Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Baseball had its second appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, with games played at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium. Eight nations competed, with the preliminary phase consisting of each team playing every other team. Playoffs were then held, with the four highest ranked teams advancing. For the semifinals, the 1st place team played the 4th place team and the 2nd place team played against the 3rd place team. The winners of those semifinals competed against each other for the gold medal, with the loser getting the silver medal. The teams defeated in the semifinal played a match for the bronze medal.

Baseball
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium
DatesJuly 20 – August 2
Teams8
Medalists
 Cuba
 Japan
 United States

Baseball was an event open only to amateurs for the second and last time. Meanwhile, Cuba used its best players as they were amateurs in name only, with all necessary funding coming from the state.[1]

Medallists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
 Cuba
Juan Manrique Garcia
Orestes Kindelán
Antonio Scull
Alberto Hernández
Antonio Pacheco Massó
Juan Padilla
Omar Linares
Lázaro Vargas Alverez
Miguel Caldés Luis
Eduardo Paret
José Estrada González
Rey Isaac Vaillant
Luis Ulacia Alverez
Pedro Luis Lazo
Eliecer Montes de Oca
José Contreras
Omar Luis Martinez
Omar Ajete
Ormari Romero
Jorge Fumero
 Japan
Masahiko Mori
Jutaro Kimura
Masao Morinaka
Hitoshi Ono
Takashi Kurosu
Masahiro Nojima
Makoto Imaoka
Kosuke Fukudome
Takayuki Takabayashi
Yasuyuki Saigo
Masanori Sugiura
Takeo Kawamura
Koichi Misawa
Hideaki Okubo
Nobuhiko Matsunaka
Tadahito Iguchi
Takao Kuwamoto
Daishin Nakamura
Tomoaki Sato
Yoshitomo Tani
 United States
Kris Benson
R.A. Dickey
Troy Glaus
Chad Green
Seth Greisinger
Travis Lee
Augie Ojeda
Jason Williams
Chad Allen
Kip Harkrider
A.J. Hinch
Jacque Jones
Mark Kotsay
Matt LeCroy
Braden Looper
Brian Loyd
Warren Morris
Jeff Weaver
Jim Parque
Billy Koch

Results

Day 1 (July 20)

10:00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
United States 000022000 460
Nicaragua 100000000 171
3:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cuba 20330803 19202
Australia 04040000 8125
8:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Japan 1110126 12170
Netherlands 0100001 264

Day 2 (July 21)

3:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
South Korea 100000000 151
Italy 10010000x 261
8:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Japan 0100140001 760
Cuba 3300000002 8121

Day 3 (July 22)

10:00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Netherlands 82000402 16181
Australia 02000400 672
3:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Italy 101000000 2101
Nicaragua 30400000x 752
8:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
South Korea 000101000 284
United States 10031011x 7103

Day 4 (July 23)

10:00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Netherlands 0100010 240
Cuba 202167x 18170
3:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nicaragua 011510000 8144
South Korea 001000110 381
3:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Australia 010017000 9140
Japan 200001003 6113

Day 5 (July 24)

3:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
United States 6052020 15110
Italy 3000000 362
8:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cuba 011403230 14200
South Korea 000203105 11172

Day 6 (July 25)

10:00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nicaragua 104000 5100
Netherlands 000000 051
3:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Italy 322220010 12153
Australia 021210020 8123
8:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
United States 7000710 15140
Japan 2021000 561

Day 7 (July 27)

10:00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Japan 620020021 13131
Nicaragua 020200200 6112
3:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Italy 0000402 6117
Cuba 045542x 20190
8:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Australia 1220000 591
United States 702600x 15130

Day 8 (July 28)

10:00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Netherlands 011000100 3100
South Korea 03215000x 11161
3:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cuba 400006000 10130
United States 100010321 8132
8:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Australia 00000000 052
Nicaragua 03110005 10130

Day 9 (July 29)

10:00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Netherlands 300001103 8131
Italy 000301003 791
3:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nicaragua 103120000 7131
Cuba 02212001X 8121
8:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
South Korea 1000030 482
Japan 0023531 14190

Day 10 (July 30)

10:00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
United States 5022143 17181
Netherlands 0001000 133
3:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Italy 00010000 161
Japan 12013212 12130
8:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Australia 000800120 11142
South Korea 223000100 8103

Standing

Team W L Tiebreaker
 Cuba 70-
 United States 61-
 Japan 431-0
 Nicaragua 430-1
 Netherlands 252-0
 Italy 251-1
 Australia 250-2
 South Korea 16-

Semifinals (August 1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nicaragua 010000000 162
Cuba 00030302x 8142
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Japan 030030221 11150
United States 000002000 261

Bronze medal match (August 2)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
United States 400101130 10121
Nicaragua 300000000 332

Final (August 2)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Japan 000150102 991
Cuba 33000412x 13140

Final standing

References

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