Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Demonstration sport
Tournament details
CountrySouth Korea
CitySeoul
DatesSeptember 19–27, 1988 (1988-09-19 – 1988-09-27)
Teams8
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Runner-up Japan
Third place Puerto Rico
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Games played16

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.

Teams

Source:[1]

Preliminary round

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

Blue Division

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 17 5 +12 1.000 — Advance to knockout round
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 1 10 11 −1 .667 1
3  Netherlands 3 1 2 11 19 −8 .333 2
4  Chinese Taipei 3 0 3 4 7 −3 .000 3
Source: [citation needed]
20 September
Game 1 		Netherlands  6–1  Chinese Taipei Jamsil Baseball Stadium
20 September
Game 6 		Puerto Rico  1–7  Japan Jamsil Baseball Stadium
22 September
Game 2 		Chinese Taipei  3–4 (F/12)  Japan Jamsil Baseball Stadium
22 September
Game 5 		Puerto Rico  7–4  Netherlands Jamsil Baseball Stadium
24 September
Game 3 		Chinese Taipei  0–2  Puerto Rico Jamsil Baseball Stadium
24 September
Game 4 		Japan  6–1  Netherlands Jamsil Baseball Stadium

White Division

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  United States 3 2 1 24 15 +9 .667 — Advance to knockout round
2  South Korea 3 2 1 10 9 +1 .667 —
3  Australia 3 1 2 10 20 −10 .333 1
4  Canada 3 1 2 17 19 −2 .333 1
Source: [citation needed]
19 September
Game 1 		Canada  6–7  Australia Jamsil Baseball Stadium
19 September
Game 6 		United States  5–3  South Korea Jamsil Baseball Stadium
23 September
Game 2 		Australia  1–2 (F/10)  South Korea Jamsil Baseball Stadium
23 September
Game 5 		United States  7–8  Canada Jamsil Baseball Stadium
25 September
Game 3 		Australia  2–12 (F/7)  United States Jamsil Baseball Stadium
25 September
Game 4 		South Korea  5–3  Canada Jamsil Baseball Stadium

Knockout round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 September
 
 
 Japan3
 
27 September
 
 South Korea1
 
 Japan3
 
26 September
 
 United States5
 
 Puerto Rico2
 
 
 United States7
 
Third place
 
 
27 September
 
 
 South Korea0
 
 
 Puerto Rico7

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).

26 September
Game 1 		 South Korea 1–3  Japan Jamsil Baseball Stadium
26 September
Game 2 		 Puerto Rico 2–7  United States Jamsil Baseball Stadium

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  Puerto Rico 7–0  South Korea Jamsil Baseball Stadium

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.

27 September  United States 5–3  Japan Jamsil Baseball Stadium

Rosters

Final standings

References

  • Cava, Pete (Summer 1992). "Baseball in the Olympics". Citius, Altius, Fortius. 1 (1): 7–15.
  • Official Report. Official Report Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results. 1988.
  1. ^ https://twbsball.dils.tku.edu.tw/wiki/index.php/%E6%BC%A2%E5%9F%8E%E5%A5%A7%E9%81%8B
  2. ^ https://twbsball.dils.tku.edu.tw/wiki/index.php/1987%E5%B9%B4%E7%AC%AC%E5%85%AB%E5%B1%86%E6%B4%B2%E9%9A%9B%E7%9B%83
  3. ^ "1988 United States Olympic Team Roster Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine", USABaseball.com, accessed December 29, 2008.
  4. ^ 1988 Japan Olympic Team Roster (Japanese) Archived August 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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