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Baseball, Men

Date	19 – 28 September 1988
Status	Olympic (non-medal)
Location	Jam-sil Ya-gu-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants	151 from 8 countries

Eight teams competed in 1988, with a round-robin that advanced the top four teams to the semi-finals. The United States and Japan advanced to the final, with the US winning the final game and the tournament, 5-3. The United States team had several future Major League players, including Ty Griffin, Robin Ventura, Tino Martinez, Ed Sprague, Jim Abbott, and Ben McDonald. The tournament was weakened by the absence of Cuba, which joined a small boycott of the 1988 Olympics in support of North Korea. Cuba was the world’s greatest amateur team in the 1980s.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC
1	–	United States	USA
	–	Ty Griffin
	–	Bret Barberie
	–	Mike Fiore
	–	Robin Ventura
	–	Tino Martinez
	–	Ted Wood
	–	Jeff Branson
	–	Billy Masse
	–	Tom Goodwin
	–	Ed Sprague
	–	Mickey Morandini
	–	Dave Silvestri
	–	Doug Robbins
	–	Scott Servais
	–	Jim Abbott
	–	Andy Benes
	–	Ben McDonald
	–	Mike Milchin
	–	Charles Nagy
	–	Joe Slusarski
2	–	Japan	JPN
	–	Hiroki Katsuragi
	–	Kunji Yonezaki
	–	Kenjiro Nomura
	–	Masafumi Nishi
	–	Daisuke Tsutsui
	–	Terushi Nakajima
	–	Takeshi Omori
	–	Hirofumi Ogawa
	–	Yasushi Matsumoto
	–	Atsuya Furuta
	–	Atsuyoshi Otake
	–	Makoto Maeda
	–	Kenji Tomashino
	–	Hideo Nomo
	–	Tetsuya Shiozaki
	–	Tetsuya Suzuki
	–	Tomio Watanabe
	–	Shuji Yoshida
	–	Takehiro Ishii
	–	Soh Kikuchi
3	–	Puerto Rico	PUR
	–	Jorge Robles
	–	Abimael Rosario
	–	Luis Ramos
	–	Ángel Morales
	–	Efraín García
	–	Benedicto Poupart
	–	Anthony García
	–	Albert Bracero
	–	Eddie Horrio
	–	Luis Dávila
	–	José Lorenzana
	–	Roberto Santana
	–	Roberto Mateo
	–	Elliot Chianchini
	–	Jesús Feliciano
	–	James Figueroa
	–	Víctor Martínez
	–	José Meléndez
	–	Mariano Quiñones
	–	Wilfredo Vélez
4	–	Republic of Korea	KOR
	–	Baek Jae-Woo
	–	Kwon Taek-Jae
	–	Kang Ki-Woong
	–	Roh Chan-Yup
	–	Choi Hoon-Jae
	–	Choi Hae-Myung
	–	Kim Dong-Soo
	–	Kang Young-Soo
	–	Hwang Dae-Yun
	–	Lee Suk-Jae
	–	Kim Kyung-Ki
	–	Chang Ho-Ik
	–	Kim Tae-Hyung
	–	Song Ku-Hong
	–	Kim Ki-Bum
	–	Lee Kang-Chul
	–	Lee Kwang-Woo
	–	Park Dong-Hee
=5	–	Australia	AUS
	–	Tony Adamson
	–	David Buckthorpe
	–	David Clarkson
	–	Jon Deeble
	–	Malcolm Gregg
	–	Peter Hartas
	–	Gregory Harvey
	–	Shaun Hrabar
	–	Kim Jessop
	–	Geoffrey Martin
	–	Parris Mitchell
	–	Michael Nind
	–	Matthew Sheldon-Collins
	–	Tony Thomson
	–	Peter Vogler
	–	Darren Welch
	–	Peter Wood
=5	–	Netherlands	NED
	–	Frank Bos
	–	Peter Callenbach
	–	Eric de Bruin
	–	Alfred de Leeuw
	–	Eric de Vries
	–	Haitze de Vries
	–	Robert Eenhoorn
	–	Rikkert Faneyte
	–	Ron Giroldi
	–	Bill Groot
	–	Gerlach Halderman
	–	Jacky Jakoba
	–	Marcel Joost
	–	Robert Knol
	–	Frank Koot
	–	Marcel Kruijt
	–	Ronald Stoovelaar
	–	Hans van Renselaar
	–	Bart Volkerijk
=7	–	Canada	CAN
	–	Rob Butler
	–	Bill Byckowski
	–	Rhéal Cormier
	–	Randy Curran
	–	Greg Duce
	–	Mark Griffin
	–	Lorne Humber
	–	Rick Johnston
	–	Jim Kotkas
	–	Alan Mauthe
	–	Tom Nelson
	–	Greg O'Halloran
	–	Barry Parisotto
	–	Greg Roth
	–	Dave Rypien
	–	Warren Sawkiw
	–	Matt Stairs
	–	Dave Wainhouse
=7	–	Chinese Taipei	TPE
	–	Chen Chin-Mou
	–	Chen Yi-Hsin
	–	Chiang Tai-Chuan
	–	Hong Cheng-Chin
	–	Hong I-Chung
	–	Huang Chiung-Lung
	–	Huang Ping-Yang
	–	Kuo Chien-Cheng
	–	Lee Chu-Ming
	–	Lin I-Tseng
	–	Lin Tzung-Chiu
	–	Lo Chen-Jung
	–	Lo Kuo-Chung
	–	Tseng Chi-Chen
	–	Tu Hung-Chin
	–	Wang Kuang-Huei
	–	Wu Fu-Lien
	–	Wu Shih-Hsin
	–	Yang Chien-Jen

