when was the last time baseball was in the olympics
2008
title: Baseball at the Summer Olympics text: Baseball at the Summer Olympics Baseball at the Summer Olympics unofficially debuted at the 1904 Summer Olympics, and became an official Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The event was last played in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with South Korea taking the gold; the sport was dropped from the Summer Olympic programme, but will be revived as part of the programme for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Olympic baseball is governed by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Although little was recorded, Olympic baseball first appeared at the 1904 St. Louis games. Eight years later in title: Baseball at the Summer Olympics text: final rank of each team in each tournament. Notes Sources Baseball at the Summer Olympics Baseball at the Summer Olympics unofficially debuted at the 1904 Summer Olympics, and became an official Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The event was last played in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with South Korea taking the gold; the sport was dropped from the Summer Olympic programme, but will be revived as part of the programme for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Olympic baseball is governed by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Although little was recorded, Olympic baseball first appeared title: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics text: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 13 to August 23. All games were played at Wukesong Baseball Field, a temporary venue constructed at the Beijing Wukesong Culture & Sports Center. For the third time in Olympic competition, professional baseball players were eligible to participate, though no active players from Major League Baseball were available. This is the most recently contested baseball tournament in Olympic history, as the International Olympic Committee voted to remove baseball from the program in the 2012 Olympics. Along with softball, baseball was rejected for title: United States national baseball team text: as the main reason for baseball being dropped from the Olympic program. The U.S. won its only gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The United States qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by winning the American Qualifying Tournament. They won the Bronze medal at the Beijing games, finishing behind South Korea (Gold) and Cuba (Silver). At the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting on July 8, , baseball and softball were voted out of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, becoming the first sports voted out of the Olympics since Polo was eliminated from the 1936 Summer title: Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics text: Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport and consisted of a single game. It was the fifth time that a baseball exhibition had been held, and was the last time that only one game would be played. Approximately 50,000 fans watched the game. The United States team of college baseball players, including eight future major league players and coached by Rod Dedeaux, defeated a Japanese amateur all-star team in Tokyo, 6-2. The American future major leaguers included pitchers Alan Closter, Dick Joyce, and Chuck Dobson; catchers Jim Hibbs and Ken Suarez;