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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]
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.
Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport.It would become an official sport 8 years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Although single exhibition games had been played in conjunction with five previous Olympics, it was the first time that the sport was officially included in the program, and also the first time that the sport was played in Olympics held in the United States.
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 had its second appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, with games played at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium. Eight nations competed, with the preliminary phase consisting of each team playing every other team. Playoffs were then held, with the four highest ranked teams advancing.
Baseball returned as a demonstration sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Again an eight-team tournament, the United States finished first in the tournament, defeating Japan, 5–3, in the final game. Baseball became an official medal sport beginning with the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Competition was open only to male amateurs ...
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Baseball Stadium (final) None: 6,740 [1] Camp Municipal de Beisbol de Viladecans: None: 6,740 [2] 1996 Atlanta: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium: Softball: 52,007 [3] 2000 Sydney: Sydney Baseball Stadium (final) Modern pentathlon: 21,500 [4] Blacktown Olympic Park: Softball: 3,000 [5] 2004 Athens: Hellinikon Stadium ...
This was the last Olympic baseball tournament before the International Olympic Committee voted to remove baseball from the program in the 2012 Olympics. [1] Along with softball , baseball was rejected for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Olympics at the IOC's meeting in October 2009. [ 2 ]