# Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics marked the debut of baseball as an official medal sport at the Olympics. The games were contested in Barcelona as part of the 1992 Summer Olympics. Baseball was an event open only to amateurs, although Cuba used its best players as they were amateurs in name only with all necessary funding coming from the state. The maximum roster size was 20 players per team.
Eight nations competed, with the preliminary phase consisting of each team playing every other team. Playoffs were then held, with the four highest ranked teams advancing. For the semifinals, the first place team played the fourth place team, and the second place team played against the third place team. The winners of those semifinals competed against each other for the gold medal, with the loser getting the silver medal. The teams defeated in the semifinals played a match for the bronze medal. Cuba won gold, with Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) winning silver, and Japan winning bronze.

## Venues

| L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | Viladecans |
| Estadi Municipal de Beisbol de L'Hospitalet | Camp Municipal de Beisbol de Viladecans |
| Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 4,000 |

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Cuba Omar Ajete Rolando Arrojo Giorge Díaz José Raúl Delgado José Estrada Osvaldo Fernández Lourdes Gourriel Alberto Hernández Orlando Hernández Orestes Kindelán Omar Linares Germán Mesa Víctor Mesa Antonio Pacheco Juan Padilla Juan Carlos Pérez Luis Ulacia Ermidelio Urrutia Jorge Luis Valdés Lázaro VargasManager: Jorge Fuentes | Chinese Taipei Chang Cheng-hsien Chang Wen-tsung Chang Yao-teng Chen Chi-hsin Chen Wei-chen Chiang Tai-chuan Chung Yu-cheng Huang Chung-yi Huang Wen-po Ku Kuo-chian Kuo Lee Chien-fu Liao Ming-hsiung Lin Chao-huang Lin Kun-han Lo Chen-jung Lo Kuo-chong Pai Kun-hong Tsai Ming-hung Wang Kuang-shih Wu Shih-hsihManager: Lee Lai-fa | Japan Tomohito Ito Shinichiro Kawabata Masahito Kohiyama Hirotami Kojima Hiroki Kokubo Takashi Miwa Hiroshi Nakamoto Masafumi Nishi Kazutaka Nishiyama Koichi Oshima Hiroyuki Sakaguchi Shinichi Sato Yasuhiro Sato Masanori Sugiura Kento Sugiyama Yasunori Takami Akihiro Togo Koji Tokunaga Shigeki Wakabayashi Katsumi WatanabeManager: Masatake Yamanaka |

## Teams

* Spain (Hosts)
* Chinese Taipei (1991 Asian Baseball Championship silver medalist)
* Japan (1991 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist)
* Italy (1991 European Baseball Championship gold medalist)
* Cuba (1991 Pan American games gold medalist)
* Puerto Rico (1991 Pan American games silver medalist)
* United States (1991 Pan American games bronze medalist)
* Dominican Republic (1991 Pan American games fourth place)

## Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Cuba | 7 | 7 | 0 | 78 | 14 | +64 | 1.000 | — | Advance to knockout round |
| 2 | Japan | 7 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 15 | +45 | .714 | 2 | Advance to knockout round |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 7 | 5 | 2 | 61 | 21 | +40 | .714 | 2 | Advance to knockout round |
| 4 | United States | 7 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 28 | +21 | .714 | 2 | Advance to knockout round |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 48 | −26 | .286 | 5 | |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 60 | −37 | .286 | 5 | |
| 7 | Italy | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 62 | −37 | .143 | 6 | |
| 8 | Spain (H) | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 85 | −70 | .143 | 6 | |

### Round 1

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | x | 8 | 14 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |

### Round 2

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| United States | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Japan | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | x | | | 12 | 11 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cuba | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | | 18 | 20 | 0 |
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 8 | 2 |

### Round 3

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | x | 10 | 13 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | | 10 | 15 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | x | 11 | 13 | 3 |

### Round 4

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | | | 17 | 18 | 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| United States | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | x | 9 | 13 | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | x | | | 20 | 19 | 1 |

### Round 5

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Japan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | | 13 | 11 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | 11 | 13 | 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cuba | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | | | 18 | 16 | 1 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 3 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | 8 | 9 | 1 |

### Round 6

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
| Cuba | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 9 | 15 | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| Italy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | | | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| United States | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | 10 | 11 | 1 |

### Round 7

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 0 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Cuba | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | x | 8 | 13 | 2 |

## Knockout round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Cuba | 6 |
| United States | 1 | | |
| United States | 1 | Cuba | 11 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | Chinese Taipei | 1 |
| Japan | 2 | | |
| Japan | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | United States | 3 |
| | | Japan | 8 |

### Semifinals

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | x | 6 | 11 | 1 |

### Bronze medal match

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Japan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |

### Final

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cuba | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |

## Final standing

| Place | Team |
| | Cuba |
| | Chinese Taipei |
| | Japan |
| 4. | United States |
| 5. | Puerto Rico |
| 6. | Dominican Republic |
| 7. | Italy |
| 8. | Spain |
* 1992 Olympic champions
* Cuba First title

## Schedule

Baseball events took place over 11 days, from July 26 to August 5.
* July 26
** ITA - TPE (10:30, L'Hospitalet)
** DOM - CUB (10:30, Viladecans)
** USA - ESP (18:00, L'Hospitalet)
** JPN - PUR (18:00, Viladecans)
* July 27
** USA - TPE (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
** CUB - ITA (15:00, Viladecans)
** DOM - PUR (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
** ESP - JPN (21:00, Viladecans)
* July 28
** PUR - TPE (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
** ITA - USA (15:00, Viladecans)
** CUB - JPN (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
** ESP - DOM (21:00, Viladecans)
* July 29
** JPN - DOM (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
** ITA - PUR (15:00, Viladecans)
** USA - CUB (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
** ESP - TPE (21:00, Viladecans)
* July 31
** ITA - JPN (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
** TPE - DOM (15:00, Viladecans)
** CUB - ESP (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
** PUR - USA (21:00, Viladecans)
* August 1
** PUR - CUB (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
** TPE - JPN (15:00, Viladecans)
** ESP - ITA (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
** DOM - USA (21:00, Viladecans)
* August 2
** DOM - ITA (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
** PUR - ESP (15:00, Viladecans)
** JPN - USA (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
** TPE - CUB (21:00, Viladecans)
* August 4
** TPE - JPN (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
** USA - CUB (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
* August 5
** JPN - USA (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
** CUB - TPE (21:00, L'Hospitalet)