| Softball at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Softball Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 14 – 23 August 2004 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 120 from 8 nations | |||||||||
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Softball was a women's sporting event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Games were played at the softball stadium in the Helliniko Olympic Complex from August 14 to 23. The United States won the gold while Australia took silver and Japan received bronze.
Softball was one of the three sports at the 2004 Athens Olympics that was for women only along with Synchronized Swimming and Rhythmic Gymnastics. Eight teams competed for the gold medal in only the third appearance of softball at the Summer Olympics. The softball competition featured 120 athletes.
Japanese pitcher Yukiko Ueno threw a perfect game—the first at an Olympics’ softball competition—in a preliminary round match against China.[1] The United States dominated the overall competition, winning all seven of its preliminary matches and defeating Australia twice in the medal round.