Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's curling tournament of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held between 14 and 24 February 2018 at the Gangneung Curling Centre.[1] Ten nations competed in a round robin preliminary round, and the top four nations at the conclusion of the round robin qualified for the medal round.[2]

Men's curling
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Curling Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates14–24 February
Competitors50 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Shuster
Tyler George
Matt Hamilton
John Landsteiner
Joe Polo
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Niklas Edin
Oskar Eriksson
Rasmus Wranå
Christoffer Sundgren
Henrik Leek
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Benoît Schwarz
Claudio Pätz
Peter de Cruz
Valentin Tanner
Dominik Märki
 Switzerland
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Great Britain, Switzerland, and the United States each finished round robin play with a 5–4 record, resulting in a three-way tie for third place in the preliminary round standings. Under Olympic tiebreaker rules then in effect, the United States was awarded the third seed in the medal round (by virtue of having defeated both Great Britain and Switzerland during the preliminary round), and Great Britain and Switzerland played a one-game tiebreaker. Switzerland prevailed 9-5 and was awarded the fourth seed.

In the gold medal match, with the score tied at 5 in the eighth end, US skip John Shuster fired a dramatic double take-out for five that left his team leading 10-5 with two ends to go, effectively sealing the win and the gold medal for the United States, which won its first gold medal in curling.[3]

Teams

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Ten teams took part in the tournament:[4]

  Canada   Denmark   Great Britain   Italy   Japan
The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Royal Caledonian CC, Stirling A.S.D. Trentino Curling, Cembra SC Karuizawa Club, Karuizawa
  Norway   South Korea   Sweden   Switzerland   United States
Snarøen CC, Oslo GyeongBuk Uiseong CC, Uiseong Karlstads CK, Karlstad CC Genève, Geneva Duluth CC, Duluth

Round-robin standings

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Final round robin standings
Team Skip Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
  Sweden Niklas Edin 9 7 2 62 43 34 28 13 8 87% Playoffs
  Canada Kevin Koe 9 6 3 56 46 36 34 14 8 87%
  United States John Shuster 9 5 4 67 63 37 39 4 6 80%
  Great Britain Kyle Smith 9 5 4 55 60 40 37 8 7 82% Tiebreaker
  Switzerland Peter de Cruz 9 5 4 60 55 39 37 10 6 83%
  Norway Thomas Ulsrud 9 4 5 52 56 34 39 7 8 82%
  South Korea Kim Chang-min 9 4 5 65 63 39 39 8 8 82%
  Japan Yusuke Morozumi 9 4 5 48 56 33 35 13 5 81%
  Italy Joël Retornaz 9 3 6 50 56 37 38 15 7 81%
  Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 9 2 7 53 70 36 39 12 5 83%
Source: [citation needed]

Round-robin results

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All draw times are listed in Seoul Time (UTC+9).[5]

Summary

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Team                     Record
  Canada 8–3 6–4 5–3 8–4 7–4 7–6 2–5 6–8 7–9 6–3
  Denmark 3–8 6–7 6–4 4–6 8–10 9–8 5–9 7–9 5–9 2–7
  Great Britain 4–6 7–6 7–6 6–5 10–3 5–11 6–8 6–5 4–10 5–4
  Italy 3–5 4–6 6–7 5–6 6–4 6–8 3–7 7–4 10–9 3–6
  Japan 4–8 6–4 5–6 6–5 6–4 4-10 4–11 5–6 8–2 4–5
  Norway 4–7 10–8 3–10 4–6 4–6 7–5 7–2 5–7 8–5 4–5
  South Korea 6–7 8–9 11–5 8–6 10-4 5–7 2–7 8–7 7–11 4–5
  Sweden 5–2 9–5 8–6 7–3 11–4 2–7 7–2 3–10 10–4 7–2
  Switzerland 8–6 9–7 5–6 4–7 6–5 7–5 7–8 10–3 4–8 5–4
  United States 9–7 9–5 10–4 9–10 2–8 5–8 11–7 4–10 8–4 5–4

Draw 1

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Wednesday, 14 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
  Sweden (Edin)   0 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Koe) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 5
  Italy (Retornaz)   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 X 7
  United States (Shuster)   2 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5
  Great Britain (Smith)   0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 6

Draw 2

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Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Koe)   2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
  Great Britain (Smith) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
  Sweden (Edin)   0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
  Italy (Retornaz)   1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ulsrud)   1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 4
  Japan (Morozumi) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 6

Draw 3

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Thursday, 15 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Shuster) 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 9
  Italy (Retornaz)   1 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ulsrud) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 4
  Canada (Koe)   2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Great Britain (Smith)   1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
  Japan (Morozumi) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 7
  Switzerland (de Cruz)   1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 9

