Baseball events at the Olympics
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
Teams
Preliminary round
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
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
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
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
Round 4
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
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
Cuba
0
6
0
6
0
6
0
18
16
1
Spain
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
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
Round 7
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
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
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
External links
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