Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

 

Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport for the seventh time. Eight teams competed in Seoul 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
  1. Chinese Taipei
  2. Netherlands
  3. Japan
  4. Puerto Rico
• White Division
  1. Canada
  2. Australia
  3. United States
  4. Korea

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
• Korea, 0-1

Game 1, 19 September

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

Round 2

• Australia, 1-1
• Canada, 1-1
• Korea, 1-1
• United States, 1-1

Game 2, 23 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		R	H
Australia	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	6
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
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
• 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
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
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
White #2	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
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.

7 August

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	0		7	11
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, medals were awarded, but the medals were not "official" (and did not count in the respective nations' medal totals).

7 August

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
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

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.

Events at the 1988 Summer Olympics (Seoul)
Archery • Athletics • Basketball • Baseball (demonstration) • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Synchronized swimming • Table tennis • Taekwondo (demonstration) • Tennis • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Baseball at the Summer Olympics
1912* • 1920-1932 • 1936* • 1948 • 1952* • 1956* • 1960 • 1964* • 1968-1980 • 1984* • 1988* • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 * Demonstration sports at these Games
List of Olympic medalists in baseball

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