medal match, the Chinese team made history by becoming the first team from Asia to win an Olympic curling medal. The gold medal match was one of the closest medal games in Olympic competition. Team Canada won the silver medal, their best performance since the 1998 Nagano Olympic Games when Sandra Schmirler skipped the Canadians to gold. Team Sweden won the gold medal. Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, and Anna Le Moine (née Anna Bergström [Anna Svärd in Torino]) became the first curlers to win two gold medals at the Olympic Games.

The men's competition concluded on Saturday, February 27, 2010. In the bronze medal match, Markus Eggler of Switzerland became the first male curler to win two Olympic medals. The gold medal final was a rematch between Canada and Norway of the 2002 Olympics men's final (although only one athlete from each team participated in both finals). The only disturbance was when an unsportsmanlike spectator deliberately blew a horn while the Norwegians were delivering their stones. The crowd promptly booed the man and the horn was not blown again until the medal ceremony. The Canadians controlled the game throughout and never relinquished the lead. Torger Nergård and Kevin Martin became the second and third men to win two Olympic medals.

With the conclusion of the Vancouver Olympic curling tournament, eight athletes now have two Olympic curling medals. They are in the order in which they received their medals: Mirjam Ott (SUI), Markus Eggler (SUI), Kevin Martin (CAN), Torger Nergård (NOR), Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, and Anna Le Moine, all of Sweden.

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada (CAN)	1	1	0	2
2	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
3	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
4	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
4	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 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's 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

Qualified teams

Men's

Canada	China	Denmark	France	Germany
Saville SC, Edmonton Skip: Kevin Martin Third: John Morris Second: Marc Kennedy Lead: Ben Hebert Alternate: Adam Enright	Harbin CC, Harbin Fourth: Liu Rui Skip: Wang Fengchun* Second: Xu Xiaoming Lead: Zang Jialiang Alternate: Li Hongchen	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Fourth: Johnny Frederiksen Skip: Ulrik Schmidt* Second: Bo Jensen Lead: Lars Vilandt Alternate: Mikkel Poulsen	Chamonix CC, Chamonix Skip: Thomas Dufour Third: Tony Angiboust Second: Jan Ducroz Lead: Richard Ducroz Alternate: Raphael Mathieu	CC Füssen, Füssen Skip: Andy Kapp Third: Andreas Lang Second: Holger Höhne Lead: Andreas Kempf Alternate: Daniel Herberg
Great Britain ^[1]	Norway	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Lockerbie CC, Lockerbie Skip: David Murdoch Third: Ewan MacDonald Second: Peter Smith Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: Graeme Connal	Snarøen CK, Bærum Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate: Thomas Løvold	Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Sebastian Kraupp Second: Fredrik Lindberg Lead: Viktor Kjäll Alternate: Oskar Eriksson	CC St. Galler Bär, St. Gallen Fourth: Ralph Stöckli Third: Jan Hauser Skip: Markus Eggler Lead: Simon Strübin Alternate:** Toni Müller	Duluth CC, Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Jason Smith Second: Jeff Isaacson Lead: John Benton Alternate: Chris Plys

*Throws third rocks
**Throws second rocks

Women's

Canada	China	Denmark	Germany	Great Britain
Calgary WC, Calgary Skip: Cheryl Bernard Third: Susan O'Connor Second: Carolyn Darbyshire Lead: Cori Bartel Alternate: Kristie Moore	Harbin CC, Harbin Skip: Wang Bingyu Third: Liu Yin Second: Yue Qingshuang Lead: Zhou Yan Alternate: Liu Jinli	Tårnby CC, Tårnby Fourth: Madeleine Dupont Third: Denise Dupont Skip: Angelina Jensen* Lead: Camilla Jensen Alternate: Ane Hansen	SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Skip: Andrea Schöpp Third: Monika Wagner Second: Melanie Robillard Lead: Stella Heiß Alternate: Corinna Scholz	British Olympic Committee Skip: Eve Muirhead Third: Jackie Lockhart Second: Kelly Wood Lead: Lorna Vevers Alternate: Anne Laird
Japan	Russia	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Aomori CC, Aomori Skip: Moe Meguro Third: Anna Ohmiya Second: Mari Motohashi Lead: Kotomi Ishizaki Alternate: Mayo Yamaura	Moskvitch CC, Moscow Skip: Ludmila Privivkova Third: Anna Sidorova Second: Nkeiruka Ezekh Lead: Ekaterina Galkina Alternate:** Margarita Fomina	Härnösands CK, Härnösand Skip: Anette Norberg Third: Eva Lund Second: Cathrine Lindahl Lead: Anna Le Moine Alternate: Kajsa Bergström	Davos CC, Davos Skip: Mirjam Ott Third: Carmen Schäfer Second: Carmen Küng Lead: Janine Greiner Alternate: Irene Schori	Madison CC, Madison Skip: Debbie McCormick* Third: Allison Pottinger* Second: Nicole Joraanstad Lead: Natalie Nicholson Alternate: Tracy Sachtjen

