1998 Winter Olympics / Curling

Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Karuizawa
Competition venue	Kazakoshi Park Arena
Nations	9
Athletes	80 (40 , 40 )
date	9-15 February 1998
decisions	2
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At the XVIII. The 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano hosted two curling competitions. The venue was the Kazakoshi Park Arena in Karuizawa . For the first time since 1924, curling was part of the official program and not a demonstration competition, even if the International Olympic Committee only confirmed this status eight years later. The equestrian competitions of the 1964 Summer Olympics had already taken place in Karuizawa .

Balance sheet

Kazakoshi Park Arena

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Canada	1	1	-	2
2	Switzerland	1	-	-	1
3	Denmark	-	1	-	1
4th	Norway	-	-	1	1
	Sweden	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Women	Jan Betker , Marcia Gudereit , Atina Johnston , Joan McCusker , Sandra Schmirler	Jane Bidstrup , Dorthe Holm , Helena Blach Lavrsen , Margit Pörtner , Trine Qvist	Elisabet Gustafson , Margaretha Lindahl , Louise Marmont , Katarina Nyberg , Elisabeth Persson
Men	Dominic Andres , Patrick Hürlimann , Patrik Lörtscher , Daniel Müller , Diego Perren	Mike Harris , Richard Hart , George Karrys , Collin Mitchell , Paul Savage	Anthon Grimsmo , Stig-Arne Gunnestad , Eigil Ramsfjell , Jan Thoresen , Tore Torvbråten

Women's tournament

Teams

country	society	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	replacement
Denmark	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre	Helena Blach Lavrsen	Margit Pörtner	Dorthe Holm	Trine Qvist	Jane Bidstrup
Germany	SC Riessersee , Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Andrea Schöpp	Monika Wagner	Natalie Nessler	Heike Wieländer	Carina Meidele
Great Britain	Airleywight Ladies CC, Perth	Kirsty Hay	Edith Loudon	Jackie Lockhart	Katie Loudon	Fiona Bayne
Japan	Obihiro & Tokoro CC, Obihiro	Mayumi Ōkutsu	Akiko Kato	Yukari Kondo	Yōko Mimura	Akemi Niwa
Canada	Caledonian CC, Regina	Sandra Schmirler	Jan Betker	Joan McCusker	Marcia Gudereit	Atina Ford
Norway	Snarøen CC, Oslo	Dordi Nordby	Marianne Haslum	Kristin Tøsse Løvseth	Hanne Woods	Grethe Wolan
Sweden	Umeå CK, Umeå	Elisabet Gustafson	Katarina Nyberg	Louise Marmont	Elisabeth Persson	Margaretha Lindahl
United States	Madison CC, Madison	Lisa Schoeneberg	Erika Brown	Debbie Henry	Lori Mountford	Stacey Liapis

Round robin

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1	Canada	7th	6th	1
	Sweden	7th	6th	1
3	Denmark	7th	5	2
4th	Great Britain	7th	4th	3
5	Japan	7th	2	5
	Norway	7th	2	5
	United States	7th	2	5
8th	Germany	7th	1	6th

Draw 1: February 9, 1998, 9:00 a.m. team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Norway 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2 Sweden 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 X 8th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Canada 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 X 7th United States 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 X 6th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Germany 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 Denmark 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Japan 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 5 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 X 7th Draw 3: February 10, 1998, 2:00 p.m. team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Germany 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 United States 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 8th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Norway 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4th Great Britain 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 6th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Japan 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 4th Canada 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 X 7th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 total Sweden 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4th Draw 5: February 11, 1998, 7:00 p.m. team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Japan 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 X 8th Norway 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 4th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total United States 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 5 Denmark 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 8th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Canada 0 0 3 0 4th 0 0 0 2 X 9 Great Britain 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 X 5 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Germany 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 3 Sweden 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 X 8th Draw 7: February 13, 1998, 9:00 a.m. team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total United States 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 X X 10 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 2 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Denmark 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 X X 8th Norway 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X 3 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Great Britain 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 5 Sweden 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4th X 8th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Canada 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 X 8th Germany 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 5

Draw 2: February 9, 1998, 7:00 p.m. team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Denmark 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 X 9 Great Britain 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Germany 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2 Japan 1 3 0 1 1 0 3 X X X 9 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Sweden 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 X 8th United States 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 X 5 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 total Norway 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 6th Canada 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 Draw 4: February 11, 1998, 9:00 a.m. team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Canada 0 0 3 0 4th 0 0 0 2 X 9 Denmark 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 X 5 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Japan 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 6th Sweden 0 1 0 0 3 0 4th 0 4th X 12 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 total Norway 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 6th Germany 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 7th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Great Britain 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 8th United States 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 X 5 Draw 6: February 12, 1998, 2:00 p.m. team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Sweden 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 X 5 Canada 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 X 7th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Great Britain 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 6th Germany 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 total United States 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 8th Norway 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 9 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Denmark 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 X 6th Japan 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 4th

