Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport. Although single exhibition games had been played in conjunction with five previous Olympics, it was the first time that the sport was officially included in the program, and also the first time that the sport was played in Olympics held in the United States. Eight teams competed in Los Angeles, California in the tournament. Games were held at Dodger Stadium. Cuba originally qualified but withdrew as a result of the Soviet-led boycott.

Results

Preliminary round

There were two pools for the preliminary round. Teams played each of the three other teams in their division.

White Division
Round 1

Game 1, July 31

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 Italy00100202510141
 Dominican Republic120020020791

Game 2, July 31

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 Chinese Taipei000100000141
 United States00000020x292
Round 2

Game 5, August 2

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 Dominican Republic000000001165
 Chinese Taipei05700001x13162

Game 6, August 2

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 United States90012301016181
 Italy000100000172
Round 3

Game 9, August 4

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 Dominican Republic00000000043
 United States0200433012140

Game 10, August 4

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 Italy000000000031
 Chinese Taipei21302110x10160

Blue Division
Round 1

Game 3, August 1

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 Canada0100001000013110
 Nicaragua110000000002492

Game 4, August 1

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 Japan000100001282
 South Korea000000000020
Round 2

Game 7, August 3

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 South Korea120000000381
 Canada000100000140

Game 8, August 3

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 Nicaragua000000010164
 Japan07011406x19191
Round 3

Game 11, August 5

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 Canada0041000106151
 Japan0100001204100

Game 12, August 5

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 Nicaragua020022000692
 South Korea20002102x7135

Semifinals

The semifinals pitted the first-place team of each division against the second-place team of the other division. Thus, the United States (3-0) played against Korea (2-1), which had a tied record with Japan (2-1) but had lost in head-to-head competition against them. The first-place Japanese played against Chinese Taipei (2-1).

Game 13, August 6

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White #2 Chinese Taipei0000010000141
Blue #1 Japan00001000012103

Game 14, August 6

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Blue #2 South Korea0001100002100
White #1 United States00200300x563

Third-place final

The third-place final pitted the losers of the semifinals against each, with the winner taking third place and the loser taking fourth.

Game 15, August 7

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 Chinese Taipei000000000000033101
 South Korea00000000000000030

First-place final

Since baseball was a demonstration sport, no official medals were awarded. The winners of the semifinals played each other for first and second place, with Team Japan taking the gold medal.

Game 16, August 7

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 Japan000210030681
 United States001000002372

Rosters

Canada
  • Henry Andrulis, DH
  • Larry Downes, 1B
  • Mike Gardiner, P
  • Joe Heeney, DH
  • Rod Heisler, P
  • John Ivan, 3B
  • Barry Kuzminski, P
  • Scott Mann, RF
  • Scott Maxwell, LF
  • Bob McCullough, SS
  • Doug McPhail, CF
  • Tom Nelson, 2B
  • Alain Patenaude, P
  • Rob Thomson, C
  • Steve Wilson, P
  • Mark Wooden, P
  • Michael Carnegie, P

Chinese Taipei
  • George Chao, DH/1B
  • Chiang Tai-Chuan, DH
  • Chuang Sheng-Hsiung, P
  • Kuo Tai-Yuan, P
  • Lee Chu-Ming, CF
  • Lu Wen-sheng, 2B
  • Li Chih-Chun, LF
  • Lin Hua-Wei, 3B
  • Lin I-Tseng, RF
  • Liu Chiu-Lung, P
  • Sung Yung-Tai, 1B/LF/CF
  • Tsai Sen-Fong, RF
  • Tseng Chih-chen, C
  • Tu Fu-Ming, P
  • Tu Hung-Chin, P
  • Twu Jong-Nan, C
  • Wu Fu-Lien, SS
  • Wu Te-Shen, 3B/SS
  • Yang Ching-Long, 1B
  • Yeh Chih-Shien, 2B

Dominican Republic
  • Rafael Almonte, P
  • Nelson Cespedes, P
  • Ivan Crispin, SS
  • Nicholas Domitilo, P
  • Jose Florentino, P
  • Junio Gelbal, C
  • Pedro Gomez, 1B
  • Victor Gomez, P
  • Orlando Guerreo, 2B
  • Secundina Lora, P
  • Ramón Martínez, P
  • Miguel Mota, LF
  • Jony Olivo, P
  • Hector Paniagua, RF
  • Francisco Pans, 2B
  • Bernardo Reyes, CF
  • Antonio Sanchez, DH
  • Abad Santana, C
  • Aristides Taveras, 3B

Italy
  • Ruggero Bagialemani, 2B
  • Roberto Bianchi, DH
  • Giuseppe Carelli, RF
  • Paolo Ceccaroli, P
  • David Chiono, P
  • Louis Colabello, P
  • Giovanni Costa, 3B
  • Keith D'Amato, P
  • David DiMarco, 1B
  • David Farina, P
  • Massimo Fochi, P
  • Paolo Gagliano, 2B/CF
  • Johnnyjoseph Guggiana, 3B
  • Anthony Lo Nero, C
  • Roberto Man, P
  • Stefano Manzini, LF
  • David Marco, 1B
  • Michele Romano, SS
  • Mark Talarico, CF/LF
  • Guglielmo Trinci, 1B/LF
  • Robert John Turcio, DH/P

Japan
  • Yukio Arai, RF
  • Katsuyuki Fukumoto, 1B
  • Shinichi Furukawa, LF
  • Shinji Hata, DH/C
  • Katsumi Hirosawa, DH/1B
  • Akimitsu Ito, P
  • Atsunori Ito, P
  • Terumitsu Kumano, CF
  • Kazutomo Miyamoto, P
  • Noboru Morita, LF
  • Yoshihiko Morita, SS
  • Yoshiaki Nishikawa, P
  • Munehiko Shimada, C
  • Kozo Shoda, 2B
  • Kazuaki Ueda, DH/3B
  • Yasushi Urahigashi, 3B
  • Yutaka Wada, 1B/2B/DH
  • Akira Yonemura, P
  • Yasuo Yoshida, C
  • Yukio Yoshida, P

Korea

Nicaragua
  • Luis Arauz, P
  • Leonardo Cardenas, CF/RF
  • Juan Centeno, P
  • Cesar Chavarria, C
  • Francisco Cruz, P
  • José Cruz, RF/CF
  • Ariel Delgado, 3B
  • Roberto Espino, 1B
  • Julio Espinoza, P
  • Fabio Garcia, CF
  • Juan Garmendez, DH
  • Jose Guzman, C
  • Julio Medina, 2B
  • Jaime Miranda, RF
  • Julio Moya, P
  • Arnoldo Munoz, SS
  • Diego Raudez, P
  • Julio Sanchez, 1B/DH
  • Richard Taylor, LF

United States
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References
  • Cava, Pete (Summer 1992). "Baseball in the Olympics" (PDF). Citius, Altius, Fortius. 1 (1): 7–15.
  • Official Report. Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984.
  • 1984 Los Angeles Dodgers Media Guide

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