Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

 

Baseball had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. 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.

Baseball was an event open only to male amateurs.

Medallists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Cuba Antonio Pacheco Massó Juan Carlos Pérez Rondon Ermidelio Urrutia Luis Ulacia Alberto Hernandez Lázaro Vargas Omar Linares Germán Mesa Juan Padilla Lourdes Gourriel José Antonio Estrada Osvaldo Fernández Orlando Hernández Giorge Diaz Loren Omar Ajete Victor Mesa Martinez Jorge Luis Valdes Berriel José Raul Delgado Diez Rolando Avila 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

Final ranking

1. Cuba
2. Chinese Taipei
3. Japan
4. United States
5. Puerto Rico
6. Dominican Republic
7. Italy
8. Spain

Results

Preliminary round

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

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	Pct
Cuba	7	7	0	78	14	1.000
Japan	7	5	2	60	15	.714
Chinese Taipei	7	5	2	61	21	.714
United States	7	5	2	49	28	.714
Puerto Rico	7	2	5	22	48	.286
Dominican Republic	7	2	5	23	60	.286
Italy	7	1	6	25	62	.143
Spain	7	1	6	15	85	.143

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

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)

Events at the 1992 Summer Olympics (Barcelona)

Archery • Athletics • Badminton • Baseball • Basketball • Basque pelota (demonstration) • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Roller hockey (demonstration) • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Synchronized swimming • Table tennis • Taekwondo (demonstration) • Tennis • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

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