Draw 4

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Friday, 16 February, 09:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
  Denmark (Stjerne)   2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ulsrud)   0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 7
  South Korea (Kim) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   4 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 X X 10
  United States (Shuster) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X X 4

Draw 5

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Friday, 16 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Morozumi) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5
  Switzerland (de Cruz)   3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 X 8
  Great Britain (Smith) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 X 5
  United States (Shuster)   2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Koe) 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 7
  South Korea (Kim)   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 6

Draw 6

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Saturday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim)   0 2 1 0 2 2 0 3 1 X 11
  Great Britain (Smith) 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (de Cruz) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 7
  Norway (Ulsrud)   0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Koe)   0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2
  Sweden (Edin) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Morozumi)   2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5

Draw 7

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Sunday, 18 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ulsrud) 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 10
  Denmark (Stjerne)   1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Shuster) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X X 2
  Japan (Morozumi)   2 1 1 0 0 2 2 X X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (de Cruz)   4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 8
  Canada (Koe) 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 X 6

Draw 8

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Sunday, 18 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   3 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 X X 11
  Japan (Morozumi) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Denmark (Stjerne)   0 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 9
  South Korea (Kim) 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 6
  Great Britain (Smith)   2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Shuster)   1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 5
  Norway (Ulsrud) 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 X 8

Draw 9

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Monday, 19 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
  South Korea (Kim)   3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X X 3
  Switzerland (de Cruz)   2 1 1 0 1 0 5 X X X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  United States (Shuster)   1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 9
  Canada (Koe) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Great Britain (Smith) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 7
  Denmark (Stjerne)   1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6

Draw 10

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Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Great Britain (Smith)   3 1 0 2 0 3 1 X X X 10
  Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Morozumi) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
  Canada (Koe)   1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim) 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
  Switzerland (de Cruz)   1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
  Sweden (Edin)   3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 7

Draw 11

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Tuesday, 20 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (de Cruz)   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
  United States (Shuster) 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
  Italy (Retornaz)   0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Morozumi) 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
  Denmark (Stjerne)   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4

Draw 12

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Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Stjerne) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X X X 3
  Canada (Koe)   4 0 1 0 3 0 0 X X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Great Britain (Smith) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 X X 4
  United States (Shuster)   2 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 X X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   0 0 2 0 0 0 X X X X 2
  Norway (Ulsrud) 1 0 0 3 2 1 X X X X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim)   1 0 2 0 0 4 0 3 X X 10
  Japan (Morozumi) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 4

Tiebreaker

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Thursday, 22 February, 9:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Great Britain (Smith)   2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 5
  Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 X 9
Player percentages
  Great Britain   Switzerland
Cameron Smith 85% Valentin Tanner 89%
Kyle Waddell 89% Peter de Cruz 86%
Thomas Muirhead 89% Claudio Pätz 95%
Kyle Smith 82% Benoît Schwarz 80%
Total 86% Total 88%

Playoffs

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Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1   Sweden 9
4   Switzerland 3
1   Sweden 7
3   United States 10
2   Canada 3
3   United States 5 Bronze medal game
2   Canada 5
4   Switzerland 7

Semifinals

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Thursday, 22 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   2 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 X X 9
  Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 3
Player percentages
  Sweden   Switzerland
Christoffer Sundgren 94% Valentin Tanner 86%
Rasmus Wranå 97% Peter de Cruz 84%
Oskar Eriksson 81% Claudio Pätz 75%
Niklas Edin 95% Benoît Schwarz 70%
Total 92% Total 79%
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Koe)   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
  United States (Shuster) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 5
Player percentages
  Canada   United States
Ben Hebert 84% John Landsteiner 86%
Brent Laing 78% Matt Hamilton 89%
Marc Kennedy 80% Tyler George 83%
Kevin Koe 85% John Shuster 91%
Total 82% Total 87%

Bronze medal game

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Friday, 23 February, 15:35

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Koe)   0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
  Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 7
Player percentages
  Canada   Switzerland
Ben Hebert 100% Valentin Tanner 81%
Brent Laing 75% Peter de Cruz 84%
Marc Kennedy 75% Claudio Pätz 91%
Kevin Koe 65% Benoît Schwarz 88%
Total 79% Total 86%

Gold medal game

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Saturday, 24 February, 15:35

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 7
  United States (Shuster) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 5 0 X 10
Player percentages
  Sweden   United States
Christoffer Sundgren 96% John Landsteiner 81%
Rasmus Wranå 84% Matt Hamilton 74%
Oskar Eriksson 86% Tyler George 88%
Niklas Edin 74% John Shuster 76%
Total 85% Total 80%

