Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport for the seventh time. It would become an official sport four years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Eight teams competed in Jamsil Baseball Stadium in the baseball tournament. The format used was the same as the tournament of four years earlier. Five teams that competed in the 1984 tournament returned. Cuba originally qualified but withdrew as a result of the boycott.

Teams

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(Invited to replace Cuba. Nicaragua, Mexico and Italy had senior rights, but could not send teams at short notice)
(1987 Pan American Games fourth place, defeated 1987 European Baseball Championship silver medalist in a playoff)
(1987 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist)
(1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist)
(1987 European Baseball Championship gold medalist)
(1987 Pan American Games bronze medalist)
(Hosts)
(1987 Pan American Games silver medalist)

Preliminary round

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

Blue Division

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White Division

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Knockout round

Semifinals

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

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.

First-place final

The winners of the semifinals played each other for first and second place. In a rematch of the 1984 final, the reigning champion Japanese team lost to the United States. Since baseball was a demonstration sport, no official medals were awarded.

Rosters

Australia

Anthony Adamson
Barrie Bahnert
David Buckthorpe
Scott Cameron
David Clarkson
Jon Deeble
Malcolm Gregg
Shaun Harbar
Gregory Harvey
Kim Jessop
Geoffrey Martin
Parris Mitchell
Michael Nind
Matthew Sheldon-Collins
Peter Hartas
Tony Thomson
Peter Vogler
Grant Weir
Darren Welch
Peter Wood

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Canada

Rob Butler
Bill Byckowski
Rheal Cormier
Randy Curran
Gregory Duce
Marc Griffin
Stewart Hillman
Peter Hoy
Lome Franklin Humber
Rick Johnston
James Kotkas
Alan Mauthe
Thomas Nelson
Greg O'Halloran
Barry Parisotto
Greg Roth
David Rypien
Warren Sawkiw
Matt Stairs
Dave Wainhouse

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Chinese Taipei

Chin-Mou Chen
Yi-Hsin Chen
Tai-Chuan Chiang
Cheng-Chin Hong
I-Chung Hong
Chiung-Lung Huang
Ping-Yang Huang
Cheng-Cherng Kuo
Chien-Fu Kuo Lee
Chu-Ming Lee
I-Tseng Lin
Tzung-Chiu Lin
Chen-Jung Lo
Kuo-Chong Lo
Chi-Chen Tseng
Hung-Chin Tu
Kuang-Huei Wang
Fu-Lien Wu
Shih-Hsin Wu
Chieh-Jen Yang

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Japan

1 Masafumi Nishi, IF
2 , IF
3 , IF
6 Kenjiro Nomura, IF
8 , OF
9 Hirofumi Ogawa, IF
10 , IF
11 Tetsuya Shiozaki, P
12 Tomio Watanabe, P
14 , P
15 , P
16 Shuji Yoshida, P
18 Takehiro Ishii, P
19 Hideo Nomo, P
20 Atsuya Furuta, C
21 Makoto Maeda, OF
22 Atsuyoshi Otake, C
25 Yasushi Matsumoto, OF
27 Kenji Tomashino, OF
28 Takeshi Omori, IF
30 , head coach
31 Katsuji Kawashima, assistant coach
32 Masatake Nakayama, assistant coach

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The Netherlands

Robert Eenhoorn
Rikkert Faneyte
Ron Giroldi
Jacky Jakoba
Robert Knol
Frank Koot
Marcel Kruyt
Alfred de Leeuw
Hans van Renselaar
Ronald Stoovelaar
Haitze de Vries

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Puerto Rico

Albert Bracero
Elliot Cianchini
Luis O. Davila
Jesus I. Feliciano
James C. Figueroa
Anthony Garcia
Efrain Garcia
Eddie Horrio
Jose Lorenzana
Victor L. Martinez
Roberto Mateo
Jose V. Melendez
Angel A. Morales
Benedicto Poupart
Mariano Quinones
Luis Ramos
Jorge Robles
Abimael Rosario
Roberto Santana
Wilfredo Velez

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South Korea

Baek Jae-woo
Chang Ho-ick
Cho Kye-yun
Choi Hae-myoung
Choi Hoo-jae
Hwang Dae-yeon
Kang Young-soo
Kim Dong-soo
Kim Ki-bum
Kim Kyung-ki
Kim Tae-hyoung
Kwon Taek-jae
Lee Kang-chul
Lee Kwang-woo
Lee Suk-jae
Park Dong-hee
Roh Chan-yup
Song Gu-hong
Song Jin-woo

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United States

Jim Abbott, P
Bret Barberie, IF
Andy Benes, P
Jeff Branson, IF
Mike Fiore, OF
Tom Goodwin, OF
Ty Griffin, IF
Tino Martinez, IF
Bill Masse, OF
Ben McDonald, P
Mike Milchin, IF/P
Mickey Morandini, OF
Charles Nagy, P
Doug Robbins, C
Scott Servais, C
Dave Silvestri, IF
Joe Slusarski, P
Ed Sprague, IF
Robin Ventura, IF
Ted Wood, OF
Mark Marquess, head coach
Skip Bertman, assistant coach
Dave Bingham, assistant coach
Ron Polk, assistant coach

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Final standings

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References

Official Report. Official Report Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results. 1988.