Softball at the Summer Olympics

Softball was held as a competition for women of the 1996 Olympic Games to the Olympic Games to the 2008. Baseball, as appropriate competition for men, was only four years earlier while at the 1992 Olympics.

History

Softball was first recorded for the 1996 Olympic Games in the Olympic program. In the following years the team of the United States dominated the tournament and was able to win three times in gold, before it could be surprisingly beaten by Japan in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. On 11 July 2005, however, the IOC decided at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore to take softball at the 2012 Olympic Games from the Olympic program. An application in the Program Committee at the 118th IOC Session in Torino, but take softball again in 2012, failed in 2006 with just 42 to 43 votes. Also for the 2016 Olympic Games was softball along with baseball for election, but lost to golf and rugby. Prior to the decision of the Olympic sports 2020, the hitherto separate world associations for baseball and softball end of 2012 merged to World Baseball Softball Confederation ( WBSC ). Even that did not help: September 8, 2013, the IOC General Assembly decided against baseball / softball and took the already painted by the Executive Committee sport of wrestling again in the Olympic program for 2020 and 2024.

Medalist

Medal Tally

Participating nations and placements

Olympic Tournament

A total of eight teams compete in the Olympic softball tournament against each other. The host nation is set while the remaining 7 teams can qualify in the Softball World Cup and other continental precipitations for the tournament. In addition to all previous medal winners also Canada could qualify for each Olympic final tournament. From Europe, the Netherlands and Italy managed twice each qualification, Greece, 2004 was set as the host. The Olympic softball tournament will be played in the group stage in the round-robin system; the top four teams will play in the Page playoff system then the medals among themselves.

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