Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Curling at the I Olympic Winter Games
Medalists
Great Britain   Great Britain   Sweden I & II   Sweden   France   France
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The curling event at the 1924 Winter Olympics was contested only by men. It is the first curling event in Olympic history.

In February 2006, a few days before the start of the 2006 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee ruled that the curling medals were part of the official Olympic programme in 1924, and not a demonstration event as many authoritative sources had previously claimed (although the IOC itself had never done so). This official confirmation was the culmination of an investigative campaign begun by the Glasgow-based newspaper The Herald,^[1] on behalf of the families of the eight Scots who won the first curling gold medals. The winning team was selected by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, Perth, the mother club of curling.

A peculiarity of the competition is that Great Britain and Ireland's Major D. G. Astley played for Sweden when they overcame France in the play-off. The IOC records that he received a silver medal along with the Swedes, and also a gold medal, as part of the GB and I team. If the official IOC records are correct, then Astley is the only person to have received both a gold and a silver medal in the same Olympic event, and one of the few people to have won an Olympic medal for different nations.

Medals

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's	Great Britain (GBR) William K. Jackson Robin Welsh Thomas Murray Laurence Jackson Colonel John T. S. Robertson-Aikman (captain) (alt.) John McLeod (alt.) William Brown (alt.) Major D. G. Astley (alt.)	Sweden (SWE) Sweden I: Johan Petter Åhlén (skip) Carl-Axel Pettersson Karl-Erik Wahlberg D. G. Astley (in playoffs) Sweden II: Carl Wilhelm Petersén (skip) Ture Ödlund Victor Wetterström Erik O. Severin Carl Axel V. Kronlund (alt.) C. W. Petersen (alt.)	France (FRA) F. Cournollet P. Canivet A. Bénédic Georges André H. Aldebert (alt.) R. Planque (alt.)

Note: R. Cousin of Great Britain, is listed in the Official Report as a "Non-Participant" and it is not known if he received a medal; however, Skip William Jackson of Great Britain is also listed in the Official Report as a "Non-Participant" and it is known that he did play and did receive a medal.

Round Robin Results

France, Great Britain and Sweden (2 teams) were the only countries to participate in the curling competition, although a full Swiss team is listed as attending as "a Non-Participating team".

All games were 18 ends in length.

Standings

Place	Team	Wins	Losses	Points
1	Great Britain	2	0	10
2	Sweden I	0	1	0
2	Sweden II	1	0	5
3	France	0	2	0

Draw 1

Monday, January 28, 1924; 10:00 AM

Team	Final
Sweden II	19
France	10

Draw 2

Tuesday, January 29, 1924; 10:00 AM

Team	Final
Great Britain	38
Sweden I	7

Draw 3

Wednesday, January 30, 1924; 10:00 AM

Team	Final
Great Britain	46
France	4

Silver Medal Playoff

Team	Final
Sweden II	18
France	10

References

1. ^ SCOTLAND WINS AN OLYMPIC GOLD . . . 82 YEARS LATER

External links

• The Herald - "Scotland Wins an Olympic Gold... 82 Years Later"
• "The Herald sweeps Britain to curling gold medal"
• BBC Sport - GB curlers awarded belated gold
• 1924 Olympic Curling Medals Count: CBC News Feb 8, 2006
• Results copied from Official Report
• Query for Medalists from the Official Site
• Sports Reference record of curling in the 1924 Games
• Team UK press release from 2006^{[dead link]}
• The Winter Olympics: An Insider's Guide to the Legends, Lore and The Games by Ron C. Judd
• Curling, Etcetera: A Whole Bunch of Stuff About the Roaring Game by Bob Weeks