Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Pictogram used to identify softball at the 2008 Games | ||||||||||
| Venue | Fengtai Softball Field | |||||||||
| Dates | August 12–21, 2008 | |||||||||
| Teams | 8 | |||||||||
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Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place over a ten-day period starting August 12 and culminating in the medal finals on August 21. All games were played at the Fengtai Softball Field. Olympic softball is a women only competition, with men competing in the similar sport of baseball.
This is the last time Softball was contested as a core sport at the Olympics, as the International Olympic Committee voted to remove baseball from the program in the 2012 Olympics. Along with baseball, softball was rejected for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Olympics at the IOC's meeting in October 2009. However, softball was contested at the 2020 Games and will be included in the at the 2028 games as an additional sport.