# Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport. It would become an official sport 8 years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Although single exhibition games had been played in conjunction with five previous Olympics, it was the first time that the sport was officially included in the program, and also the first time that the sport was played in Olympics held in the United States. Eight teams competed in Los Angeles, California, in the tournament. Games were held at Dodger Stadium. Cuba originally qualified but withdrew as a result of the Soviet-led boycott.

## Teams
### Qualification

Source:
* Canada – Invited
* Chinese Taipei – 1983 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist, defeat Japan in a playoff
* Dominican Republic – 1983 Pan American Games Fourth place – Replaced Cuba as the highest Americas team
* Italy – 1983 European Baseball Championship gold medalist
* Japan – Invited
* South Korea – 1982 Amateur World Series gold medalist
* Nicaragua – 1983 Pan American Games silver medalist
* United States – Host nation

### Rosters
## Venue

| Los Angeles | Dodger Stadium |
| Dodger Stadium | Dodger Stadium |
| Capacity: 56,000 | Dodger Stadium |

## Preliminary round

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

### White Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 | +28 | 1.000 | — | Advance to knockout round |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 3 | +21 | .667 | 1 | Advance to knockout round |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 33 | −22 | .333 | 2 | |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 35 | −27 | .000 | 3 | |
| 31 July Game 1 | Italy | 10–7 | Dominican Republic | Dodger Stadium |
| 31 July Game 2 | Chinese Taipei | 1–2 | United States | Dodger Stadium |
| 2 August Game 5 | Dominican Republic | 1–13 | Chinese Taipei | Dodger Stadium |
| 2 August Game 6 | United States | 16–1 | Italy | Dodger Stadium |
| 4 August Game 9 | Dominican Republic | 0–12 | United States | Dodger Stadium |
| 4 August Game 10 | Italy | 0–10 | Chinese Taipei | Dodger Stadium |

### Blue Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | +18 | .667 | — | Advance to knockout round |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | .667 | — | Advance to knockout round |
| 3 | Nicaragua | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 29 | −18 | .333 | 1 | |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | .333 | 1 | |
| 1 August Game 3 | Canada | 3–4 (F/12) | Nicaragua | Dodger Stadium |
| 1 August Game 4 | Japan | 2–0 | South Korea | Dodger Stadium |
| 3 August Game 7 | South Korea | 3–1 | Canada | Dodger Stadium |
| 3 August Game 8 | Nicaragua | 1–19 | Japan | Dodger Stadium |
| 5 August Game 11 | Canada | 6–4 | Japan | Dodger Stadium |
| 5 August Game 12 | Nicaragua | 6–7 | South Korea | Dodger Stadium |

## Knockout round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 6 August – Dodger Stadium (F/10) | 6 August – Dodger Stadium (F/10) |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 7 August – Dodger Stadium | 7 August – Dodger Stadium |
| Japan | 2 | 7 August – Dodger Stadium | 7 August – Dodger Stadium |
| Japan | 2 | Japan | 6 |
| 6 August – Dodger Stadium | 6 August – Dodger Stadium | | Japan | 6 |
| 6 August – Dodger Stadium | 6 August – Dodger Stadium | United States | 3 |
| South Korea | 2 | United States | 3 |
| United States | 5 | | |
| United States | 5 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 7 August – Dodger Stadium (F/14) | 7 August – Dodger Stadium (F/14) |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| | | South Korea | 0 |

### Semifinals

The semifinals pitted the first-place team of each division against the second-place team of the other division. Thus, the United States (3–0) played against Korea (2–1), which had a tied record with Japan (2–1) but had lost in head-to-head competition against them. The first-place Japanese played against Chinese Taipei (2–1).
| 6 August Game 13 | Chinese Taipei | 1–2 (F/10) | Japan | Dodger Stadium |
| 6 August Game 14 | South Korea | 2–5 | United States | Dodger 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.
| 7 August Game 15 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 (F/14) | South Korea | Dodger Stadium |

### First-place final

Since baseball was a demonstration sport, no official medals were awarded. The winners of the semifinals played each other for first and second place, with the Japanese team prevailing, 6–3.
| 7 August Game 16 | Japan | 6–3 | United States | Dodger Stadium |