History
Curling was a demonstration sport at the first Winter Olympics, in 1924, and again in 1932.
At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the Germans demonstrated their own version, called "Ice Shooting," in which stones are thrown both for distance and at pre-determined targets.In 1988 and 1992, curling was again a demonstration sport, in preparation for its formal inclusion in the Winter Olympic program beginning in 1998.