Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Dates	July 20 – August 2
Teams	8
Medalists
Cuba    Japan    United States

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 male amateurs.

Medallists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Cuba Juan Manrique Garcia Orestes Kindelán Antonio Scull Alberto Hernández Antonio Pacheco Massó Juan Padilla Omar Linares Lázaro Vargas Alverez Miguel Caldés Luis Eduardo Paret José Estrada González Rey Isaac Vaillant Luis Ulacia Alverez Pedro Luis Lazo Eliecer Montes de Oca José Contreras Omar Luis Martinez Omar Ajete Ormari Romero Jorge Fumero	Japan Masahiko Mori Jutaro Kimura Masao Morinaka Hitoshi Ono Takashi Kurosu Masahiro Nojima Makoto Imaoka Kosuke Fukudome Takayuki Takabayashi Yasuyuki Saigo Masanori Sugiura Takeo Kawamura Koichi Misawa Hideaki Okubo Nobuhiko Matsunaka Tadahito Iguchi Takao Kuwamoto Daishin Nakamura Tomoaki Sato Yoshitomo Tani	United States Kris Benson R.A. Dickey Troy Glaus Chad Green Seth Greisinger Travis Lee Augie Ojeda Jason Williams Chad Allen Kip Harkrider A.J. Hinch Jacque Jones Mark Kotsay Matt LeCroy Braden Looper Brian Loyd Warren Morris Jeff Weaver Jim Parque Billy Koch

Results

Preliminary round

Day 1 (July 20)

10:00AM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		4	6	0
Nicaragua	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	1

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

Day 2 (July 21)

3:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
South Korea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	1
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	x		2	6	1

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

Day 3 (July 22)

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

3:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Italy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	10	1
Nicaragua	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	x		7	5	2

8:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
South Korea	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	8	4
United States	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	x		7	10	3

Day 4 (July 23)

10:00AM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Netherlands	0	1	0	0	0	1	0				2	4	0
Cuba	2	0	2	1	6	7	x				18	17	0

3:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Nicaragua	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0		8	14	4
South Korea	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0		3	8	1

3:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Australia	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	0		9	14	0
Japan	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3		6	11	3

Day 5 (July 24)

3:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
United States	6	0	5	2	0	2	0				15	11	0
Italy	3	0	0	0	0	0	0				3	6	2

8:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Cuba	0	1	1	4	0	3	2	3	0		14	20	0
South Korea	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	5		11	17	2

Day 6 (July 25)

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

3:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Italy	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0		12	15	3
Australia	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		8	12	3

8:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
United States	7	0	0	0	7	1	0				15	14	0
Japan	2	0	2	1	0	0	0				5	6	1

Day 7 (July 26)

10:00AM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Japan	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1		13	13	1
Nicaragua	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		6	11	2

3:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	4	0	2				6	11	7
Cuba	0	4	5	5	4	2	x				20	19	0

8:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Australia	1	2	2	0	0	0	0				5	9	1
United States	7	0	2	6	0	0	x				15	13	0

Day 8 (July 28)

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

3:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Cuba	4	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0		10	13	0
United States	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	1		8	13	2

8:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	5	2
Nicaragua	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	5			10	13	0

Day 9 (July 29)

10:00AM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3		8	13	1
Italy	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3		7	9	1

3:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Nicaragua	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0		7	13	1
Cuba	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	X		8	12	1

8:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
South Korea	1	0	0	0	0	3	0				4	8	2
Japan	0	0	2	3	5	3	1				14	19	0

Day 10 (July 30)

10:00AM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
United States	5	0	2	2	1	4	3				17	18	1
Netherlands	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				1	3	3

3:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			1	6	1
Japan	1	2	0	1	3	2	1	2			12	13	0

8:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	2	0		11	14	2
South Korea	2	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0		8	10	3

Standing

Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
Cuba	7	0	-
United States	6	1	-
Japan	4	3	1-0
Nicaragua	4	3	0-1
Netherlands	2	5	2-0
Italy	2	5	1-1
Australia	2	5	0-2
South Korea	1	6	-

Semifinals (August 1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Nicaragua	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	2
Cuba	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	2	x		8	14	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Japan	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	2	1		11	15	0
United States	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		2	6	1

Bronze medal match (August 2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
United States	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0		10	12	1
Nicaragua	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	2

Final (August 2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	2		9	9	1
Cuba	3	3	0	0	0	4	1	2	x		13	14	0

Final standing

Place Team  Cuba  Japan  United States 4.  Nicaragua 5.  Netherlands 6.  Italy 7.  Australia 8.  South Korea

1996 Olympic Champions  Cuba Second title

References

• Official Olympic Report

Baseball at the Summer Olympics
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Squads	1992 1996 2000 2004 2008
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