Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Baseball
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Baseball pictogram.svg
Venues Estadi La Feixa Llarga (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat)
Camp Municipal de Beisbol de Viladecans (Viladecans)
DatesJuly 26 – August 5, 1992
Teams8
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
  1988 (demonstration)
1996  

Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics marked the debut of baseball as an official medal sport at the Olympics. The games were contested in Barcelona as part of the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1] Baseball was an event open only to amateurs, although Cuba used its best players as they were amateurs in name only with all necessary funding coming from the state. [2] [3] [4] The maximum roster size was 20 players per team.

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 first place team played the fourth place team, and the second place team played against the third 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 semifinals played a match for the bronze medal. Cuba won gold, with Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) winning silver, and Japan winning bronze. [5]

Medalists

Gold:Silver:Bronze:
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Antonio Pacheco Massó
Ermidelio Urrutia
Luis Ulacia
Alberto Hernández
Lázaro Vargas
Omar Linares
Germán Mesa
Juan Padilla
Lourdes Gourriel
José Estrada González
Osvaldo Fernández
Orlando Hernández
Giorge Diaz
Omar Ajete
Victor Mesa
Jorge Luis Valdes
José Raúl Delgado
Rolando Arrojo
Orestes Kindelán
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Chang Cheng-Hsien
Chang Wen-Chung
Chang Yaw-Teing
Chen Chi-Hsin
Chen Wei-Chen
Chiang Tai-Chuan
Huang Chung-Yi
Huang Wen-Po
Jong Yeu-Jeng
Ku Kuo-Chian
Kuo Lee Chien-Fu
Liao Ming-Hsiung
Lin Chao-Huang
Lin Kun-Han
Lo Chen-Jung
Lo Kuo-Chong
Pai Kun-Hong
Tsai Ming-Hung
Wang Kuang-Shih
Wu Shih-Hsih
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Koichi Oshima
Shigeki Wakabayashi
Masafumi Nishi
Koji Tokunaga
Akihiro Togo
Hirotami Kojima
Hiroki Kokubo
Hiroyuki Sakaguchi
Yasunori Takami
Yasuhiro Sato
Kento Sugiyama
Katsumi Watanabe
Kazutaka Nishiyama
Masahito Kohiyama
Tomohito Ito
Masanori Sugiura
Takashi Miwa
Shinichi Sato
Hiroshi Nakamoto
Shinichiro Kawabata

Teams

Preliminary round

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7707814+641.000Advance to knockout round
2Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7526015+45.7142
3Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 7526121+40.7142
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7524928+21.7142
5Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 725224826.2865
6Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 725236037.2865
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 716256237.1436
8Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (H)716158570.1436
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Hosts

Round 1

Team123456789RHE
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 000000020280
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 10502000x8120
Team123456789RHE
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 000000000030
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 00040202x8140
Team123456789RHE
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 102100000450
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 000100000132
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1030200309111
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 000000000051

Round 2

Team123456789RHE
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 03003130010141
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 000401400991
Team123456789RHE
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 000000401584
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 21004000x7101
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0000001131
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 240204x12110
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 5030002818200
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10000000182

Round 3

Team123456789RHE
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 000100000131
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 00052210x10130
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 00000000054
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1010111510151
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 0040022008151
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 000101000251
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 000101000244
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 04101302x11133

Round 4

Team123456789RHE
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 114115417180
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 0000000032
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 000000000040
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 10010000x270
Team123456789RHE
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 500000100695
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 00420300x9134
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0000000020
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 734600x20191

Round 5

Team123456789RHE
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 00001200360
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4015020113110
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 400113211130
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 0000000060
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 060606018161
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0000000025
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 0100100002153
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 30300011x891

Round 6

Team123456789RHE
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 0001021004103
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 40121001x9152
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 000000101271
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 000000000030
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0031000483
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 122251114140
Team123456789RHE
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 0000000023
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 030141110111

Round 7

Team12345678910RHE
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 00012000227134
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10200000205102
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 0001010136123
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0000040037101
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 0100041017140
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 000100000170
Team123456789RHE
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 000000100161
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 03003020x8132

Knockout round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 6
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 11
 
 
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 5
 
 
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8

Semifinals

Team123456789RHE
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 100111010590
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 011000000250
Team123456789RHE
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 000001000171
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 00011202x6111

Bronze medal match

Team123456789RHE
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 0400040008141
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 000210000362

Final

Team123456789RHE
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 20210121211182
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 000000100143

Final standing

Schedule

Baseball events took place over 11 days, from July 26 to August 5.

  1. July 26
    • ITA - TPE (10:30, L'Hospitalet)
    • DOM - CUB (10:30, Viladecans)
    • USA - ESP (18:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • JPN - PUR (18:00, Viladecans)
  2. July 27
    • USA - TPE (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • CUB - ITA (15:00, Viladecans)
    • DOM - PUR (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • ESP - JPN (21:00, Viladecans)
  3. July 28
    • PUR - TPE (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • ITA - USA (15:00, Viladecans)
    • CUB - JPN (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • ESP - DOM (21:00, Viladecans)
  4. July 29
    • JPN - DOM (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • ITA - PUR (15:00, Viladecans)
    • USA - CUB (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • ESP - TPE (21:00, Viladecans)
  5. July 31
    • ITA - JPN (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • TPE - DOM (15:00, Viladecans)
    • CUB - ESP (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • PUR - USA (21:00, Viladecans)
  6. August 1
    • PUR - CUB (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • TPE - JPN (15:00, Viladecans)
    • ESP - ITA (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • DOM - USA (21:00, Viladecans)
  7. August 2
    • DOM - ITA (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • PUR - ESP (15:00, Viladecans)
    • JPN - USA (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • TPE - CUB (21:00, Viladecans)
  8. August 4
    • TPE - JPN (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • USA - CUB (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
  9. August 5
    • JPN - USA (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
    • CUB - TPE (21:00, L'Hospitalet)

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