1996 Summer Olympics / Softball

Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Columbus
Competition venue	Golden Park
Teams	8th
Athletes	120 (120 )
date	July 21-30, 1996
decisions	1
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At the XXVI. At the 1996 Olympic Games in the US metropolis of Atlanta , a softball competition was held for the first time .

The tournament was for women and took place July 21-30. A total of eight nations took part in this tournament. With the Olympic baseball tournament there was a corresponding competition for men.

The venue was the Golden Park in Columbus , which was built especially for the Olympic Games.

Medalists

gold	silver	bronze
United States Danielle Tyler Christa Lee Williams Laura Berg Gillian Boxx Sheila Cornell Lisa Fernandez Michele Granger Lori Harrigan Dionna Harris Kim Maher Leah O'Brien Dot Richardson Julie Smith Michele Mary Smith Shelly Stokes	China Zhongxin An Hong Chen Liping He Li Lei Yaju Liu Xuqing Liu Ying Ma Jingbai Ou Hua Tao Lihong Wang Ying Wang Qiang Wei Jian Xu Fang Yan Chunfang Zhang	Australia Joanne Brown Kim Cooper Carolyn Crudgington Kerry Dienelt Peta Edebone Tanya Harding Jennifer Holliday Jocelyn Lester Sally McDermid Francine McRae Haylea Petrie Nicole Richardson Melanie Roche Natalie Ward Brooke Wilkins

Results

Preliminary round

21 July

July 21 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th R. H E.  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3  United States 2 0 3 0 0 5 10 13 0 WP : Granger (1–0)   LP : Martinez (0–1)	July 21 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 R. H E.  Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8th 3 WP : Sippel (1–0)   LP : Tu HP (0–1)
July 21 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  China 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 6th 6th 0  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 WP : Wang L (1–0)   LP : Goche (0–1)	July 21 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7th 0  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 WP : Takayama (1–0)   LP : Mels (0–1)

22nd of July

July 22nd -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Australia 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4th 7th 0  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 0 WP : Harding (1–0)   LP : Han (0–1)	July 22nd -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th 0  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 5 1 WP : T Watanabe (1–0)   LP : Wang L (1–1)
July 22nd -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 4th - 4th 4th 0 WP : Snelgrove (1–0)   LP : Echevarría (0–1)	July 22nd -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3  United States 0 5 0 3 1 0 - 9 10 1 WP : Williams (1–0)   LP : Knol (0–1)

July 23

July 23 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  China 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1  Canada 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 WP : Wang L (2–1)   LP : Sippel (1–1)	July 23 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 7th 12 0  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6th 1 WP : Tu HM (1–0)   LP : Mels (0–2)
July 23 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Japan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1  United States 3 0 0 0 0 3 - 6th 10 0 WP : M Smith (1–0)   LP : Kobayashi (0–1)	July 23 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1  Puerto Rico 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 2 1 WP : Echevarría (1–1)   LP : Wilkins (0–1)

24th July

July 24 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4th  United States 1 1 2 0 0 0 - 4th 5 1 WP : Harrigan (1–0)   LP : Tu HM (1–1)	July 24 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 R. H E.  China 0 5 1 4th 0 10 11 0  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 WP : Ma (1–0)   LP : Mize (0–1)
July 24 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th R. H E.  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 WP : Holliday (1–0)   LP : Mels (0–3)	July 24 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0  Japan 1 0 0 3 0 0 - 4th 9 1 WP : Takayama (2–0)   LP : Sonnenberg (0–1)

July 25th

July 25 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  China 2 0 0 3 2 1 - 8th 13 1 WP : He (1–0)   LP : glitches (0–1)	July 25 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Australia 0 0 0 0 4th 0 6th 10 11 0  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 2 WP : Goche (1–1)   LP : T Watanabe (1–1)
July 25 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Puerto Rico 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6th 0  Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 0 9 0 - 10 11 1 WP : Tu HM (2–1)   LP : Echevarría (1–2)	July 25 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  United States 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4th 4th 1  Canada 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6th 5 WP : Williams (2–0)   LP : Snelgrove (1–1)

July 26th

July 26 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Japan 0 0 1 4th 0 2 1 8th 12 1  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 WP : Takayama (3–0)   LP : Martinez (0–2)	July 26 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 R. H E.  United States 0 0 0 0 4th 0 0 0 0 1 1 6th 0  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 WP : Harding (2–0)   LP : Fernandez (0–1)
July 26 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Netherlands 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4th  Canada 0 0 2 1 0 1 - 4th 5 1 WP : Sippel (2–1)   LP : Mels (0–4)   SV : Debbie Sonnenberg (1)	July 26 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  China 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 WP : Wang L (3–1)   LP : Tu HM (1–2)

July 27th

July 27 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Canada 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4th 0  Australia 2 0 0 0 3 0 - 5 9 3 WP : Goche (2–1)   LP : Snelgrove (1–2)	July 27 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Netherlands 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8th 1  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 WP : Mels (1–4)   LP : Echevarría (1–3)
July 27 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  China 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0  United States 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 8th 1 WP : M Smith (2–0)   LP : Wang L (3–2)	July 27 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Japan 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 5 10 0  Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6th 0 WP : Kobayashi (1–1)   LP : Han (0–1)

Final score

team	S.	N.	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
United States	6th	1	37	7th	0.857	-	-
China	5	2	29	9	0.714	1	3 RA vs. AUS / JPN
Australia	5	2	22nd	11	0.714	1	6 RA vs. CHN / JPN
Japan	5	2	24	18th	0.714	1	10 RA vs. CHN / OFF
Canada	3	4th	15th	17th	0.429	3	-
Chinese Taipei	2	5	19th	19th	0.286	4th	-
Netherlands	1	6th	4th	32	0.143	5	1: 0 vs. PURE
Puerto Rico	1	6th	5	44	0.143	5	0: 1 vs. NED

Final round

	Semifinals					Bronze game					final
	1	United States	10
	2	China	3								1	United States	3
						2	China	4th
											2	China	1
						3	Australia	2
	3	Australia	3
	4th	Japan	0

Semifinals

July 29 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 R. H E.  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 WP : Fernandez (1-1)   LP : Wang L (3-2)

July 29 -  Golden Park team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th R. H E.  Australia 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 9 0  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 WP : Tanya Harding (3-0)   LP : Takayama (3-1)

Bronze game

The winner was allowed to compete in the final, the loser won bronze.

July 30 -  Golden Park

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	R.	H	E.
China	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	4th	5	2
Australia	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	2

WP : Wang L (4-2)   LP : Goche (2-2)  

final

July 30 -  Golden Park

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	R.	H	E.
China	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4th	2
United States	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	4th	0

WP : Michele Granger (2-0)   LP : Liu Y (0-1)   SV : Fernandez (1)  

Individual evidence

1. ^ "City Guide Atlanta - All sports facilities and sights", Sport-Bild from June 26, 1996, pp. 37-48