Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Baseball had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. 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 1st place team played the 4th place team and the 2nd place team played against the 3rd 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 semifinal played a match for the bronze medal.

Baseball was an event open only to male amateurs.

Medallists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Cuba Antonio Pacheco Massó Ermidelio Urrutia Luis Ulacia Alberto Hernández Lázaro Vargas Alverez Omar Linares Germán Mesa Juan Padilla Lourdes Gourriel José Estrada González Osvaldo Fernández Orlando Hernández Giorge Diaz Omar Ajete Victor Mesa Jorge Luis Valdes José Delgado Rolando Arrojo Orestes Kindelán	Chinese Taipei Chang Cheng-Hsien Chang Wen-Chung Chang Yaw-Teing Chen Chi-Hsin Chen Wei-Chen Chiang Tai-Chuan Huang Chung-Yi Huang Wen-Po Jong Yeu-Jeng 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-Hsih	Japan Koichi Oshima Shigeki Wakabayashi Masafumi Nishi Koji Tokunaga Akihiro Togo Hirotami Kojima Hiroki Kokubo Hiroyuki Sakaguchi Yasunori Takami Yasuhiro Sato Kento Sugiyama Katsumi Watanabe Kazutaka Nishiyama Masahito Kohiyama Tomohito Ito Masanori Sugiura Takashi Miwa Shinichi Sato Hiroshi Nakamoto Shinichiro Kawabata

Results

Preliminary round

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

Standing

Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
Cuba	7	0	-
Japan	5	2	1-1, 1.50 RA/9
Chinese Taipei	5	2	1-1, 5.00 RA/9
United States	5	2	1-1, 8.00 RA/9
Puerto Rico	2	5	1-0
Dominican Republic	2	5	0-1
Italy	1	6	1-0
Spain	1	6	0-1

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.

1. July 26
   • ITA - TPE (10:30, L'Hospitalet)
   • DOM - CUB (10:30, Viladecans)
   • USA - ESP (18:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • JPN - PUR (18:00, Viladecans)
2. July 27
   • USA - TPE (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • CUB - ITA (15:00, Viladecans)
   • DOM - PUR (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • ESP - JPN (21:00, Viladecans)
3. July 28
   • PUR - TPE (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • ITA - USA (15:00, Viladecans)
   • CUB - JPN (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • ESP - DOM (21:00, Viladecans)
4. July 29
   • JPN - DOM (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • ITA - PUR (15:00, Viladecans)
   • USA - CUB (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • ESP - TPE (21:00, Viladecans)
5. July 31
   • ITA - JPN (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • TPE - DOM (15:00, Viladecans)
   • CUB - ESP (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • PUR - USA (21:00, Viladecans)
6. August 1
   • PUR - CUB (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • TPE - JPN (15:00, Viladecans)
   • ESP - ITA (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • DOM - USA (21:00, Viladecans)
7. August 2
   • DOM - ITA (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • PUR - ESP (15:00, Viladecans)
   • JPN - USA (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • TPE - CUB (21:00, Viladecans)
8. August 4
   • TPE - JPN (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • USA - CUB (21:00, L'Hospitalet)
9. August 5
   • JPN - USA (15:00, L'Hospitalet)
   • CUB - TPE (21:00, L'Hospitalet)