Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics


Women's softball made its first appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The competition was held at historic Golden Park in Columbus, Georgia, United States. Final results for the Softball competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics:

Medalists

Participants

Competition format

Eight teams competed in the Olympic softball tournament, and the competition consisted of two rounds. The preliminary round followed a round robin format, where each of the teams played all the other teams once. Following this, the top four teams advanced to a Page playoff system round consisting of two semifinal games, and finally the bronze and gold medal games.

Group stage

Qualified for the semifinals
Eliminated
The top four teams advanced to the semifinal round.
TeamWLRSRAWIN%GBTiebreaker
61377.857--
52299.71413 RA vs. AUS/JPN
522211.71416 RA vs. CHN/JPN
522418.714110 RA vs. CHN/AUS
341517.4293-
251919.2864-
16432.14351–0 vs. PUR
16544.14350–1 vs. NED

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Medal round

The loser of 1&2 seed game played the winner of the 3&4 seed game in the bronze medal match. The loser of the bronze medal match won the bronze medal while the winner went on to play the winner of the 1&2 seed game for the gold medal in the gold medal match.

Semi finals

Bronze medal match

Winner advanced to gold medal match. Loser won bronze medal.

Gold medal match

Final team standings