Softball at the Olympics
Softball was played as a competition for womenfrom the 1996 Olympics through the 2008 Olympics . Baseball , as a corresponding competition for men, was played from the 1992 Olympics to the 2008 Olympics.
history
Softball was first included in the Olympic program for the 1996 Olympic Games . In the following years, the United States team dominated the tournament and was able to win gold three times before it was surprisingly beaten by Japan at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. On July 11, 2005, however , the IOC decided at the 117th IOC meeting in Singapore to remove softball from the Olympic program at the 2012 Olympic Games . An application in the program committee at the 118th IOC meeting in Turin to resume softball in 2012 failed in 2006 with just 42 to 43 votes. Softball was also an option for the 2016 Olympic Games , together with baseball, but lost to golf and rugby. In the run-up to the decision for the 2020 Olympic sports , the previously separate world associations for baseball and softball merged at the end of 2012 to form the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). That didn't help either: on September 8, 2013, the IOC General Assembly decided against baseball / softball and re-included the sport of wrestling , which the Executive Committee had already canceled , in the Olympic program for 2020 and 2024.
Competitions
Baseball / Softball - Current competitions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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competition | 12 | 20th | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20th | Games |
Men | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baseball men | D. | D. | D. | D. | D. | D. | D. | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | ||||||||||||
Baseball / Softball - Current competitions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
competition | 12 | 20th | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20th | Games |
Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Softball women | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||
Number of competitions | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Medalist
Medal table
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1 | United States | 3 | 1 | - | 4th |
2 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Australia | - | 1 | 3 | 4th |
4th | People's Republic of China | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Participating nations and placements
nation | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | Participation |
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Australia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4th |
Canada | 5 | 8th | 5 | 4th | 4th |
People's Republic of China | 2 | 4th | 4th | 5 | 4th |
Chinese Taipei | 6th | - | 6th | 6th | 3 |
Cuba | - | 7th | - | - | 1 |
Greece | - | - | 7th | - | 1 |
Japan | 4th | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4th |
Italy | - | 5 | 8th | - | 2 |
Netherlands | 7th | - | - | 8th | 2 |
New Zealand | - | 6th | - | - | 1 |
Puerto Rico | 8th | - | - | - | 1 |
United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
Venezuela | - | - | - | 7th | 1 |
Participating Nations | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th |
Olympic tournament
A total of 8 teams compete against each other in the Olympic softball tournament. The host nation is seeded, the remaining 7 teams can qualify for the tournament at the softball world championship and other continental eliminations. In addition to all previous medal winners, Canada was also able to qualify for every Olympic final tournament. From Europe, the Netherlands and Italy each qualified twice, Greece was the host in 2004.
The Olympic softball tournament is played in the group stage in a round robin system; the four best-placed teams then play the medals among themselves in the page playoff system .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ SINGAPORE 2005: 2012 Olympic Sport Vote Found on October 3, 2008 (English)
- ↑ Olympic program for London 2012 confirmed Found on October 3, 2008
- ↑ Golf and rugby will be Olympic in 2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 5, 2013 ; Retrieved October 19, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ One round further. Retrieved June 4, 2013 .
- ↑ A shoulder win for the wrestlers. Retrieved January 3, 2014 .