Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics Demonstration sport | |
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Games played | 16 |
Dates | September 19–27, 1988 |
Venue | Jamsil Baseball Stadium |
City | Seoul, South Korea |
Finishing order |
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Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport for the seventh time. Eight teams competed in Jamsil Baseball Stadium in the baseball tournament. The format used was the same as the tournament of four years earlier. Five teams that had competed in the 1984 tournament returned.
Preliminary round[]
There were two pools for the preliminary round. Teams played each of the three other teams in their division.
- Blue Division
- Chinese Taipei (1987 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist)
- Japan (1984 Olympics gold medalist)
- Netherlands (1987 European Baseball Championship gold medalist)
- Puerto Rico (1987 Pan American games bronze medalist)
- White Division
- Australia (1987 Asian Baseball Championship fifth place)
- Canada (1987 Pan American games fourth place, defeat 1987 European Baseball Championship silver medalist Italy in a playoff)
- South Korea (Hosts)
- United States (1987 Pan American games silver medalist)
Blue Division[]
Round 1[]
- Japan, 1-0
- Netherlands, 1-0
- Chinese Taipei, 0-1
- Puerto Rico, 0-1
Game 1, 20 September
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | |
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Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Game 6, 20 September
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | |
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Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 7 | 14 |
Round 2[]
- Japan, 2-0
- Netherlands, 1-1
- Puerto Rico, 1-1
- Chinese Taipei, 0-2
Game 2, 22 September
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | |
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Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
Game 5, 22 September
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | |
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Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | |
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
Round 3[]
- Japan, 3-0
- Puerto Rico, 2-1
- Netherlands, 1-2
- Chinese Taipei, 0-3
Game 3, 24 September
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | |
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Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Game 4, 24 September
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | |
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Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | |
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
White Division[]
Round 1[]
- Australia, 1-0
- United States, 1-0
- Canada, 0-1
- South Korea, 0-1
Game 1, 19 September
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | |
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Canada | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | |
Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 7 | 10 |
Game 6, 19 September
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | |
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United States | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Round 2[]
- Australia, 1-1
- Canada, 1-1
- South Korea, 1-1
- United States, 1-1
Game 2, 23 September
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | |
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Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Game 5, 23 September
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | |
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United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | |
Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | x | 8 | 12 |
Round 3[]
- United States, 2-1
- South Korea, 2-1
- Australia, 1-2
- Canada, 1-2
Game 3, 25 September
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | |
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Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 15 |
Game 4, 25 September
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | |
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South Korea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |
Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Semifinals[]
The semifinals pitted the first-place team of each division against the second-place team of the other division. Thus, Japan (3-0) played against Korea (2-1), which had a tied record with the United States (2-1) but had lost in head-to-head competition against them. The first-place Americans played against Puerto Rico (2-1).
Game 1, 26 September
Rank | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | |
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White #2 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Blue #1 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Game 2, 26 September
Rank | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | |
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Blue #2 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
White #1 | United States | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | x | 7 | 8 |
Third-place final[]
The third-place final pitted the losers of the semifinals against each, with the winner taking third place and the loser taking fourth.
27 September
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | |
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Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | |
South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
First-place final[]
The winners of the semifinals played each other for first and second place. In a rematch of the 1984 final, the reigning champion Japanese team lost to the United States. Since baseball was a demonstration sport, no official medals were awarded.
27 September
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | |
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United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |
Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Rosters[]
United States[]Source:[1]
Japan[]Source:[2]
Canada[]Source:[3]
Australia[]Source:[4]
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Chinese Taipei[]Source:[5]
The Netherlands[]Source:[6]
Puerto Rico[]Source:[7]
South Korea[]Source:[8]
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Final standings[]
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References[]
- Cava, Pete (Summer 1992). "Baseball in the Olympics". Citius, Altius, Fortius. 1 (1): 7–15.
- Official Report. Official Report Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results. 1988.
- ^ "1988 United States Olympic Team Roster Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine", USABaseball.com, accessed December 29, 2008.
- ^ 1988 Japan Olympic Team Roster (Japanese) Archived August 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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