Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place at
Karuizawa, who had hosted the
equestrian
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events at the
1964 Summer Olympics
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in
Tokyo
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. The
1998 Nagano Olympics
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marked the first time that
curling
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was held as an official
Olympic sport
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. It was the first time the same city hosted events for both the
Summer and
Winter Olympics
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.
Medal summary
Medal table
Events
Men's
Teams
Final standings
Results
''All times shown are in
Japan Standard Time
, or , is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+09:00). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II, the time zone was often referred to a ...
''
Official Report Vol. 3
(web archive; "Curling" chapter starts at page 236)
Draw 1
''9 February, 14:00''
Draw 2
''10 February, 9:00''
Draw 3
''10 February, 19:00''
Draw 4
''11 February, 14:00''
Draw 5
''12 February, 9:00''
Draw 6
''12 February, 19:00''
Draw 7
''13 February, 14:00''
Tie-breaker 1
''13 February, 19:00''
Tie-breaker 2
''14 February, 9:00''
Medal round
Semi-finals
''14 February, 18:00''
Bronze medal game
''15 February, 9:00''
Gold medal game
''15 February, 17:00''
Top 5 player percentages
Women's
Teams
Standings
Results
''All times shown are in Japan Standard Time
, or , is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+09:00). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II, the time zone was often referred to a ...
''
Draw 1
''9 February, 9:00''
Draw 2
''9 February, 19:00''
Draw 3
''10 February, 14:00''
Draw 4
''11 February, 9:00''
Draw 5
''11 February, 19:00''
Draw 6
''12 February, 14:00''
Draw 7
''13 February, 9:00''
Medal round
Semi-finals
''14 February, 14:00''
Bronze medal game
''15 February, 9:00''
Gold medal game
''15 February, 13:00''
Top 5 player percentages
References
Official Olympic Report
*Wallechinshky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Curling: Men". In ''The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 150.
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