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Curling was included as a demonstration sport in 1924 (and subsequently granted full medal status in 2006), 1932 (winners: Manitoba CAN), 1988 (winners: men - Norway, women - Canada) and 1992 (winners: men - Switzerland, women - Germany) before achieving medal status in 1998. In addition a German version of the game (Eisstockschiessen or Ice Shooting) was demonstrated in 1936 (winners: single distance - Georg Edenhauser AUT 154.6m, single target - Ignaz Reiterer AUT 15, team - Tyrol AUT 2053) and 1964 (winners: single distance general - Peter Hörl AUT 158.9m, single distance senior - Ludwig Wagner GER, single target - Johann Rottensteiner AUT, team - E.C. Frauenau 1953 GER).
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1924 1928-94 1998 2002 2006 |
Great Britain & N.I. not held Switzerland Norway Canada |
9-3 6-5 10-4 |
Sweden Canada Canada Finland |
France Norway Switzerland United States |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1998 2002 2006 |
Canada Great Britain & N.I. Sweden |
7-5 4-3 7-6 |
Denmark Switzerland Switzerland |
Sweden Canada Canada |
Aerials (winners: Jean-Marc Rozon CAN & Melanie Palenik USA), Ballet (winners: Hermann Reitberger FRG & Christine Rossi FRA) & Moguls (winners: Håkan Hansson SWE & Tatjana Mittermayer FRG) were included as demonstration events in 1988. Moguls was formally added to the Olympic programme in 1992 whilst Aerials (winners: Philippe Laroche CAN & Colette Brand SUI) and Ballet (winners: Fabrice Becker FRA & Conny Kissling SUI) were again held as demonstrations. Aerials was included as a medal event for the first time in 1994, however Acro (previously known as Ballet) was no longer included as a demonstration event nor has been subsequently added to the formal programme.
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1994 1998 2002 2006 |
Andreas "Sonny" Schönbächler SUI Eric Bergoust USA Aleš Valenta CZE Han Xiaopeng CHN |
234.67 255.64 257.02 250.77 |
Philippe Laroche CAN Sébastien Foucras FRA Joe Pack USA Dmitriy Dashinskiy BLR |
228.63 248.79 251.64 248.68 |
Lloyd Langlois CAN Dmitriy Dashinskiy BLR Aleksey Grichin BLR Vladimir Lebedev RUS |
222.44 240.79 251.19 246.76 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 |
Edgar Grospiron FRA Jean-Luc Brassard CAN Jonny Moseley USA Janne Lähtela FIN Dale Begg-Smith AUS |
25.81 27.24 26.93 27.97 26.77 |
Olivier Allamand FRA Sergey Shupletsov RUS Janne Lähtela FIN Travis Mayer USA Mikko Ronkainen FIN |
24.87 26.90 26.00 27.59 26.62 |
Nelson Carmichael USA Edgar Grospiron FRA Sami Mustonen FIN Richard Gay FRA Toby Dawson USA |
24.82 26.64 25.76 26.91 26.30 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1994 1998 2002 2006 |
Lina Cheryazova UZB Nikki Stone USA Alisa Camplin AUS Evelyne Leu SUI |
166.84 193.00 193.47 202.55 |
Marie Lindgren SWE Xu Nannan CHN Veronica Brenner CAN Li Nina CHN |
165.88 186.97 190.02 197.39 |
Hilde Synnøve Lid NOR Colette Brand SUI Deidra Dionne CAN Alisa Camplin AUS |
164.13 171.83 189.26 191.39 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 |
Donna Weinbrecht USA Stine Lise Hattestad NOR Tae Satoya JPN Kari Traa NOR Jennifer Heil CAN |
23.69 25.97 25.06 25.94 26.50 |
Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova EUN(RUS) Elizabeth McIntyre USA Tatjana Mittermayer GER Shannon Bahrke USA Kari Traa NOR |
23.50 25.89 24.62 25.06 25.65 |
Stine Lise Hattestad NOR Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova RUS Kari Traa NOR Tae Satoya JPN Sandra Laoura FRA |
23.04 25.81 24.09 24.85 25.37 |
Ice Hockey was first held in the 1920 Summer Games and has subsequently been part of every Winter Olympics. Medals were decided on a round robin basis before 1992.
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 |
Canada Canada Canada Canada Great Britain & N.I. Canada Canada Soviet Union United States Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union United States Soviet Union Soviet Union Unified Team Sweden Czech Republic Canada Sweden |
3-1 2-2(p:3-2) 1-0 5-2 3-2 |
United States United States Sweden United States Canada Czechoslovakia United States United States Canada Sweden Czechoslovakia United States Czechoslovakia Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Finland Canada Canada Russia United States Finland |
Czechoslovakia Great Britain & N.I. Switzerland Germany United States Switzerland Sweden Canada Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Canada Czechoslovakia F.R. Germany Sweden Sweden Sweden Czechoslovakia Finland Finland Russia Czech Republic |
p - penalties
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1998 2002 2006 |
United States Canada Canada |
3-1 3-2 4-1 |
Canada United States Sweden |
Finland Sweden United States |
Snowboarding was added to the Olympic programme in 1998.
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 2006 | Seth Westcott USA | Radoslav Židek SVK | Paul-Henri Delerue FRA |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1998 | Ross Rebagliati CAN | 2:03.96 | Thomas Prugger ITA | 2:03.98 | Ueli Kestenholz SUI | 2:04.08 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 2002 2006 |
Philipp Schoch SUI Philipp Schoch SUI |
Richard Richardsson SWE Simon Schoch SUI |
DSQ +0.73 |
Chris Klug USA Siegfried Grabner AUT |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1998 2002 2006 |
Gian Simmen SUI Ross Powers USA Shaun White USA |
85.2 46.1 46.8 |
Daniel Franck NOR Danny Kass USA Danny Kass USA |
82.4 42.5 44.0 |
Ross Powers USA Jarret Thomas USA Markku Koski FIN |
82.1 42.1 41.5 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 2006 | Tanja Frieden SUI | Lindsey Jacobellis USA | Dominique Maltais CAN |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1998 | Karine Ruby FRA | 2:17.34 | Heidi Renoth GER | 2:19.17 | Brigitte Köck AUT | 2:19.42 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 2002 2006 |
Isabelle Blanc FRA Daniela Meuli SUI |
Karine Ruby FRA Amelie Kober GER |
+1.74 +15.97 |
Lidia Trettel ITA Rosey Fletcher USA |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1998 2002 2006 |
Nicola Thost GER Kelly Clark USA Hannah Teter USA |
74.6 47.9 46.4 |
Stine Brun Kjeldaas NOR Doriane Vidal FRA Gretchen Bleiler USA |
74.2 43.0 43.4 |
Shannon Dunn USA Fabienne Reuteler SUI Kjersti Buås NOR |
72.8 39.7 42.0 |
Many of the sports held as demonstration events at the Winter Olympic Games have gone on to become part of the formal Olympic programme. Those, however, that haven't include Ski Jöring (Skiing behind a horse; 1928 - winner: R. Wettstein SUI on Jallange), Dog Sled Racing (1932 - winner: Emile St. Goddard CAN 4:23:12.5), Winter Pentathlon (10km Cross Country Skiing, Shooting, Downhill Skiing, Fencing & Horse Riding; 1948 - winner: Gustav Lindh SWE 14), Bandy (1952 - winners: Sweden) and Speed Skiing (1992 - winners: Mickaël Prüfer FRA 229.299kph & Tarja Mulari FIN 219.245kph).
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