| Year Location |
Number of Teams |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
| 1965 Melbourne, Australia |
5 |
Australia |
United States |
Japan |
| 1970 Osaka, Japan |
9 |
Japan |
United States |
Philippines |
| 1974 Stratford, Connecticut (USA) |
15 |
United States |
Japan |
Australia |
| 1978 San Salvador, El Salvador |
15 |
United States |
Canada |
New Zealand |
| 1982 Taipei, Chinese Taipei |
23 |
New Zealand |
Chinese Taipei |
Australia |
| 1986 Auckland, New Zealand |
12 |
United States |
China |
New Zealand |
| 1990 Normal, Illinois (USA) |
20 |
United States |
New Zealand |
China |
| 1994 St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) |
28 |
United States |
China |
Chinese Taipei |
| 1998 Fujinomiya City, Japan |
17 |
United States |
Australia |
Japan |
| 2002 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada) |
16 |
United States |
Japan |
Chinese Taipei |
(Source: 2004 Olympic Softball Media Guide by Bruce R. Wawrzyniak)
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