Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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:

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's tournament	United States (USA) Laura Berg Gillian Boxx Sheila Cornell Lisa Fernandez Michele Granger Lori Harrigan Dionna Harris Kim Maher Leah O'Brien Dot Richardson Julie Smith Michele Smith Shelly Stokes Danielle Tyler Christa Lee Williams	China (CHN) An Zhongxin Chen Hong He Liping Lei Li Liu Xuqing Liu Yaju Ma Ying Ou Jingbai Tao Hua Wang Lihong Wang Ying Wei Qiang Xu Jian Yan Fang Zhang Chunfang	Australia (AUS) Joanne Brown Kim Cooper Carolyn Crudgington Kerry Dienelt Peta Edebone Tanya Harding Jennifer Holliday Joyce Lester Sally McDermid Francine McRae Haylea Petrie Nicole Richardson Melanie Roche Natalie Ward Brooke Wilkins

Final team standings

Rank	Team	Games	Wins	Losses
	United States (USA)	9	8	1
	China (CHN)	10	6	4
	Australia (AUS)	9	6	3
4	Japan (JPN)	8	5	3
5	Canada (CAN)	7	3	4
6	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	7	2	5
7	Netherlands (NED)	7	1	6
8	Puerto Rico (PUR)	7	1	6

Medal round

Gold medal match

•  United States (USA) 3
•  China (CHN) 1

Bronze Medal Match

•  Japan (JPN) 2
•  Australia (AUS) 4

References

• Official Olympic Report