1996 Summer Olympics / Baseball

Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Atlanta
Competition venue	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Teams	8th
Athletes	160 (160 )
date	July 26th to August 5th, 1996
decisions	1
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At the XXVI. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , a baseball competition was held.

The tournament was for men and took place from July 20 to August 2, 1996. A total of eight nations took part in this tournament. The last time there was the requirement that all players had to be amateurs. A corresponding competition for women was held with the Olympic softball tournament.

The tournament was a round-robin tournament and was played at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium .

Medalist

gold	silver	bronze
Cuba Omar Ajete Miguel Caldés José Contreras José Estrada González Jorge Fumero Alberto Hernández Rey Isaac Orestes Kindelán Pedro Luis Lazo Omar Linares Omar Luis Juan Manrique Eliecer Montes de Oca Antonio Pacheco Juan Padilla Eduardo Paret Ormari Romero Antonio Scull Luis Ulacia Lázaro Vargas	Japan Kosuke Fukudome Yoshitomo Tani Hitoshi Ono Masahiro Nojima Hideaki Okubo Jutaro Kimura Yasuyuki Saigo Takayuki Takabayashi Takeo Kawamura Takao Kuwamoto Daishin Nakamura Koichi Misawa Tomoaki Satō Masanori Sugiura Makoto Imaoka Nobuhiko Matsunaka Takashi Kurosu Tadahito Iguchi Masao Morinaka Masahiko Mori	United States Seth Greisinger Chad Allen Andrew Jay Hinch Robert Allen Dickey Kris Benson Troy Glaus Jason Williams Kip Harkrider Jacque Jones Billy Koch Mark Kotsay Mall LeCroy Travis Lee Braden Looper Brian Loyd Warren Morris Augie Ojeda Jim Parque Jeff Weaver Chad Green

Results

Preliminary round

Day 1 (July 20th)

10:00 a.m	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
United States	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		4th	6th	0
Nicaragua	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	7th	1

3:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Cuba	2	0	3	3	0	8th	0	3			19th	20th	2
Australia	0	4th	0	4th	0	0	0	0			8th	12	5

8:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Japan	1	1	1	0	1	2	6th				12	17th	0
Netherlands	0	1	0	0	0	0	1				2	6th	4th

Day 2 (July 21)

3:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
South Korea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	1
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	x		2	6th	1

8:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10		R.	H	E.
Japan	0	1	0	0	1	4th	0	0	0	1		7th	6th	0
Cuba	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		8th	12	1

Day 3 (July 22nd)

10:00 a.m	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Netherlands	8th	2	0	0	0	4th	0	2			16	18th	1
Australia	0	2	0	0	0	4th	0	0			6th	7th	2

3:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Italy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	10	1
Nicaragua	3	0	4th	0	0	0	0	0	x		7th	5	2

8:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
South Korea	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	8th	4th
United States	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	x		7th	10	3

Day 4 (July 23)

10:00 a.m	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Netherlands	0	1	0	0	0	1	0				2	4th	0
Cuba	2	0	2	1	6th	7th	x				18th	17th	0

3:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Nicaragua	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0		8th	14th	4th
South Korea	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0		3	8th	1

3:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Australia	0	1	0	0	1	7th	0	0	0		9	14th	0
Japan	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3		6th	11	3

Day 5 (July 24th)

3:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
United States	6th	0	5	2	0	2	0				15th	11	0
Italy	3	0	0	0	0	0	0				3	6th	2

8:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Cuba	0	1	1	4th	0	3	2	3	0		14th	20th	0
South Korea	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	5		11	17th	2

Day 6 (July 25th)

10:00 a.m	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Nicaragua	1	0	4th	0	0	0					5	10	0
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	5	1

3:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Italy	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0		12	15th	3
Australia	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		8th	12	3

8:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
United States	7th	0	0	0	7th	1	0				15th	14th	0
Japan	2	0	2	1	0	0	0				5	6th	1

Day 7 (July 27th)

10:00 a.m	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Japan	6th	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1		13	13	1
Nicaragua	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		6th	11	2

3:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Italy	0	0	0	0	4th	0	2				6th	11	7th
Cuba	0	4th	5	5	4th	2	x				20th	19th	0

8:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Australia	1	2	2	0	0	0	0				5	9	1
United States	7th	0	2	6th	0	0	x				15th	13	0

Day 8 (July 28th)

10:00 a.m	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Netherlands	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	10	0
South Korea	0	3	2	1	5	0	0	0	x		11	16	1

3:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Cuba	4th	0	0	0	0	6th	0	0	0		10	13	0
United States	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	1		8th	13	2

8:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	5	2
Nicaragua	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	5			10	13	0

Day 9 (July 29th)

10:00 a.m	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3		8th	13	1
Italy	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3		7th	9	1

3:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Nicaragua	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0		7th	13	1
Cuba	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	X		8th	12	1

8:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
South Korea	1	0	0	0	0	3	0				4th	8th	2
Japan	0	0	2	3	5	3	1				14th	19th	0

Day 10 (July 30th)

10:00 a.m	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
United States	5	0	2	2	1	4th	3				17th	18th	1
Netherlands	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				1	3	3

3:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Italy	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			1	6th	1
Japan	1	2	0	1	3	2	1	2			12	13	0

8:00 p.m.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Australia	0	0	0	8th	0	0	1	2	0		11	14th	2
South Korea	2	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0		8th	10	3

Final score

team	S.	N.	Tiebreaker
Cuba	7th	0	-
United States	6th	1	-
Japan	4th	3	1-0
Nicaragua	4th	3	0-1
Netherlands	2	5	2-0
Italy	2	5	1-1
Australia	2	5	0-2
South Korea	1	6th	-

Semi-finals (August 1st)

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Nicaragua	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	6th	2
Cuba	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	2	x		8th	14th	2

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Japan	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	2	1		11	15th	0
United States	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		2	6th	1

Bronze match (August 2nd)

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
United States	4th	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0		10	12	1
Nicaragua	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	2

Final (August 2nd)

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9		R.	H	E.
Japan	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	2		9	9	1
Cuba	3	3	0	0	0	4th	1	2	x		13	14th	0