2008 Olympic Games

Softball at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing will be held over a ten day period starting August 12 and culminating with the medal finals on August 21. All games will be played at the Fengtai Softball Field. Olympic softball is competed by women only, men compete in the similar sport of baseball.

The International Olympic Committee has voted to remove softball from the program for the 2012 Olympic Games, so this is the last time that softball will be contested at the Olympics unless it is reinstated at a future date.