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Throughout the tournament Team USA outscored its opponents 51-1. Team USA won the Olympic gold medal in softball for the third straight time. Australia's silver medal marks its best result in Olympic softball history. Japan earned the bronze medal after defeating China in the semi-final, and losing to Australia in the Bronze medal game.
On March 26, 2008, the United States Olympic softball team had their 185-game winning streak (both official and exhibition games) snapped in a no-hitter thrown by Virginia Tech's pitcher Angela Tincher, who struck out 10 batters in a 1–0 exhibition win for the Hokies. The no-hit win proved something extra special in this case, as Tincher had ...
Laura Berg, with three gold and one silver medals, is the most successful Olympic athlete in softball. Australian player Natalie Ward won bronze in 1996, 2000, and 2008 and silver in 2004, one of four players to medal in four tournaments. United States athlete Lisa Fernandez won gold medals in the first three Olympic softball tournaments.
United States (USA) Kimberly Severson Darren Chiacchia John Williams Amy Tryon Julie Richards: Individual jumping details: Rodrigo Pessoa Brazil: Chris Kappler United States: Marco Kutscher Germany: Team jumping details United States (USA) Peter Wylde McLain Ward Beezie Madden Chris Kappler Sweden (SWE) Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Malin Baryard
There's a reason the American women seemed mad after accepting their silver medals. Look at those 13 lost years without an Olympic opportunity.
[3] [4] The team was selected based on the results of the 2004 United States Olympic Trials. Adam Nelson originally claimed a silver medal in men's shot put. On December 5, 2012, the International Olympic Committee and the IAAF stripped off Ukrainian shot putter Yuriy Bilonoh's gold medal after drug re-testings of his samples were discovered ...
Japan blanked Team USA 2-0 in a repeat of the Americans' 2008 gold medal loss.
Women's softball was the female version of baseball played at the Games since women's baseball was not included on the program. Rule differences between Olympic softball and baseball included: 1) ball is pitched underhand. The ball must weigh between 6.25 ounces (177 g) and 7 ounces (200 g).