Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics

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 ^*, 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 DG 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.

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.

Round Robin

Draw 1: Monday, January 28, 1924; 10:00 AM Sweden II: 19 - France: 10
Draw 2: Tuesday, January 29, 1924; 10:00 AM Great Britain: 38 - Sweden I: 7
Draw 3: Wednesday, January 30, 1924; 10:00 AM Great Britain: 46 - France: 4

Round Robin final standing

Great Britain, 2-0, 10 points
Sweden II, 1-0, 5 points
Sweden I, 0-1, no points
France, 0-2, no points

Silver medal play-off

Sweden II: 18 - France: 10

Medals

Great Britain (Colonel John T S Robertson-Aikman (captain), William K Jackson (skip), Robin Welsh, Thomas Murray, Alternates: Laurence Jackson, John McLeod, William Brown, Major D G Astley) Sweden II (Johan Petter Åhlén (skip), Carl-Axel F Pettersson, Karl-Erik Wahlberg, In play-off:D G Astley) Sweden I (Carl Wilhelm Petersén (skip), Ture Ödlund,Victor E Wetterström, Erik O Severin, Alternates: C-A V Kronlund, C W Petersen France (F Cournollet (captain and skip), P Canivet, A Bénédic, Gérard André, Alternates: H Aldebert, R Planque

Medal	Team
Gold
Silver
Silver
Bronze

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

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