Baseball and softball are done in the olympics... No more medals to be awarded.
Softball will not be a medal sport at the 2012 Games in London. Both softball and baseball were removed from the medal sports beginning with the 2012 Games.
Softball has been an event at the Olympics since 1996 and the 2008 Games will be the fourth Olympics that have had softball. The US team has played in each one and won the gold medal in 1996, 2000, and 2004.
It was Elena Dementieva
Natalie Cook and Kerri Ann Pottharst won for Australia.
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Japan won the last Olympic softball event. That was the only time the USA did not win the gold medal.
Japan won the last Olympic softball event. That was the only time the USA did not win the gold medal.
P. Jaroenrattanatarakoon (Thailand) won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg weightlifting event in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Deborah Compagnoni
Softball became an Olympic medal event in 1996. In 2005, the International Olympic Committee voted to drop both Softball and Baseball from the Summer Olympic Games of 2012. Both may reapply for 2016 consideration.