Baseball
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium
DatesJuly 20 – August 2, 1996
Teams8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cuba
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States

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 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]

Medalists

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

Teams

  •  United States (Hosts)
  •  Japan (1995 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist)
  •  South Korea (1995 Asian Baseball Championship silver medalist)
  •  Netherlands (1991 European Baseball Championship gold medalist)
  •  Italy (1991 European Baseball Championship silver medalist)
  •  Cuba (1995 Pan American games gold medalist)
  •  Nicaragua (1995 Pan American games silver medalist)
  •  Australia (Oceania Baseball Championship gold medalist, defeat 1995 Africa Cup Baseball Championship  South Africa in a playoff)

Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Cuba 7 7 0 97 49 +48 1.000 Advance to knockout round
2  United States (H) 7 6 1 81 27 +54 .857 1
3  Japan 7 4 3 69 45 +24 .571 3
4  Nicaragua 7 4 3 44 30 +14 .571 3
5  Netherlands 7 2 5 32 76 44 .286 5
6  Italy 7 2 5 33 71 38 .286 5
7  Australia 7 2 5 47 86 39 .286 5
8  South Korea 7 1 6 40 59 19 .143 6
Source:
(H) Hosts

Day 1 (July 20)

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

Day 2 (July 21)

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

Day 3 (July 22)

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

Day 4 (July 23)

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

Day 5 (July 24)

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

Day 6 (July 25)

10:00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nicaragua Nicaragua 104000 5100
Netherlands Netherlands 000000 051
3:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Italy Italy 322220010 12153
Australia Australia 021210020 8123
8:00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Japan Japan 2021000 561
United States United States 700071X 15140

Day 7 (July 27)

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

Day 8 (July 28)

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

Day 9 (July 29)

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

Day 10 (July 30)

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

Knockout round

Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1  Cuba 8
4  Nicaragua 1
 Cuba 13
 Japan 9
3  Japan 11
2  United States 2 Bronze medal game
 Nicaragua 3
 United States 10

Semifinals (August 1)

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

Bronze medal match (August 2)

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

Final (August 2)

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

Final standing

Sources

References

  1. Harral, Emily (31 August 2019). "The Utility Player: An Examination of the Role of Baseball in Cuban Society". eGrove. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
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