Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Baseball had its second appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. 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 male amateurs.

Contents 1 Medallists 2 Results 2.1 Preliminary round 2.1.1 Round 1 (July 20) 2.1.2 Round 2 (July 21) 2.1.3 Round 3 (July 23) 2.1.4 Round 4 (July 24) 2.1.5 Round 5 (July 27) 2.1.6 Round 6 (July 28) 2.1.7 Round 7 (July 29) 2.1.8 Standings 2.2 Semifinals (August 1) 2.3 Bronze medal match (August 2) 2.4 Final (August 2) 3 Final Standings

[edit] Medallists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Cuba Juan Manrique Garcia Orestes Kindelan Antonio Scull Alberto Hernández Antonio Pacheco Massó Juan Padilla Omar Linares Lazaro Vargas Alverez Miguel Caldes 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

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary round

[edit] Round 1 (July 20)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		4	6	0
Nicaragua	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Cuba	2	0	3	3	0	8	0	3			19	20	2
Australia	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0			8	12	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Japan	1	1	1	0	1	2	6				12	17	0
Netherlands	0	1	0	0	0	0	1				2	6	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Korea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	1
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	x		2	6	1

[edit] Round 2 (July 21)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		R	H	E
Japan	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1		7	6	0
Cuba	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		8	12	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Netherlands	8	2	0	0	0	4	0	2			16	18	1
Australia	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0			6	7	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Italy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	10	1
Nicaragua	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	x		7	5	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Korea	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	8	4
United States	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	x		7	10	3

[edit] Round 3 (July 23)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Netherlands	0	1	0	0	0	1	0				2	4	0
Cuba	2	0	2	1	6	7	x				18	17	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Nicaragua	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0		8	14	4
Korea	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0		3	8	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Australia	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	0		9	14	0
Japan	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3		6	11	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
United States	6	0	5	2	0	2	0				15	11	0
Italy	3	0	0	0	0	0	0				3	6	2

[edit] Round 4 (July 24)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Cuba	0	1	1	4	0	3	2	3	0		14	20	0
Korea	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	5		11	17	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Nicaragua	1	0	4	0	0	0					5	10	0
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	5	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Italy	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0		12	15	3
Australia	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		8	12	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
United States	7	0	0	0	7	1	0				15	14	0
Japan	2	0	2	1	0	0	0				5	6	1

[edit] Round 5 (July 27)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Japan	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1		13	13	1
Nicaragua	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		6	11	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	4	0	2				6	11	7
Cuba	0	4	5	5	4	2	x				20	19	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Australia	1	2	2	0	0	0	0				5	9	1
United States	7	0	2	6	0	0	x				15	13	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Netherlands	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	10	0
Korea	0	3	2	1	5	0	0	0	x		11	16	1

[edit] Round 6 (July 28)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Cuba	4	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0		10	13	0
United States	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	1		8	13	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	5	2
Nicaragua	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	5			10	13	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3		8	13	1
Italy	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3		7	9	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Nicaragua	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0		7	13	1
Cuba	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	x		8	12	1

[edit] Round 7 (July 29)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Korea	1	0	0	0	0	3	0				4	8	2
Japan	0	0	2	3	5	3	1				14	19	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
United States	5	0	2	2	1	4	3				17	18	1
Netherlands	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				1	3	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			1	6	1
Japan	1	2	0	1	3	2	1	2			12	13	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Nicaragua	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0		7	13	1
Cuba	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	X		8	12	1

[edit] Standings

Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
Cuba	7	0	-
United States	6	1	-
Japan	4	3	1-0
Nicaragua	4	3	0-1
Netherlands	2	5	2-0
Italy	2	5	1-1
Australia	2	5	0-2
Korea	1	6	-

[edit] Semifinals (August 1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Nicaragua	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	2
Cuba	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	2	x		8	14	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Japan	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	2	1		11	15	0
United States	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		2	6	1

[edit] Bronze medal match (August 2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
United States	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0		10	12	1
Nicaragua	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	2

[edit] Final (August 2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	2		9	9	1
Cuba	3	3	0	0	0	4	1	2	x		13	14	0

[edit] Final Standings

Place Team  Cuba  Japan  United States 4.  Nicaragua 5.  Netherlands 6.  Italy 7.  Australia 8.  Korea

1996 Olympic Champions  Cuba Second title

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