Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Baseball
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Baseball; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
Dates	July 20 – August 2, 1996
Teams	8
Medalists
	← 1992 2000 →

VenueAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium

DatesJuly 20 – August 2, 1996

Teams8

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 a single round-robin tournament. 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 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 semifinal played a match for the bronze medal.

Baseball was an event open only to amateurs for the second and last time. Meanwhile, Cuba, which went undefeated in the tournament, used its best players as they were amateurs in name only, with all necessary funding coming from the state.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Cuba	7	7	0	97	49	+48	1.000	—	Advance to knockout round
2	United States (H)	7	6	1	81	27	+54	.857	1
3	Japan	7	4	3	69	45	+24	.571	3
4	Nicaragua	7	4	3	44	30	+14	.571	3
5	Netherlands	7	2	5	32	76	−44	.286	5
6	Italy	7	2	5	33	71	−38	.286	5
7	Australia	7	2	5	47	86	−39	.286	5
8	South Korea	7	1	6	40	59	−19	.143	6

3:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Cuba	2	0	3	3	0	8	0	3			19	20	2
Australia	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0			8	12	5

8:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Japan	1	1	1	0	1	2	6				12	17	0
Netherlands	0	1	0	0	0	0	1				2	6	4

8:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		R	H	E
Japan	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1		7	6	0
Cuba	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		8	12	1

10:00AM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Netherlands	8	2	0	0	0	4	0	2			16	18	1
Australia	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0			6	7	2

Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Teams

Preliminary round

Day 1 (July 20)

Day 2 (July 21)

Day 3 (July 22)

Day 4 (July 23)

Day 5 (July 24)

Day 6 (July 25)

Day 7 (July 27)

Day 8 (July 28)

Day 9 (July 29)

Day 10 (July 30)

Knockout round

Semifinals (August 1)

Bronze medal match (August 2)

Final (August 2)

Final standing

References

External links

Related Articles

Semifinals			Gold medal game

1	Cuba	8

4	Nicaragua	1
			Cuba	13

			Japan	9
3	Japan	11

2	United States	2	Bronze medal game


			Nicaragua	3

			United States	10

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Related topics	1919 Inter-Allied Games 1968 International Amateur Tournament Amateur World Series World Baseball Classic
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List of medalists List of venues

10:00AM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Netherlands	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	10	0
South Korea	0	3	2	1	5	0	0	0	x		11	16	1