Final standings

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The final standings are:[6]

Place Team Record
    United States 7–4
    Sweden 8–3
    Switzerland 7–5
4   Canada 6–5
5   Great Britain 5–5
6   Norway 4–5
7   South Korea 4–5
8   Japan 4–5
9   Italy 3–6
10   Denmark 2–7

Statistics

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Player percentages

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Player percentages during round robin play are as follows:[7]

Lead

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# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
1   Oliver Dupont (DEN) 84 86 89 88 95 93 90 86 93 89
2   Lee Ki-bok (KOR) 98 90 91 84 81 85 88 85 83 87
2   Cammy Smith (GBR) 84 80 86 94 93 89 85 85 91 87
2   Valentin Tanner (SUI) 88 98 82 86 83 84 80 93 85 87
5   Ben Hebert (CAN) 88 91 68 85 91 88 88 88 95 86
5   Christoffer Sundgren (SWE) 85 90 75 93 88 81 86 81 94 86
7   Kosuke Morozumi (JPN) 88 88 83 76 89 75 89 75 88 83
7   John Landsteiner (USA) 82 78 100 72 86 83 75 86 86 83
7   Håvard Vad Petersson (NOR) 81 78 86 74 75 85 89 88 94 83
7   Daniele Ferrazza (ITA) 82 81 80 91 78 88 83

Second

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# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
1   Rasmus Wranå (SWE) 85 92 95 79 89 89 68 97 94 88
2   Brent Laing (CAN) 80 89 81 94 81 86 82 86 95 86
3   Mikkel Poulsen (DEN) 90 64 90 96 80 83 88 90 93 85
3   Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (JPN) 85 80 85 93 98 84 79 96 66 85
5   Oh Eun-su (KOR) 93 80 86 78 83 78 92 84
6   Matt Hamilton (USA) 93 76 86 90 82 67 78 71 95 82
7   Christoffer Svae (NOR) 75 85 95 69 90 76 80 81 75 81
7   Peter de Cruz (SUI) 76 79 85 81 79 93 80 78 83 81
7   Kyle Waddell (GBR) 82 80 84 81 81 75 83 89 77 81
10   Simone Gonin (ITA) 85 79 75 85 76 69 84 78 90 80

Third

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# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
1   Oskar Eriksson (SWE) 86 93 95 88 88 91 86 89 86 89
1   Marc Kennedy (CAN) 86 83 89 95 89 96 90 90 83 89
3   Claudio Pätz (SUI) 91 91 88 91 83 74 77 74 85 84
4   Torger Nergård (NOR) 83 86 91 74 93 68 91 76 92 83
4   Seong Se-hyeon (KOR) 83 85 76 84 88 74 83 85 94 83
6   Johnny Frederiksen (DEN) 84 70 88 81 74 92 76 86 80 81
6   Thomas Muirhead (GBR) 80 68 83 81 82 89 74 89 86 81
8   Tetsuro Shimizu (JPN) 88 80 79 80 95 58 76 79 78 79
8   Tyler George (USA) 83 78 72 78 89 74 80 75 86 79
10   Joël Retornaz (ITA) 71 83 73 88 80 81 69 85 78 78

Fourth

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# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
1   Niklas Edin (SWE) 91 96 83 84 99 77 70 86 73 85
1   Kevin Koe (CAN) 86 86 83 88 75 83 83 96 86 85
3   Benoît Schwarz (SUI) 70 78 81 88 80 82 95 90 76 82
4   Amos Mosaner (ITA) 80 94 83 72 72 86 86 58 89 81
5   Thomas Ulsrud (NOR) 78 78 84 83 78 79 64 83 94 80
6   Kyle Smith (GBR) 80 71 84 82 65 72 83 96 72 78
7   Yusuke Morozumi (JPN) 75 84 70 78 91 69 71 89 72 77
7   Kim Chang-min (KOR) 78 69 85 81 79 65 70 86 78 77
7   John Shuster (USA) 82 80 66 82 54 67 82 97 78 77
10   Rasmus Stjerne (DEN) 75 81 79 75 82 76 78 78 48 75

References

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  2. ^ "Championship Overview". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  3. ^ Keating, Steve (24 February 2018). "Curling: United States rock Sweden to win first gold medal". Reuters. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
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  5. ^ "2018 Olympic Winter Games – Schedule". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  6. ^ "PyeongChang curling men – Olympic Curling". 15 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Shot Success Percentage by Position" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.