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Since the 1998 Olympics, Canada has generally dominated the sport with their men's teams winning gold in 2006, 2010, and 2014, and silver in 1998 and 2002, and a bronze in 2022. The women's team won gold in 1998 and 2014, a silver in 2010, and a bronze in 2002 and 2006.
The medalists in the women's tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Left to right: Canada (silver), Sweden (gold) and China (bronze). Curling is a team sport that is contested at the Winter Olympic Games. A men's tournament was held at the 1924 Winter Olympics before the sport was removed from the official programme until the 1998 Games. [1]
Since the reinstatement of the sport to the Olympics in 1998, both the Canadian men's and women's national curling teams have maintained an unbroken record of participation in every Winter Olympics' curling event. [7] [8] Canada has had large success in the sport, they are considered to be the strongest team in the history of national curling. [9]
Curling is one of the most popular sports in Canada, and both the men's and women's teams have won a medal at each of the five Olympics curling has been held at so far. Canadian curlers also finished in the top 3 places when curling was a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992.
The 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, is scheduled to be held from December 30, 2024, to January 4, 2025, at Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. [1] The winners of this event will represent Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics, should Canada qualify.
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 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 .
The curling competitions of the 2022 Winter Olympics were held at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre, one of the Olympic Green venues. Curling competitions were scheduled for every day of the games, from February 2 to February 20. [1] This was the eighth time that curling was part of the Olympic program.