Olympic history

Mens curling was included in the Olympic programme in 1924 at the first Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix. It was then dropped, and later re introduced as a demonstration sport in 1932 in Lake Placid.Between 1936 and 1992, curling was staged at the Games as a demonstration sport in Garmisch Partenkirchen in 1936 and Innsbruck in 1964, under the German name of Eisschiessen; and in 1988 in Calgary and in 1992 in Albertville, with both mens and womens events.It was in Nagano in 1998 that it officially joined the Olympic programme, with both mens and womens competitions.