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In February 2006, a few days before the start of the who won the first curling gold medals. The winning team was selected by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club , Perth , the mother club of curling. A peculiarity of the competition is that Great Britain and Ireland's Major DG Astley played for Sweden when they overcame France in the play-off. The IOC records that he received a silver medal along with the Swedes, and also a gold medal, as part of the GB and I team. If the official IOC records are correct, then Astley is the only person to have received both a gold and a silver medal in the same Olympic event, and one of the few people to have won an Olympic medal for different nations. RESULTS France , Great Britain and Sweden (2 teams) were the only countries to participate in the curling competition, although a full Swiss team is listed as attending as "a Non-Participating team". All games were 18 ends in length. Round Robin
Round Robin final standing #Great Britain, 2-0, 10 points #Sweden II, 1-0, 5 points #Sweden I, 0-1, no points #France, 0-2, no points Silver medal play-off
MEDALS Note: R Cousin , Great Britain, is listed in the Official Report as a "Non-Participant" and it is not known if he received a medal, however the Skip William Jackson is also listed in the Official Report as a "Non-Participant" and it is known that he did play and did receive a medal. EXTERNAL LINKS
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