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][2][3]
Medalists
Teams
- United States (Hosts)
- Japan (1995 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist)
- South Korea (1995 Asian Baseball Championship silver medalist)
- Netherlands (1991 European Baseball Championship gold medalist)
- Italy (1991 European Baseball Championship silver medalist)
- Cuba (1995 Pan American games gold medalist)
- Nicaragua (1995 Pan American games silver medalist)
- Australia (Oceania Baseball Championship gold medalist, defeat 1995 Africa Cup Baseball Championship South Africa in a playoff)
Preliminary round
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
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 |
Japan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 5 | 6 | 1 |
United States | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | X | | | 15 | 14 | 0 |
Day 7 (July 27)
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 |
Knockout round
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
| 1996 Olympic champions | Cuba Second title | |
Sources
References
- ^ Harral, Emily (31 August 2019). "The Utility Player: An Examination of the Role of Baseball in Cuban Society". Honors Theses. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "The Olympic Team No Dream". CBS News. Associated Press. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ OlympicTalk (January 8, 2021). "Tommy Lasorda, only manager of World Series, Olympic champions, dies at 93 - OlympicTalk | NBC Sports". Olympics.nbcsports.com.
External links
- Atlanta 1996 Baseball Men Results at Olympics.com
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