--- title: US Curling Team Olympics Wins Gold But Gets Wrong Medals description: curling rules olympics, curling rules, us curling team olympics, curling final, curling olympics, curling, did usa win gold in curling, curling Olympics, usa curling, olypmic curling, curling gold canonical: https://time.com/5174243/us-wins-curling-gold-wrong-medals/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-24T20:15:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:53.386Z og:title: The Winning USA Curling Team Got the Wrong Gold Medals og:description: The Internet can't stop making jokes about it og:url: https://time.com/5174243/us-wins-curling-gold-wrong-medals/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt880c5fdbabf1dfc9/698928cd4ee262c5db31100b/mens-curling-gold-celegration.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4388 og:image:height: 2468 og:image:alt: USA Men's Curling og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Winning USA Curling Team Got the Wrong Gold Medals twitter:description: The Internet can't stop making jokes about it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt880c5fdbabf1dfc9/698928cd4ee262c5db31100b/mens-curling-gold-celegration.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # USA's Curling Athletes Shocked the World by Winning Gold. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 24, 2018 8:15 PM UTC  Team United States reacts after defeating Sweden 10-7 to win the Curling Men's Gold Medal game on day fifteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Curling Centre on February 24, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea Team United States reacts after defeating Sweden 10-7 to win the Curling Men's Gold Medal game on day fifteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Curling Centre on February 24, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea Richard Heathcote - Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 24, 2018 8:15 PM UTC The world was not prepared for [America’s men’s curling team](http://time.com/5172172/curling-gold-medal-match/) to come from behind and capture curling gold, but [capture gold medals they did](http://time.com/5172172/curling-gold-medal-match/). Then it came time for the medal ceremony on Saturday, and there was a little mix-up. John Shuster’s [U.S. men’s curling team](http://time.com/5170684/curling-gold-medal-match-game/) stepped up to the podium for the part when they bestow that prized hardware. There were million-watt smiles and a few tears and other emotions one associates with moments like these. But after the ceremony, the winning team members looked down to notice something was off in the upper right section of the medallions. Two words: “Women’s Curling.” Yes, the gentlemen initially received the wrong medals, ones stamped out for the American women’s curling team, who did not advance to the curling final showdown. But gold is gold and there’s no denying that they won the whole thing, even if the medals didn’t say it at first. Luckily, they quickly got the right ones. Team USA beat Sweden, 10-7, in the championship for the gold medal in curling at Gangneung Curling Centre on Saturday in a surprising turn of events. Shuster clinched the win with a rare and especially smooth score that involved a five-ender in the eighth. Medal confusion aside, comedy gold has followed these guys wherever they went around PyeongChang. Besides this shocking upset, other global contributions include propelling the viral [mustache militia](http://time.com/5170638/matt-hamilton-mustache/) trend that got a bunch of guys sharing mustache selfies and the unforgettable [memes of Matt Hamilton and his doppelgänger, Super Mario](http://time.com/5141448/olympics-2018-us-curler-super-mario-meme/). Great job all around team. As is to be expected, the internet had plenty of fun comparing the moment to the 2017 Oscars mix-up and other awards ceremony snafus. > [](https://twitter.com/NPRmelissablock/status/967336683342450688) > [](https://twitter.com/Boston%5FBelle/status/967467538622926848) > [](https://twitter.com/orange626675/status/967449268188516352) > [](https://twitter.com/alyroe/status/967333230419554304) > [](https://twitter.com/DavidYoungTBLA/status/967337971962621952) > [](https://twitter.com/PeterB03/status/967353175522136065) > [](https://twitter.com/Boston%5FBelle/status/967467538622926848) > [](https://twitter.com/HeyTweetHarry/status/967467337489309696) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5174243/us-wins-curling-gold-wrong-medals/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5174243/us-wins-curling-gold-wrong-medals/"},"headline":"USA's Curling Athletes Shocked the World by Winning Gold. 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