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Baseball at the Summer Olympics unofficially debuted at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, [1] and was first contested as a demonstration sport at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. It became an official Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, then was played at each Olympiad through the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
In 1992, the first official Olympic baseball tournament was won by the Cuban team. Cuba had boycotted the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, missing the previous exhibition baseball tournaments, but entered in 1992 as the favorite, having won the past 12 world championships and with a 62–1 record in international competitions since 1986. [5]
However, he dabbed again on November 13, 2016, after a touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs, nearly a year after his initial dab against the Titans. [15] Andrew Scheer, former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, dabbing with a university student. Dabbing has made its appearance in politics, as well.
Of the athletes who participated in two or more Summer Olympics in two different sports, 49 are Swedish and 23 of them participated in the home Olympics in Stockholm 1912. Gwynne Evans, [2] Leo Goodwin, Frank Kugler [1] and Joe Lydon [2] are the only athletes to win medals in three different sports.
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
Baseball was dropped after the 2008 Games, returned in 2021 in Japan, then was left out this year in Paris. Baseball is back in the Olympics in 2028. What the rosters will look like is hard to say
The first formal baseball league outside of the United States and Canada was founded in 1878 in Cuba, which maintains a rich baseball tradition and whose national team has been one of the world's strongest since international play began in the late 1930s (all organized baseball in the country has officially been amateur since the Cuban Revolution).
The IOC votes to include baseball, softball, flag football, cricket, squash and lacrosse as official sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.