Women's softball made its first appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

The competition was held at historic Golden Park in Columbus, Georgia, United States.

Final results for the Softball competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Eight teams competed in the Olympic softball tournament, and the competition consisted of two rounds.

Following this, the top four teams advanced to a Page playoff system round consisting of two semifinal games, and finally the bronze and gold medal games.

Winner advanced to gold medal match.