Which country won the curling gold medal at the first Winter Olympics in 1924?

Great Britain won the curling gold medal at the first Winter Olympics in 1924.

Curling was contested at the Chamonix Winter Olympics in France, where Great Britain defeated Sweden in the only completed team event. France was also entered, but the British team won the gold medal after the round-robin matches. The British side included rink members from Scotland, reflecting curling’s deep historical roots there.

The 1924 competition is sometimes misunderstood because curling did not return to the Olympic programme for many decades. The sport was officially recognized as a medal event at Chamonix, but later Games treated it differently, and curling eventually returned as a demonstration sport before becoming a permanent medal sport at Nagano 1998.

The event’s historical status was clarified by the International Olympic Committee in the 21st century, when the 1924 results were recognized as official Olympic results. Thus, Great Britain—not Canada, despite Canada’s later dominance in Olympic curling—holds the first Olympic curling gold medal.