Final phase

	Semifinals					final
	1	Canada	6th
	4th	Great Britain	5
						1	Canada	7th
						3	Denmark	5
	2	Sweden	5
	3	Denmark	7th
						3rd place match
						4th	Great Britain	6th
						2	Sweden	10

Semi-finals: February 14, 1998, 2:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Canada		0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	6th
Great Britain		1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Denmark		1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	X	7th
Sweden		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	X	5

Game for 3rd place: February 15, 1998, 9:00 a.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Sweden		2	0	2	0	1	0	4th	1	0	X	10
Great Britain		0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	X	6th

Final: February 15, 1998, 9:00 a.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Denmark		0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	5
Canada		3	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	X	7th

Final score

space	team
1	Canada
2	Denmark
3	Sweden
4th	Great Britain
5	Japan
	Norway
	United States
8th	Germany

Men's tournament

Teams

country	society	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	replacement
Germany	CC Füssen, Füssen	Andreas Kapp	Ulrich Kapp	Michael Schäffer	Holger Höhne	Oliver Axnick
Japan	-	Makoto Tsuruga	Hiroshi Sato	Yoshiyuki Ōmiya	Hirofumi Kudo	Hisaaki Nakamine
Canada	-	Mike Harris	Richard Hart	Collin Mitchell	George Karrys	Paul Savage
Norway	Snarøen CC, Oslo	Eigil Ramsfjell	Jan Thoresen	Stig-Arne Gunnestad	Anthon Grimsmo	Tore Torvbråten
Sweden	Östersunds CK, Östersund	Peja Lindholm	Tomas Nordin	Magnus Swartling	Peter Narup	Marcus Feldt
Switzerland	CC Lausanne-Olympique, Lausanne	Patrick Hürlimann	Patrik Loertscher	Daniel Müller	Diego Perren	Dominic Andres
Great Britain	-	Douglas Dryburgh	Peter Wilson	Phil Wilson	Ronnie Napier	James Dryburgh
United States	-	Tim Somerville	Mike Peplinski	Myles Brundidge	John Gordon	Tim Solin

Round robin

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1	Canada	7th	6th	1
2	Switzerland	7th	5	2
3	Norway	7th	5	2
4th	Japan	7th	3	4th
	Sweden	7th	3	4th
	United States	7th	3	4th
7th	Great Britain	7th	2	5
8th	Germany	7th	1	6th

Draw 1: February 9, 1998, 2:00 p.m. team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Germany 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4th Switzerland 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 7th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Norway 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2 Great Britain 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Canada 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 X 7th Japan 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 4th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total United States 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 6th Draw 3: February 10, 1998, 7:00 p.m. team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Canada 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 X X 10 Great Britain 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Germany 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 6th Sweden 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 7th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total United States 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7th Norway 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 6th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Switzerland 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 5 Japan 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 3 Draw 5: February 12, 1998, 9:00 a.m. team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total United States 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 X 8th Germany 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 X 5 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Great Britain 1 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 X 9 Japan 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 X 5 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Norway 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7th Sweden 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Canada 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 X 8th Switzerland 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2 Draw 7: February 13, 1998, 2:00 p.m. team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Great Britain 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3 United States 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 X 6th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Japan 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 7th Germany 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Sweden 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2 Switzerland 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 X X 8th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Norway 0 2 0 0 3 0 4th 0 0 1 10 Canada 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 8th

Draw 2: February 10, 1998, 9:00 a.m. team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 total Japan 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 6th Sweden 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Canada 3 0 2 0 1 5 X X X X 11 United States 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X X X 3 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Switzerland 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 X X 10 Great Britain 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 4th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Germany 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 5 Norway 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 X 7th Draw 4: February 11, 1998, 2:00 p.m. team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Norway 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 Japan 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total United States 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 2 Switzerland 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 X X 7th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Germany 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 X 6th Canada 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 X 10 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Sweden 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 7th Great Britain 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 Draw 6: February 12, 1998, 7:00 p.m. team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Switzerland 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 4th Norway 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Sweden 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 3 Canada 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 6th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4th Germany 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 7th team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 total Japan 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4th 0 X 8th United States 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 6th

Tie break

February 13, 7:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
United States		0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	X	5
Sweden		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	2

February 14, 9:00 a.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
United States		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	5
Japan		1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4th

Final phase

	Semifinals					final
	1	Canada	7th
	4th	United States	1
						1	Canada	3
						3	Switzerland	9
	2	Norway	7th
	3	Switzerland	8th
						3rd place match
						4th	United States	4th
						2	Norway	9

Semi-finals: February 14, 1998, 6:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Norway		0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	7th
Switzerland		1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	8th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Canada		2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	X	X	7th
United States		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

Game for 3rd place: February 15, 1998, 9:00 a.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
United States		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	4th
Norway		0	1	1	1	3	0	2	0	1	X	9

Final: February 15, 1998, 5:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Canada		0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	3
Switzerland		0	2	0	2	2	3	0	0	X	X	9

Final score

space	team
1	Switzerland
2	Canada
3	Norway
4th	United States
5	Japan
6th	Sweden
7th	Great Britain
8th	Germany

Web links

• Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1998 Winter Olympics (PDF; 24.4 MB)