Softball was introduced as an Olympic medal sport for women in 1996. The United States won the gold medal at those Olympic Games held in Atlanta. As of now, softball is scheduled to be discontinued as an Olympic sport after the 2008 Games in Beijing.
As of the 2008 Games in Beijing, no athlete from Madagascar has ever won an Olympic medal.
Softball's first year as an Olympic sport was 1996. Unfortunately, softball is being dropped as an Olympic sport after the 2008 Games in Beijing.
Men: Irving Saladino, Panama Women: Maurren Maggi, Brazil
There were 35 total bronze medals awarded for Wrestling in the 2008 Olympics: 14 in men's freestyle, 8 in woman's freestyle, and 13 in men's Greco-Roman. You can see the complete list of 2008 Olympic wrestling medal winners at the related links.
The USA has won 3 gold medals in softball at the Olympics, in 1996 (Atlanta), 2000 (Sydney) and 2004 (Athens). They were beaten into the silver medal position by the hosts in 2008 (Beijing)
Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus in 2004 and Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica in 2008.
A circular medal made from gold.
Japan won the last Olympic softball event. That was the only time the USA did not win the gold medal.
The 2004 Olympic gold medal team was from Cuba. The 2008 Olympic gold medal game will be between Cuba and South Korea.
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