Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport. 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, after winning the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games, was to participate, but did not as a result of the Soviet-led boycott.

Results

Preliminary round

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

White Division
1. Chinese Taipei – 1983 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist
2. Dominican Republic – Replaced Cuba
3. Italy – 1983 European Baseball Championship gold medalist
4. United States – Host nation
Blue Division
1. Canada
2. Japan
3. South Korea – 1982 Amateur World Series gold medalist
4. Nicaragua – 1983 Pan American Games silver medalist

White Division

Round 1

Game 1, July 31

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Italy	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	5		10	14	1
Dominican Republic	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0		7	9	1

Game 2, July 31

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

Round 2

Game 5, August 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	6	5
Chinese Taipei	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	1	x		13	16	2

Game 6, August 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
United States	9	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0		16	18	1
Italy	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	2

Round 3

Game 9, August 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	4	3
United States	0	2	0	0	4	3	3	0			12	14	0

Game 10, August 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	1
Chinese Taipei	2	1	3	0	2	1	1	0	x		10	16	0

Blue Division

Round 1

Japan, 1-0
Nicaragua, 1-0
Canada, 0-1
South Korea, 0-1

Game 3, August 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		R	H	E
Canada	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	11	0
Nicaragua	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		4	9	2

Game 4, August 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	8	2
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0

Round 2

Japan, 2-0
South Korea, 1-1
Nicaragua, 1-1
Canada, 0-2

Game 7, August 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
South Korea	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	8	1
Canada	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	0

Game 8, August 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	6	4
Japan	0	7	0	1	1	4	0	6	x		19	19	1

Round 3

Japan, 2-1
South Korea, 2-1
Nicaragua, 1-2
Canada, 1-2

Game 11, August 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Canada	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0		6	15	1
Japan	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		4	10	0

Game 12, August 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Nicaragua	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		6	9	2
South Korea	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	x		7	13	5

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).

Game 13, August 6

Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		R	H	E
White #2	Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	4	1
Blue #1	Japan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	10	3

Game 14, August 6

Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Blue #2	South Korea	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	10	0
White #1	United States	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	x		5	6	3

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.

Game 15, August 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14		R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		3	10	1
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	0

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 Team Japan taking the gold medal.

Game 16, August 7

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

Rosters

Canada

Henry Andrulis, DH
Larry Downes, 1B
Mike Gardiner, P
Joe Heeney, DH
Rod Heisler, P
John Ivan, 3B
Barry Kuzminski, P
Scott Mann, RF
Scott Maxwell, LF
Bob McCullough, SS
Doug McPhail, CF
Tom Nelson, 2B
Alain Patenaude, P
Rob Thomson, C
Steve Wilson, P
Mark Wooden, P
Michael Carnegie, P

Chinese Taipei

George Chao, DH/1B
Chiang Tai-Chuan, DH
Chuang Sheng-Hsiung, P
Kuo Tai-Yuan, P
Lee Chu-Ming, CF
Lu Wen-sheng, 2B
Li Chih-Chun, LF
Lin Hua-Wei, 3B
Lin I-Tseng, RF
Liu Chiu-Lung, P
Sung Yung-Tai, 1B/LF/CF
Tsai Sen-Fong, RF
Tseng Chih-chen, C
Tu Fu-Ming, P
Tu Hung-Chin, P
Twu Jong-Nan, C
Wu Fu-Lien, SS
Wu Te-Shen, 3B/SS
Yang Ching-Long, 1B
Yeh Chih-Shien, 2B

Dominican Republic

Rafael Almonte, P
Nelson Cespedes, P
Ivan Crispin, SS
Nicholas Domitilo, P
Jose Florentino, P
Junio Gelbal, C
Pedro Gomez, 1B
Victor Gomez, P
Orlando Guerreo, 2B
Secundina Lora, P
Ramón Martínez, P
Miguel Mota, LF
Jony Olivo, P
Hector Paniagua, RF
Francisco Pans, 2B
Bernardo Reyes, CF
Antonio Sanchez, DH
Abad Santana, C
Aristides Taveras, 3B

Italy

Ruggero Bagialemani, 2B
Roberto Bianchi, DH
Giuseppe Carelli, RF
Paolo Ceccaroli, P
David Chiono, P
Louis Colabello, P
Giovanni Costa, 3B
Keith D'Amato, P
David DiMarco, 1B
David Farina, P
Massimo Fochi, P
Paolo Gagliano, 2B/CF
Johnnyjoseph Guggiana, 3B
Anthony Lo Nero, C
Roberto Man, P
Stefano Manzini, LF
David Marco, 1B
Michele Romano, SS
Mark Talarico, CF/LF
Guglielmo Trinci, 1B/LF
Robert John Turcio, DH/P

Japan

Yukio Arai, RF
Katsuyuki Fukumoto, 1B
Shinichi Furukawa, LF
Shinji Hata, DH/C
Katsumi Hirosawa, DH/1B
Akimitsu Ito, P
Atsunori Ito, P
Terumitsu Kumano, CF
Kazutomo Miyamoto, P
Noboru Morita, LF
Yoshihiko Morita, SS
Yoshiaki Nishikawa, P
Munehiko Shimada, C
Kozo Shoda, 2B
Kazuaki Ueda, DH/3B
Yasushi Urahigashi, 3B
Yutaka Wada, 1B/2B/DH
Akira Yonemura, P
Yasuo Yoshida, C
Yukio Yoshida, P

Korea

Nicaragua

Luis Arauz, P
Leonardo Cardenas, CF/RF
Juan Centeno, P
Cesar Chavarria, C
Francisco Cruz, P
José Cruz, RF/CF
Ariel Delgado, 3B
Roberto Espino, 1B
Julio Espinoza, P
Fabio Garcia, CF
Juan Garmendez, DH
Jose Guzman, C
Julio Medina, 2B
Jaime Miranda, RF
Julio Moya, P
Arnoldo Munoz, SS
Diego Raudez, P
Julio Sanchez, 1B/DH
Richard Taylor, LF

United States

References

Cava, Pete (Summer 1992). "Baseball in the Olympics" (PDF). Citius, Altius, Fortius. 1 (1): 7–15.
Official Report. Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984.
1984 Los Angeles Dodgers Media Guide

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