For as long as I can remember I have wished that softball could lead to something outside of college. It seemed that if you really wanted to get anywhere in sports that you either had to pick a sport that was continuing into the Olympics or you had to be male. Women have struggled over the years for equality in sports and it is improving. Especially with the addition of softball into the Olympics. The USA softball team was introduced to the world in 1996.
Olympic softball consists of eight teams from all around the world.
In the 1996 Olympics the softball games started on July 21st. The way they were played was they switched around with the teams. A round-robin sort of thing. On July 28th the top four teams advanced to the medal rounds. The gold went to the United States.