Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Other Titles:Demonstration sport
City:Seoul
Country:South Korea
Num Teams:8
Champion:USA
Num Championships:1
Second:JPN
Third:PUR
Fourth:KOR
Medal Type:olympic
Games:16
Prevseason:1984
Nextseason:1992

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. Cuba originally qualified but withdrew as a result of the boycott.

Teams

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Preliminary round

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

Blue Division

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White Division

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Knockout round

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).

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.

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.

Rosters

United States

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Japan

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Canada

Australia

Chinese Taipei

The Netherlands

Puerto Rico

South Korea

Final standings

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References

  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 ", USABaseball.com, accessed December 29, 2008.
  4. http://www.japan-baseball.jp/nationalteam/1988/index.html 1988 Japan Olympic Team Roster (Japanese)

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