Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Baseball had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. 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
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuesEstadi La Feixa Llarga (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat)
Camp Municipal de Beisbol de Viladecans (Viladecans)
DatesJuly 26 – August 5
Teams8
Medalists
 Cuba
 Chinese Taipei
 Japan

Baseball was an event open only to amateurs.

Medalists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
 Cuba
Antonio Pacheco Massó
Ermidelio Urrutia
Luis Ulacia
Alberto Hernández
Lázaro Vargas Alverez
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

Results

Preliminary round

Round 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Italy 000000020 280
 Chinese Taipei 10502000x 8120
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Dominican Republic 000000000 030
 Cuba 00040202x 8140
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 102100000 450
 Spain 000100000 132
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 103020030 9111
 Puerto Rico 000000000 051

Round 2

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 030031300 10141
 Chinese Taipei 000401400 991
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Dominican Republic 000000401 584
 Puerto Rico 21004000x 7101
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Spain 0000001 131
 Japan 240204x 12110
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Cuba 50300028 18200
 Italy 10000000 182

Round 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Puerto Rico 000100000 131
 Chinese Taipei 00052210x 10130
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Italy 00000000 054
 United States 10101115 10151
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Cuba 004002200 8151
 Japan 000101000 251
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Spain 000101000 244
 Dominican Republic 04101302x 11133

Round 4

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 1141154 17180
 Dominican Republic 0000000 032
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Italy 000000000 040
 Puerto Rico 10010000x 270
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 500000100 695
 Cuba 00420300x 9134
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Spain 0000000 020
 Chinese Taipei 734600x 20191

Round 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Italy 00001200 360
 Japan 40150201 13110
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 4001132 11130
 Dominican Republic 0000000 060
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Cuba 0606060 18161
 Spain 0000000 025
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Puerto Rico 010010000 2153
 United States 30300011x 891

Round 6

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Puerto Rico 000102100 4103
 Cuba 40121001x 9152
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 000000101 271
 Japan 000000000 030
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Spain 0031000 483
 Italy 1222511 14140
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Dominican Republic 0000000 023
 United States 0301411 10111

Round 7

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
 Dominican Republic 0001200022 7134
 Italy 1020000020 5102
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Puerto Rico 000101013 6123
 Spain 000004003 7101
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 010004101 7140
 United States 000100000 170
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 000000100 161
 Cuba 03003020x 8132

Standing

Team W L Tiebreaker
 Cuba 70-
 Japan 521-1, 1.50 RA/9
 Chinese Taipei 521-1, 5.00 RA/9
 United States 521-1, 8.00 RA/9
 Puerto Rico 251-0
 Dominican Republic 250-1
 Italy 161-0
 Spain 160-1

Semifinals

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 100111010 590
 Japan 011000000 250
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 000001000 171
 Cuba 00011202x 6111

Bronze medal match

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 040004000 8141
 United States 000210000 362

Final

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Cuba 202101212 11182
 Chinese Taipei 000000100 143

Final standing

Schedule

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

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