Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport for the seventh time. 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 had competed in the 1984 tournament returned.

Preliminary round

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

Blue Division

Round 1

Game 1, 20 September

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
 Netherlands 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 10
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7

Game 6, 20 September

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
 Japan 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 x 7 14

Round 2

Game 2, 22 September

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 9
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 15

Game 5, 22 September

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
 Puerto Rico 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 7 17
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 12

Round 3

Game 3, 24 September

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4

Game 4, 24 September

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
 Japan 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 10
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6

White Division

Round 1

Game 1, 19 September

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
 Canada 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 12
 Australia 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 x 7 10

Game 6, 19 September

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
 United States 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 7
 South Korea 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 7

Round 2

Game 2, 23 September

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H
 Australia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
 South Korea 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7

Game 5, 23 September

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
 United States 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 7 12
 Canada 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 0 x 8 12

Round 3

Game 3, 25 September

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3
 United States 2 0 1 0 1 0 8 12 15

Game 4, 25 September

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
 South Korea 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 11
 Canada 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 6

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 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).

Game 1, 26 September

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
White #2  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
Blue #1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 5

Game 2, 26 September

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
Blue #2  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 9
White #1  United States 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 x 7 8

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.

27 September

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 7 11
 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

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, medals were awarded, but the medals were not "official" (and did not count in the respective nations' medal totals).

27 September

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
 United States 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 11
 Japan 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 7

Rosters

United States

Source:[1]

Japan

Source:[2]

Canada

Source:[3]

Australia

Source:[4]

Chinese Taipei

Source:[5]

The Netherlands

Source:[6]

Puerto Rico

Source:[7]

South Korea

Source:[8]

Final standings

Place Team
 United States
 Japan
 Puerto Rico
4  South Korea
5  Netherlands
6  Australia
7  Canada
8  Chinese Taipei
 1988 Olympic Champions 

United States
Demonstration Sport title

References

  1. ↑ "1988 United States Olympic Team Roster", USABaseball.com, accessed December 29, 2008.
  2. ↑ 1988 Japan Olympic Team Roster (Japanese)
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