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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Preliminary round
There were two pools for the preliminary round. Teams played each of the three other teams in their division.
Blue Division
White Division
Knockout round
Semifinals
The semifinals pitted the first-place team of each division against the second-place team of the other division. Thus, Japan (3âÂÂ0) played against South Korea (2âÂÂ1), which had a tied record with the United States (2âÂÂ1) but had lost in head-to-head competition against them. The first-place Americans played against Puerto Rico (2âÂÂ1).
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
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Chinese Taipei
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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
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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
References
- Official Report. Official Report Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results. 1988.