Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Baseball
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuesEstadi La Feixa Llarga (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat)
Camp Municipal de Beisbol de Viladecans (Viladecans)
DatesJuly 26 – August 5
Teams8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cuba
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Chinese Taipei
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan
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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] 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.[3]

Medalists[]

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
 Cuba
Antonio Pacheco Massó
Ermidelio Urrutia
Luis Ulacia
Alberto Hernández
Lázaro Vargas Alverez
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 		 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 		 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

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

    •  Spain (Hosts)
    •  Chinese Taipei (1987 Asian Baseball Championship silver medalist)
    •  Japan (1987 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist)
    •  Italy (1991 European Baseball Championship gold medalist)
    •  Cuba (1991 Pan American games gold medalist)
    •  Puerto Rico (1991 Pan American games silver medalist)
    •  United States (1991 Pan American games bronze medalist)
    •  Dominican Republic (1991 Pan American games fourth place)


Round 1[]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 0
 Chinese Taipei 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 x 8 12 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
 Cuba 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 x 8 14 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0
 Spain 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 9 11 1
 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1

Round 2[]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 0 3 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 10 14 1
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 0 0 9 9 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 8 4
 Puerto Rico 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 x 7 10 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1
 Japan 2 4 0 2 0 4 x 12 11 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Cuba 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 8 18 20 0
 Italy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2

Round 3[]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 x 10 13 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
 United States 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 10 15 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Cuba 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 8 15 1
 Japan 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Spain 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 4
 Dominican Republic 0 4 1 0 1 3 0 2 x 11 13 3

Round 4[]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 1 1 4 1 1 5 4 17 18 0
 Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
 Puerto Rico 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x 2 7 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 9 5
 Cuba 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 x 9 13 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
 Chinese Taipei 7 3 4 6 0 0 x 20 19 1

Round 5[]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Italy 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 6 0
 Japan 4 0 1 5 0 2 0 1 13 11 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 4 0 0 1 1 3 2 11 13 0
 Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Cuba 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 18 16 1
 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Puerto Rico 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 15 3
 United States 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 x 8 9 1

Round 6[]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 10 3
 Cuba 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 x 9 15 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 1
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Spain 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 8 3
 Italy 1 2 2 2 5 1 1 14 14 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
 United States 0 3 0 1 4 1 1 10 11 1

Round 7[]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
 Dominican Republic 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 7 13 4
 Italy 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 10 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 6 12 3
 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 10 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 7 14 0
 United States 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1
 Cuba 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 x 8 13 2

Standing[]

Team W L Tiebreaker
 Cuba 7 0 —
 Japan 5 2 1–1, 1.50 RA/9
 Chinese Taipei 5 2 1–1, 5.00 RA/9
 United States 5 2 1–1, 8.00 RA/9
 Puerto Rico 2 5 1–0
 Dominican Republic 2 5 0–1
 Italy 1 6 1–0
 Spain 1 6 0–1

Semifinals[]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 9 0
 Japan 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 1
 Cuba 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 x 6 11 1

Bronze medal match[]

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

Final[]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Cuba 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 11 18 2
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 3

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)

References[]

  1. ^ Preston, Mike (August 6, 1992). "Dismayed U.S. Beaten at Its Own Game". Los Angeles Times. p. C7. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ [1]
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