2008 Summer Olympics / Baseball
At the XXIX. During the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , a baseball competition was held. Eight teams took part in the men's tournament. Each country was allowed to field a team of 24 players each, resulting in a total of 192 participating athletes in this competition. The International Olympic Committee has decided to remove baseball from the 2012 Summer Olympics program . So this sport was played for the last time at the Olympic Games.
The following teams had qualified for the tournament:
Olympic competition
Medalist
Preliminary round
space | country | S. | G | V | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | South Korea | 7th | 7th | 0 | 1,000 |
2 | Cuba | 7th | 6th | 1 | 0.857 |
3 | United States | 7th | 5 | 2 | 0.714 |
4th | Japan | 7th | 4th | 3 | 0.571 |
5 | Taiwan | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0.286 |
5 | Canada | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0.286 |
7th | Netherlands | 7th | 1 | 6th | 0.143 |
7th | People's Republic of China | 7th | 1 | 6th | 0.143 |
game | date | Stadion | encounter | Result | ||
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1 | 08/13/2008, 10:30 am | Wukesong Baseball Field 2 | Taiwan | - | Netherlands | 5-0 |
2 | 08/13/2008, 11:30 am | Wukesong Baseball Field 1 | People's Republic of China | - | Canada | 0:10 (8) |
3 | 08/13/2008, 6:00 pm | Wukesong Baseball Field 2 | United States | - | South Korea | 7: 8 |
4th | August 13, 2008, 7:00 p.m. | Wukesong Baseball Field 1 | Cuba | - | Japan | 4: 2 |
5 | 08/14/2008, 10:30 am | Wukesong Baseball Field 2 | Netherlands | - | United States | 0: 7 (8) 1 |
6th | 08/17/2008, 6:00 pm | Wukesong Baseball Field 1 | South Korea | - | People's Republic of China | 1: 0 (11) 2 |
7th | 08/14/2008, 6:00 p.m. | Wukesong Baseball Field 2 | Cuba | - | Canada | 7: 6 |
8th | 08/14/2008, 7:00 p.m. | Wukesong Baseball Field 1 | Taiwan | - | Japan | 1: 6 |
9 | 08/15/2008, 10:30 am | Wukesong Baseball Field 2 | People's Republic of China | - | Taiwan | 8: 7 (12) |
10 | 08/15/2008, 11:30 am | Wukesong Baseball Field 1 | United States | - | Cuba | 4: 5 (11) |
11 | 08/15/2008, 6:00 pm | Wukesong Baseball Field 2 | Canada | - | South Korea | 0: 1 |
12 | 08/15/2008, 7:00 p.m. | Wukesong Baseball Field 1 | Japan | - | Netherlands | 6-0 |
13 | 08/16/2008, 10:30 am | Wukesong Baseball Field 2 | United States | - | Canada | 5: 4 |
14th | 08/16/2008, 11:30 am | Wukesong Baseball Field 1 | Cuba | - | Taiwan | 1-0 |
15th | 08/16/2008, 6:00 pm | Wukesong Baseball Field 2 | People's Republic of China | - | Netherlands | 4: 6 |
16 | August 16, 2008, 7:00 p.m. | Wukesong Baseball Field 1 | Japan | - | South Korea | 3: 5 |
08/17/2008 | Rest day | |||||
17th | 08/18/2008, 10:30 am | Wukesong Baseball Field 2 | Canada | - | Japan | 0: 1 |
18th | 08/18/2008, 11:30 am | Wukesong Baseball Field 1 | Taiwan | - | South Korea | 8: 9 |
19th | 08/18/2008, 6:00 pm | Wukesong Baseball Field 2 | Netherlands | - | Cuba | 3:14 (8) |
20th | August 18, 2008, 7:00 p.m. | Wukesong Baseball Field 1 | United States | - | People's Republic of China | 9: 1 |
21st | 08/19/2008, 10:30 am | Wukesong Baseball Field 2 | Netherlands | - | Canada | 0: 4 |
22nd | August 19, 2008, 11:30 am | Wukesong Baseball Field 1 | South Korea | - | Cuba | 7: 4 |
23 | August 19, 2008, 6:00 pm | Wukesong Baseball Field 2 | Japan | - | People's Republic of China | 10: 0 (7) |
24 | August 19, 2008, 7:00 p.m. | Wukesong Baseball Field 1 | United States | - | Taiwan | 4: 2 |
25th | 08/20/2008, 10:30 am | Wukesong Baseball Field 2 | Cuba | - | People's Republic of China | 17: 1 (7) |
26th | 08/20/2008, 11:30 am | Wukesong Baseball Field 1 | Netherlands | - | South Korea | 0:10 (8) |
27 | 08/20/2008, 6:00 p.m. | Wukesong Baseball Field 2 | Canada | - | Taiwan | 5: 6 (12) |
28 | 08/20/2008, 7:00 p.m. | Wukesong Baseball Field 1 | Japan | - | United States | 2: 4 (11) |
08/21/2008 | Rest day |
1 Game 5 was canceled after eight innings due to rain and the result at that time was counted
2 Game 6 was postponed from August 14, 2008 to August 17, 2008 due to rain
(All times are local time)
Final round
Semifinals | final | |||||
August 22, 2008, 10:30 a.m. | ||||||
South Korea | 6th | |||||
Japan | 2 | |||||
August 23, 2008, 6:00 p.m. | ||||||
South Korea | 3 | |||||
Cuba | 2 | |||||
Game for third place | ||||||
August 22, 2008, 6:00 p.m. | August 23, 2008, 10:30 a.m. | |||||
Cuba | 10 | Japan | 4th | |||
United States | 2 | United States | 8th |
(All times are local time)
Web links
Commons : Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Collection of images, videos and audio files