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After a twenty-year hiatus, Olympic baseball (labelled an exhibition sport/event by the IOC) returned but with tournament formatting (1984 Los Angeles). At the 1988 Seoul games, it was termed a demonstration sport. Japan defeated the United States in the inaugural tournament finale in 1984. In 1988, the United States won over Japan.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) granted baseball official status on October 13, 1986, for the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1] [3] [4] The sport was contested at each subsequent Games through 2008, after which the IOC removed it from the roster of Olympic sports. In 1992, the first official Olympic baseball tournament was won by the Cuban team.
Baseball/softball was one of five optional sports that were added to the programme of the 2020 Summer Olympics. It did not return in 2024 for the Paris Summer Olympics . [ 2 ] The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . [ 3 ]
Here's a closer look at baseball's status for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, as well as updates on its future for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles
The IOC votes to include baseball, softball, flag football, cricket, squash and lacrosse as official sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Olympic baseball dates back to 1904 but did not become a medal sport until 1992. After appearing in five consecutive Games, the sport — along with softball, which featured from 1996 to 2008 ...
Baseball and softball, before their reinstatement for the 2020 Olympics, [30] were last included in 2008: therefore, the number of sports in the 2012 Summer Olympics was dropped from 28 to 26. This was the first time a sport or discipline had been removed from the Olympic program since canoe slalom after 1972 (though it returned in 1992 ).
After being admitted to the Olympics as a medal sport beginning with the 1992 Games, baseball was dropped from the 2012 Summer Olympic Games at the 2005 International Olympic Committee meeting. It remained part of the 2008 Games . [ 112 ]