Women's softball made its first appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The competition was held at historic Golden Park in Columbus, Georgia, United States. Final results for the Softball competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics:

Quick Facts Softball at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, Venue ...

Softball at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Golden Park
Dates	July 21–30, 1996
Teams	8
Medalists
United States  China  Australia
2000 →

Close

Eight teams competed in the Olympic softball tournament, and the competition consisted of two rounds. The preliminary round followed a round robin format, where each of the teams played all the other teams once. Following this, the top four teams advanced to a Page playoff system round consisting of two semifinal games, and finally the bronze and gold medal games.

The top four teams advanced to the semifinal round.

More information Team, W ...

Team	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
United States	6	1	37	7	.857	-	-
China	5	2	29	9	.714	1	3 RA vs. AUS/JPN
Australia	5	2	22	11	.714	1	6 RA vs. CHN/JPN
Japan	5	2	24	18	.714	1	10 RA vs. CHN/AUS
Canada	3	4	15	17	.429	3	-
Chinese Taipei	2	5	19	19	.286	4	-
Netherlands	1	6	4	32	.143	5	1–0 vs. PUR
Puerto Rico	1	6	5	44	.143	5	0–1 vs. NED

Close

July 21

More information Team, R ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 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) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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 8 3 WP: Sippel (1–0)   LP: Tu HP (0–1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  China 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 6 0  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 WP: Wang L (1–0)   LP: Roche (0–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 0  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 WP: Takayama (1–0)   LP: Mels (0–1)

Close

July 22

More information Team, R ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Australia 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 7 0  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 WP: Harding (1–0)   LP: Han (0–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 3 – 3 5 1 WP: T Watanabe (1–0)   LP: Wang L (1–1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 4 – 4 4 0 WP: Snelgrove (1–0)   LP: Echevarría (0–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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)

Close

July 23

More information Team, R ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 7 12 0  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1 WP: Tu HM (1–0)   LP: Mels (0–2)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Japan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1  United States 3 0 0 0 0 3 – 6 10 0 WP: M Smith (1–0)   LP: Kobayashi (0–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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)

Close

July 24

More information Team, R ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4  United States 1 1 2 0 0 0 – 4 5 1 WP: Harrigan (1–0)   LP: Tu HM (1–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E  China 0 5 1 4 0 10 11 0  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 WP: Ma (1–0)   LP: Mize (0–1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0  Japan 1 0 0 3 0 0 – 4 9 1 WP: Takayama (2–0)   LP: Sonnenberg (0–1)

Close

July 25

More information Team, R ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  China 2 0 0 3 2 1 – 8 13 1 WP: He (1–0)   LP: Pannen (0–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Australia 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 10 11 0  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 WP: Roche (1–1)   LP: T Watanabe (1–1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Puerto Rico 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0  Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 0 9 0 – 10 11 1 WP: Tu HM (2–1)   LP: Echevarría (1–2) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  United States 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 4 1  Canada 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 5 WP: Williams (2–0)   LP: Snelgrove (1–1)

Close

July 26

More information Team, R ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Japan 0 0 1 4 0 2 1 8 12 1  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 WP: Takayama (3–0)   LP: Martinez (0–2) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E  United States 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 WP: Harding (2–0)   LP: Fernandez (0–1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Netherlands 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4  Canada 0 0 2 1 0 1 – 4 5 1 WP: Sippel (2–1)   LP: Mels (0–4)   Sv: Debbie Sonnenberg (1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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)

Close

July 27

More information Team, R ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Canada 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 0  Australia 2 0 0 0 3 0 – 5 9 3 WP: Roche (2–1)   LP: Snelgrove (1–2) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Netherlands 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 1  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 WP: Mels (1–4)   LP: Echevarría (1–3)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  China 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0  United States 0 1 0 0 0 2 – 3 8 1 WP: M Smith (2–0)   LP: Wang L (3–2) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Japan 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 5 10 0  Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 WP: Kobayashi (1–1)   LP: Han (0–1)

Close

The loser of 1&2 seed game played the winner of the 3&4 seed game in the bronze medal match. The loser of the bronze medal match won the bronze medal while the winner went on to play the winner of the 1&2 seed game for the gold medal in the gold medal match.

	Semifinals					Bronze medal game					Gold medal game
	1	United States	1								1	United States	3
	2	China	0								2	China	1
						2	China	4
						3	Australia	2
	3	Australia	3
	4	Japan	0

Semi finals

More information Team, R ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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)

Close

Bronze medal match

Winner advanced to gold medal match. Loser won bronze medal.

More information Team, R ...

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	5	2
Australia	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	2
WP: Wang L (4-2)   LP: Roche (2-2)

Close

Gold medal match

More information Team, R ...

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	2
United States	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	4	0
WP: Michele Granger (2-0)   LP: Liu Y (0-1)   Sv: Fernandez (1)

Close

• Official Olympic Report