*Throws second rocks^[2]

**The World Curling Federation had Olga Jarkova listed as the Third. However, a press release by the Vancouver Organizing Committee has Anna Sidorova listed as Third.^[3]

***On Feb 21, 2010, Debbie McCormick switched to throwing third, with Allison Pottinger throwing fourth.

Qualification

Performances at the 2007, 2008 and 2009 World Curling Championships decided which countries were able to send curling teams to the 2010 Olympics. Points were distributed in the following manner, with the top 9 teams (excluding hosts Canada) qualifying for the Olympics.

Position at WC	Number of points
1	14
2	12
3	10
4	9
5	8
6	7
7	6
8	5
9	4
10	3
11	2
12	1

In case of a tie during the 2007 World championships, the points were split (for example, if two teams tied for tenth place, they would receive 2.5 points). For the 2008 and 2009 championships, such ties were broken according to head-to-head matchups, and if necessary, by the draw shot challenge. Canada, as the host nation, qualified automatically. Scotland's points counted as Great Britain (Scotland does not compete at the Olympic level separately).

Men's standings

Country	2007	2008	2009	Total
Canada (CAN)	14	14	12	40
Great Britain (GBR)*	3.5	12	14	29.5
Germany (GER)	12	5	7	24
United States (USA)	10	6	8	24
Norway (NOR)	3.5	10	10	23.5
Switzerland (SUI)	9	2	9	20
France (FRA)	6.5	8	5	19.5
Denmark (DEN)	3.5	4	6	13.5
China (CHN)	–	9	4	13
Sweden (SWE)	8	3	–	11
Australia (AUS)	3.5	7	–	10.5
Finland (FIN)	6.5	–	1	7.5
Czech Republic (CZE)	–	1	2	3
Japan (JPN)	–	–	3	3
South Korea (KOR)	1	–	–	1

*Scotland, England and Wales all compete separately in international curling. By an agreement between the curling federations of those three home nations, only Scotland can score Olympic qualification points for Great Britain.

Women's standings

Country	2007	2008	2009	Total
Canada (CAN)	14	14	9	37
China (CHN)	6	12	14	32
Denmark (DEN)	12	8	10	30
Sweden (SWE)	7.5	7	12	26.5
Switzerland (SUI)	7.5	10	8	25.5
United States (USA)	9	6	4	19
Great Britain (GBR)*	10	3	5	18
Russia (RUS)	4	5	6	15
Germany (GER)	4	4	7	15
Japan (JPN)	4	9	–	13
Italy (ITA)	1.5	2	1	4.5
South Korea (KOR)	–	–	3	3
Czech Republic (CZE)	1.5	1	–	2.5
Norway (NOR)	–	–	2	2

*Scotland, England and Wales all compete separately in international curling. By an agreement between the curling federations of those three home nations, only Scotland can score Olympic qualification points for Great Britain.

Olympic curling trials

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

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References

↑ Lukas, Jennifer (2009-12-17). "Murdoch, Muirhead named to GBR Olympic team". ctvolympics.ca. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
↑ "World Curling Federation - Teams for Vancouver 2010". Archived from the original on 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
↑ "Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Video Medals News". Vancouver2010.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2014-02-18.

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[1] Lukas, Jennifer (2009-12-17). "Murdoch, Muirhead named to GBR Olympic team". ctvolympics.ca. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2009.

[2] "World Curling Federation - Teams for Vancouver 2010". Archived from the original on 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2010-01-16.

[3] "Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Video Medals News". Vancouver2010.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2014-02-18.

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