When did baseball first become an Olympic sport?

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Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers, wearing a white uniform and helmet, watches his hit while holding a bat during a game at Dodger Stadium. — Baseball Freddie Freeman, shown here in a 2023 game, was named World Series MVP in 2024 after hitting four home runs and driving in 12 runs for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Baseball officially debuted as an Olympic sport at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Spain.123

Prior to its official inclusion, the sport had been showcased as a demonstration event at the Summer Games throughout the 20th century. Following its 1992 debut, baseball remained part of the Olympic program until 2008. Although it was dropped from the program for the 2012 and 2016 Games, it returned for the 2020 Tokyo Games and is scheduled to be reinstated for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.24