Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Baseball had its second appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. 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.

1 Medallists
2 Final ranking
3 Results

[edit] Medallists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Cuba	Japan	United States

[edit] Final ranking

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary round

[edit] Round 1 (July 20)

Team	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

Team	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

Team	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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
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

[edit] Round 2 (July 21)

Team	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

Team	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

Team	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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
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

[edit] Round 3 (July 23)

Team	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

Team	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
Korea	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0		3	8	1

Team	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

Team	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

[edit] Round 4 (July 24)

Team	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
Korea	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	5		11	17	2

Team	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

Team	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

Team	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

[edit] Round 5 (July 27)

Team	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

Team	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

Team	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

Team	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
Korea	0	3	2	1	5	0	0	0	x		11	16	1

[edit] Round 6 (July 28)

Team	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

Team	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

Team	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

Team	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

[edit] Round 7 (July 29)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Korea	1	0	0	0	0	3	0				4	8	2
Japan	0	0	2	3	5	3	1				14	19	0

Team	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

Team	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

Team	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

[edit] Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	Pct
Cuba	7	7	0	97	49	1.000
United States	7	6	1	81	27	.857
Japan	7	4	3	69	45	.571
Nicaragua	7	4	3	44	30	.571
Netherlands	7	2	5	32	76	.286
Italy	7	2	5	33	71	.286
Australia	7	2	5	47	86	.286
Korea	7	1	6	40	59	.143

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

Baseball at the Summer Olympics
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