Baseball at the 1979 Pan American Games explained
Event: | Baseball |
Games: | 1979 |
Venue: | Puerto Rico |
Dates: | July 2–12, 1979 |
Competitors: | 180 |
Nations: | 9 |
Prev: | 1975 |
Next: | 1983 |
Baseball competitions at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, were held on July 2–12.[1] The venues for the competition were the Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium,[2] the Guaynabo Municipal Stadium[3] and the Parque Yldefonso Solá Morales.[4]
Cuba entered the competition as the two-time defending champions, having won the gold medal in 1971 and 1975. They successfully defended their title, with the Dominican Republic finishing second.
Medalists
Men's tournament | - Rey Vicente Anglada
- Armando Capiró
- Luis Casanova
- Rafael Castillo
- Rogelio García
- Jesús Guerra
- Fernando Hernández
- Pedro Jova
- Agustín Marquetti
- Alberto Martínez
- Pedro Medina
- Antonio Muñoz
- Juan Carlos Oliva
- Rodolfo Puente
- Pedro José Rodríguez Sr.
- Fernando Sánchez
- Wilfredo Sánchez
- Lázaro Santana
- Alfonso Urquiola
- Braudilio Vinent
| - Marcos Aguasvivas
- Rafael Almonte
- Rafael Belliard
- Maney Cabreja
- Pablo Cabrera
- Iván Crispín
- Quique Cruz
- Orlando De León
- Cecilio Guante
- Orlando Guerrero
- Rafael Harris
- Jony Olivo
- Juan Ortiz
- Héctor Paniagua
- Aquiles Peña
- Manuel Peña
- Felipe Polanco
- Antonio Romero
- Rafael Stephan
| - Carmelo Aguayo
- Héctor Ayala
- Angel Báez
- Julio Bonilla
- Luis Colón
- Milton Crespo
- Alejandro De Jesús
- Jesús Feliciano
- Víctor Gómez
- Edwin Hernández
- Ramón Lara
- Carlos Lugo
- Juan Martínez
- Luis Mercado
- Rogelio Negrón
- Carlos Ponce
- Mariano Quiñones
- David Rodríguez
- Angel Rodríguez
- Obdulio Valentín
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Results
The tournament consisted of a single round-robin group where all nine teams played each other once. Medals were awarded to the top three teams in the group at the end of the tournament.
References
- Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 231. PDF. 2019-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.
- Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 201. PDF. 2019-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.
- Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 202. PDF. 2019-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.
- Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 203. PDF. 2019-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.