Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympic event 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.<ref >Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Template:FlagIOC 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	Template:FlagIOC 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	Template:FlagIOC 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

Teams

• Template:Bb (Hosts)
• Template:Bb (1995 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist)
• Template:Bb (1995 Asian Baseball Championship silver medalist)
• Template:Bb (1991 European Baseball Championship gold medalist)
• Template:Bb (1991 European Baseball Championship silver medalist)
• Template:Bb (1995 Pan American games gold medalist)
• Template:Bb (1995 Pan American games silver medalist)
• Template:Bb (Oceania Baseball Championship gold medalist, defeat 1995 Africa Cup Baseball Championship Template:Bb in a playoff)

Preliminary round

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Day 1 (July 20)

10:00AM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Template:Flagicon United States	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		4	6	0
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Cuba	2	0	3	3	0	8	0	3			19	20	2
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Japan	1	1	1	0	1	2	6				12	17	0
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon South Korea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	1
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Japan	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1		7	6	0
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Netherlands	8	2	0	0	0	4	0	2			16	18	1
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Italy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	10	1
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon South Korea	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	8	4
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Netherlands	0	1	0	0	0	1	0				2	4	0
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Nicaragua	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0		8	14	4
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Australia	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	0		9	14	0
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon United States	6	0	5	2	0	2	0				15	11	0
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Cuba	0	1	1	4	0	3	2	3	0		14	20	0
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Nicaragua	1	0	4	0	0	0					5	10	0
Template:Flagicon Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	5	1

3:00PM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Template:Flagicon Italy	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0		12	15	3
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Japan	2	0	2	1	0	0	0				5	6	1
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Japan	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1		13	13	1
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Italy	0	0	0	0	4	0	2				6	11	7
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Australia	1	2	2	0	0	0	0				5	9	1
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Netherlands	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	10	0
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Cuba	4	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0		10	13	0
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	5	2
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3		8	13	1
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Nicaragua	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0		7	13	1
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon South Korea	1	0	0	0	0	3	0				4	8	2
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon United States	5	0	2	2	1	4	3				17	18	1
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Italy	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			1	6	1
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Australia	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	2	0		11	14	2
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Nicaragua	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	2
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Japan	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	2	1		11	15	0
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon United States	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0		10	12	1
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Japan	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	2		9	9	1
Template:Flagicon Cuba	3	3	0	0	0	4	1	2	x		13	14	0

Final standing

Place	Team
Gold	Template:Bb
Silver	Template:Bb
Bronze	Template:Bb
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Sources

• Official Olympic Report via Wayback Machine

External links

• Atlanta 1996 Baseball Men Results at Olympics.com

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