Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Baseball
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Baseball; at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venues	Estadi La Feixa Llarga (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat); Camp Municipal de Beisbol de Viladecans (Viladecans)
Dates	July 26 – August 5, 1992
Teams	8
Medalists
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Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics marked the debut of baseball as an official medal sport at the Olympics. The games were contested in Barcelona as part of the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[1] Baseball was an event open only to amateurs, although Cuba used its best players as they were amateurs in name only with all necessary funding coming from the state.^[2]^[3]^[4] The maximum roster size was 20 players per team.

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 first place team played the fourth place team, and the second place team played against 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 semifinals played a match for the bronze medal. Cuba won gold, with Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) winning silver, and Japan winning bronze.^[5]

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Cuba Antonio Pacheco Massó Ermidelio Urrutia Luis Ulacia Alberto Hernández Lázaro Vargas Omar Linares Germán Mesa Juan Padilla Lourdes Gourriel José Estrada González Osvaldo Fernández Orlando Hernández Giorge Diaz Omar Ajete Victor Mesa Jorge Luis Valdes José Raúl Delgado Rolando Arrojo Orestes Kindelán	Chinese Taipei Chang Cheng-Hsien Chang Wen-Chung Chang Yaw-Teing Chen Chi-Hsin Chen Wei-Chen Chiang Tai-Chuan Huang Chung-Yi Huang Wen-Po Jong Yeu-Jeng Ku Kuo-Chian Kuo Lee Chien-Fu Liao Ming-Hsiung Lin Chao-Huang Lin Kun-Han Lo Chen-Jung Lo Kuo-Chong Pai Kun-Hong Tsai Ming-Hung Wang Kuang-Shih Wu Shih-Hsih	Japan Koichi Oshima Shigeki Wakabayashi Masafumi Nishi Koji Tokunaga Akihiro Togo Hirotami Kojima Hiroki Kokubo Hiroyuki Sakaguchi Yasunori Takami Yasuhiro Sato Kento Sugiyama Katsumi Watanabe Kazutaka Nishiyama Masahito Kohiyama Tomohito Ito Masanori Sugiura Takashi Miwa Shinichi Sato Hiroshi Nakamoto Shinichiro Kawabata

Teams

Spain (Hosts)
Chinese Taipei (1991 Asian Baseball Championship silver medalist)
Japan (1991 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist)
Italy (1991 European Baseball Championship gold medalist)
Cuba (1991 Pan American games gold medalist)
Puerto Rico (1991 Pan American games silver medalist)
United States (1991 Pan American games bronze medalist)
Dominican Republic (1991 Pan American games fourth place)

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Cuba	7	7	0	78	14	+64	1.000	—	Advance to knockout round
2	Japan	7	5	2	60	15	+45	.714	2
3	Chinese Taipei	7	5	2	61	21	+40	.714	2
4	United States	7	5	2	49	28	+21	.714	2
5	Puerto Rico	7	2	5	22	48	−26	.286	5
6	Dominican Republic	7	2	5	23	60	−37	.286	5
7	Italy	7	1	6	25	62	−37	.143	6
8	Spain (H)	7	1	6	15	85	−70	.143	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Round 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		2	8	0
Chinese Taipei	1	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	x		8	12	0

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

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Japan	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	3	0		9	11	1
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	1

Round 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
United States	0	3	0	0	3	1	3	0	0		10	14	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	4	0	1	4	0	0		9	9	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		5	8	4
Puerto Rico	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	x		7	10	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	1				1	3	1
Japan	2	4	0	2	0	4	x				12	11	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Cuba	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	8			18	20	0
Italy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	8	2

Round 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	5	2	2	1	0	x		10	13	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	5	4
United States	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	5			10	15	1

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Spain	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	4	4
Dominican Republic	0	4	1	0	1	3	0	2	x		11	13	3

Round 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Japan	1	1	4	1	1	5	4				17	18	0
Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	3	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	0
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	x		2	7	0

