Baseball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics

Baseball
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Baseball; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
Dates	July 20 – August 2, 1996
Teams	8
Medalists
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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, 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.

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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]

Preliminary round

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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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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

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

3:00PM	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

8:00PM	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

8:00PM	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

Baseball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics

Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Teams

Preliminary round

Day 1 (July 20)

Day 2 (July 21)

Day 3 (July 22)

Day 4 (July 23)

Day 5 (July 24)

Day 6 (July 25)

Day 7 (July 27)

Day 8 (July 28)

Day 9 (July 29)

Day 10 (July 30)

Knockout round

Semifinals (August 1)

Bronze medal match (August 2)

Final (August 2)

Final standing

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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

10:00AM	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

10:00AM	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

10:00AM	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
South Korea	0	3	2	1	5	0	0	0	x		11	16	1

10:00AM	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