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An exhibition baseball game was also played at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. In 1936, in Berlin, two United States teams played each other before approximately 90,000–100,000 spectators at the Reichsportsfeld. [2] The 1952 Helsinki event was a modified form of the sport, Finnish baseball, played by two Finnish teams.
Baseball/softball was one of five optional sports that were added to the programme of the 2020 Summer Olympics. It did not return in 2024 for the Paris Summer Olympics. [2] The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
Here's a closer look at baseball's status for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, as well as updates on its future for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles
Baseball was dropped after the 2008 Games, returned in 2021 in Japan, then was left out this year in Paris. The sport returns for the Los Angeles Games four years from now. At the Tokyo Olympics, Major League Baseball only allowed players not on 40-man rosters to play — and teams additionally blocked many eligible prospects.
Baseball is a sport formerly contested at the Summer Olympic Games. It was originally played as a demonstration sport in seven Olympics—1912, 1936, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1984, and 1988 [1] — more than for any other sport in Olympic history. [2] These exhibitions featured a single game at the first five Olympic appearances and then a tournament ...
Baseball was dropped after the 2008 Games, returned in 2021 in Japan, then was left out this year in Paris. Baseball is back in the Olympics in 2028. What the rosters will look like is hard to say
Only if the newcomers do especially well will they be considered for a permanent spot. Baseball, which has drifted in and out of the Olympics several times in recent history, would benefit from ...
Major League Baseball players participating in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics remains a possibility, according to baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, though many obstacles remain to Shohei Ohtani ...