Baseball had its second appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, with games played at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium. 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 amateurs for the second and last time. Meanwhile, Cuba used its best players as they were amateurs in name only, with all necessary funding coming from the state.[1]
^Harral, Emily (31 August 2019). "The Utility Player: An Examination of the Role of Baseball in Cuban Society". eGrove. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
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Baseball had its second appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta United States with games played at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium 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 Baseballat the Games of the XXVI OlympiadVenueAtlanta Fulton County StadiumDatesJuly 20 August 2 1996Teams8Medalists Cuba Japan United States 19922000 Baseball was an event open only to amateurs for the second and last time Meanwhile Cuba used its best players as they were amateurs in name only with all necessary funding coming from the state 1 Contents 1 Medalists 2 Teams 3 Preliminary round 3 1 Day 1 July 20 3 2 Day 2 July 21 3 3 Day 3 July 22 3 4 Day 4 July 23 3 5 Day 5 July 24 3 6 Day 6 July 25 3 7 Day 7 July 27 3 8 Day 8 July 28 3 9 Day 9 July 29 3 10 Day 10 July 30 4 Knockout round 4 1 Semifinals August 1 4 2 Bronze medal match August 2 4 3 Final August 2 5 Final standing 6 Sources 7 References 8 External linksMedalists editGold Silver Bronze nbsp CubaJuan Manrique GarciaOrestes KindelanAntonio ScullAlberto HernandezAntonio Pacheco MassoJuan PadillaOmar LinaresLazaro Vargas AlverezMiguel Caldes LuisEduardo ParetJose Estrada GonzalezRey Isaac VaillantLuis Ulacia AlverezPedro Luis LazoEliecer Montes de OcaJose ContrerasOmar Luis MartinezOmar AjeteOrmari RomeroJorge Fumero nbsp JapanMasahiko MoriJutaro KimuraMasao MorinakaHitoshi OnoTakashi KurosuMasahiro NojimaMakoto ImaokaKosuke FukudomeTakayuki TakabayashiYasuyuki SaigoMasanori SugiuraTakeo KawamuraKoichi MisawaHideaki OkuboNobuhiko MatsunakaTadahito IguchiTakao KuwamotoDaishin NakamuraTomoaki SatoYoshitomo Tani nbsp United StatesKris BensonR A DickeyTroy GlausChad GreenSeth GreisingerTravis LeeAugie OjedaJason WilliamsChad AllenKip HarkriderA J HinchJacque JonesMark KotsayMatt LeCroyBraden LooperBrian LoydWarren MorrisJeff WeaverJim ParqueBilly KochTeams edit nbsp United States Hosts nbsp Japan 1995 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist nbsp South Korea 1995 Asian Baseball Championship silver medalist nbsp Netherlands 1991 European Baseball Championship gold medalist nbsp Italy 1991 European Baseball Championship silver medalist nbsp Cuba 1995 Pan American games gold medalist nbsp Nicaragua 1995 Pan American games silver medalist nbsp Australia Oceania Baseball Championship gold medalist defeat 1995 Africa Cup Baseball Championship nbsp South Africa in a playoff Preliminary round editPos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification1 nbsp Cuba 7 7 0 97 49 48 1 000 Advance to knockout round2 nbsp United States H 7 6 1 81 27 54 857 13 nbsp Japan 7 4 3 69 45 24 571 34 nbsp Nicaragua 7 4 3 44 30 14 571 35 nbsp Netherlands 7 2 5 32 76 44 286 56 nbsp Italy 7 2 5 33 71 38 286 57 nbsp Australia 7 2 5 47 86 39 286 58 nbsp South Korea 7 1 6 40 59 19 143 6Source citation needed H Hosts Day 1 July 20 edit 10 00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp United States 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 6 0 nbsp Nicaragua 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 13 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Cuba 2 0 3 3 0 8 0 3 19 20 2 nbsp Australia 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 12 58 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Japan 1 1 1 0 1 2 6 12 17 0 nbsp Netherlands 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 4Day 2 July 21 edit 3 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp South Korea 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 nbsp Italy 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x 2 6 18 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E nbsp Japan 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 7 6 0 nbsp Cuba 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 12 1Day 3 July 22 edit 10 00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Netherlands 8 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 16 18 1 nbsp Australia 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 7 23 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Italy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 nbsp Nicaragua 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 x 7 5 28 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp South Korea 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 8 4 nbsp United States 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 x 7 10 3Day 4 July 23 edit 10 00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Netherlands 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 nbsp Cuba 2 0 2 1 6 7 x 18 17 03 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Nicaragua 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 8 14 4 nbsp South Korea 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 8 13 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Australia 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 9 14 0 nbsp Japan 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 11 3Day 5 July 24 edit 3 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp United States 6 0 5 2 0 2 0 15 11 0 nbsp Italy 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 28 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Cuba 0 1 1 4 0 3 2 3 0 14 20 0 nbsp South Korea 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 5 11 17 2Day 6 July 25 edit 10 00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Nicaragua 1 0 4 0 0 0 5 10 0 nbsp Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Italy 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 12 15 3 nbsp Australia 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 8 12 38 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Japan 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 6 1 nbsp United States 7 0 0 0 7 1 X 15 14 0Day 7 July 27 edit 10 00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Japan 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 13 13 1 nbsp Nicaragua 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 11 23 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Italy 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 11 7 nbsp Cuba 0 4 5 5 4 2 x 20 19 08 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Australia 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 9 1 nbsp United States 7 0 2 6 0 0 x 15 13 0Day 8 July 28 edit 10 00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Netherlands 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 0 nbsp South Korea 0 3 2 1 5 0 0 0 x 11 16 13 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Cuba 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 10 13 0 nbsp United States 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 8 13 28 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 nbsp Nicaragua 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 10 13 0Day 9 July 29 edit 10 00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Netherlands 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 8 13 1 nbsp Italy 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 7 9 13 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Nicaragua 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 13 1 nbsp Cuba 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 X 8 12 18 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp South Korea 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 8 2 nbsp Japan 0 0 2 3 5 3 1 14 19 0Day 10 July 30 edit 10 00AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp United States 5 0 2 2 1 4 3 17 18 1 nbsp Netherlands 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 33 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Italy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 nbsp Japan 1 2 0 1 3 2 1 2 12 13 08 00PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Australia 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 2 0 11 14 2 nbsp South Korea 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 10 3Knockout round editSemifinalsGold medal game 1 nbsp Cuba84 nbsp Nicaragua1 nbsp Cuba13 nbsp Japan93 nbsp Japan112 nbsp United States2Bronze medal game nbsp Nicaragua3 nbsp United States10Semifinals August 1 edit Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Nicaragua 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 nbsp Cuba 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 x 8 14 2Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Japan 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 11 15 0 nbsp United States 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 1Bronze medal match August 2 edit Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp United States 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 10 12 1 nbsp Nicaragua 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2Final August 2 edit Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Japan 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 2 9 9 1 nbsp Cuba 3 3 0 0 0 4 1 2 x 13 14 0Final standing editPlace Team nbsp nbsp Cuba nbsp nbsp Japan nbsp nbsp United States4 nbsp Nicaragua5 nbsp Netherlands6 nbsp Italy7 nbsp Australia8 nbsp South Korea 1996 Olympic champions nbsp CubaSecond titleSources editOfficial Olympic Report via Wayback MachineReferences edit Harral Emily 31 August 2019 The Utility Player An Examination of the Role of Baseball in Cuban Society eGrove Retrieved 17 September 2023 External links editAtlanta 1996 Baseball Men Results at Olympics com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1175750173, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
