Golden Park - Columbus GA
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hykesj
N 32° 27.143 W 084° 59.547
16S E 688703 N 3592355
Historic Golden Park in Columbus, GA, played host to the women’s softball competition at the 1996 Olympic Summer Games.
Waymark Code: WM16V8C
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2022
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Women’s softball made its debut at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Eight countries fielded teams with the United States taking home the gold, China the silver and Australia the bronze medals. All games were played at Golden Park in Columbus, a little over 100 miles from Atlanta.
Golden Park was built in 1951 and named after local industrialist Theodore Earnest Golden. For most of its life, it has been the home of several different Minor League baseball teams, mostly single A or double A.
Olympic Games: Atlanta Summer 1996
Sport held at venue: Softball
Start and/or Finish: Not Aplicable
Web Address with Additional Details: [Web Link]
Reference Supporting Olympic Use: Website
Details of Reference Supporting Olympic Use:
See above website
Current Use: Home field for the Columbus Chatt-a-Hoots of the Sunbelt Baseball League.
Parking Area: N 32° 27.097 W 084° 59.318
Olympic Games No 2: Not listed
Olympic Games No 3: Not listed
Sport held at venue No 2: Not listed
Additional sport(s) held at venue: Not listed
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