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	2	0
Chinese Taipei	7	3	4	6	0	0	x				20	19	1

Round 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0			3	6	0
Japan	4	0	1	5	0	2	0	1			13	11	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	4	0	0	1	1	3	2				11	13	0
Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	6	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Cuba	0	6	0	6	0	6	0				18	16	1
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	2	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Puerto Rico	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	15	3
United States	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	x		8	9	1

Round 6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0		4	10	3
Cuba	4	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	x		9	15	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		2	7	1
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Spain	0	0	3	1	0	0	0				4	8	3
Italy	1	2	2	2	5	1	1				14	14	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	2	3
United States	0	3	0	1	4	1	1				10	11	1

Round 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		R	H	E
Dominican Republic	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	2		7	13	4
Italy	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		5	10	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3		6	12	3
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3		7	10	1

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

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

Knockout round

Semi-finals		Final



Cuba	6

United States	1
		Cuba	11

		Chinese Taipei	1
Chinese Taipei	5

Japan	2
		Third place



		United States	3

		Japan	8

Semifinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0		5	9	0
Japan	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	5	0

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

Bronze medal match

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

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Cuba	2	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	2		11	18	2
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	4	3

Final standing

Place	Team
	Cuba
	Chinese Taipei
	Japan
4.	United States
5.	Puerto Rico
6.	Dominican Republic
7.	Italy
8.	Spain

1992 Olympic champions
Cuba First title

Schedule

Baseball events took place over 11 days, from July 26 to August 5.

July 26
- ITA - TPE (10:30, L'Hospitalet)
- DOM - CUB (10:30, Viladecans)
- USA - ESP (18:00, L'Hospitalet)
- JPN - PUR (18:00, Viladecans)
July 27
- USA - TPE (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
- CUB - ITA (15:00, Viladecans)
- DOM - PUR (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
- ESP - JPN (21:00, Viladecans)
July 28
- PUR - TPE (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
- ITA - USA (15:00, Viladecans)
- CUB - JPN (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
- ESP - DOM (21:00, Viladecans)
July 29
- JPN - DOM (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
- ITA - PUR (15:00, Viladecans)
- USA - CUB (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
- ESP - TPE (21:00, Viladecans)
July 31
- ITA - JPN (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
- TPE - DOM (15:00, Viladecans)
- CUB - ESP (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
- PUR - USA (21:00, Viladecans)
August 1
- PUR - CUB (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
- TPE - JPN (15:00, Viladecans)
- ESP - ITA (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
- DOM - USA (21:00, Viladecans)
August 2
- DOM - ITA (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
- PUR - ESP (15:00, Viladecans)
- JPN - USA (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
- TPE - CUB (21:00, Viladecans)
August 4
- TPE - JPN (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
- USA - CUB (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
August 5
- JPN - USA (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
- CUB - TPE (21:00, L'Hospitalet)

References

^ Preston, Mike (August 6, 1992). "Dismayed U.S. Beaten at Its Own Game". Los Angeles Times. p. C7. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
^ Harral, Emily (2018). The Utility Player: An Examination of the Role of Baseball in Cuban Society (BA thesis). University of Mississippi.
^ "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.
^ Barcelona 1992 Baseball Results olympics.com

External links

Barcelona 1992 – Baseball Men Results at Olympics.com

[preston-1] Preston, Mike (August 6, 1992). "Dismayed U.S. Beaten at Its Own Game". Los Angeles Times. p. C7. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via newspapers.com.

[2] Harral, Emily (2018). The Utility Player: An Examination of the Role of Baseball in Cuban Society (BA thesis). University of Mississippi.

[3] "The Olympic Team No Dream". CBS News. Associated Press. Retrieved July 31, 2018.

[4] OlympicTalk (January 8, 2021). "Tommy Lasorda, only manager of World Series, Olympic champions, dies at 93 - OlympicTalk | NBC Sports". Olympics.nbcsports.com.

[5] Barcelona 1992 Baseball Results olympics.com

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