Preliminary Round

Date	19 – 24 September 1988

Group White

Date	19 – 23 September 1988

Pos	Team	NOC	Won	Lost	Points	Runs
1	United States	USA	2	1	4	24-21
2	Republic of Korea	KOR	2	1	4	10-13
3	Australia	AUS	1	2	2	17-12
4	Canada	CAN	1	2	2	10-15

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Game #1	19 Sep	Australia	AUS	7 – 6	Canada	CAN
Game #2	19 Sep	United States	USA	5 – 3	Republic of Korea	KOR
Game #3	21 Sep	United States	USA	12 – 2	Australia	AUS
Game #4	21 Sep	Republic of Korea	KOR	5 – 3	Canada	CAN
Game #5	23 Sep	Republic of Korea	KOR	2 – 1	Australia	AUS
Game #6	23 Sep	Canada	CAN	8 – 7	United States	USA

Group Blue

Date	20 – 24 September 1988

Pos	Team	NOC	Won	Lost	Points	Runs
1	Japan	JPN	3	0	6	17-5
2	Puerto Rico	PUR	2	1	4	10-11
3	Netherlands	NED	1	2	2	11-14
4	Chinese Taipei	TPE	0	3	0	4-12

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Game #1	20 Sep	Netherlands	NED	6 – 1	Chinese Taipei	TPE
Game #2	20 Sep	Japan	JPN	7 – 1	Puerto Rico	PUR
Game #3	22 Sep	Japan	JPN	4 – 3	Chinese Taipei	TPE
Game #4	22 Sep	Puerto Rico	PUR	7 – 4	Netherlands	NED
Game #5	24 Sep	Puerto Rico	PUR	2 – 0	Chinese Taipei	TPE
Game #6	24 Sep	Japan	JPN	6 – 1	Netherlands	NED

Semi-Finals

Date	26 September 1988

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Game #1	26 Sep 10:00	Japan	JPN	3 – 1	Republic of Korea	KOR
Game #2	26 Sep 14:00	United States	USA	7 – 2	Puerto Rico	PUR

Final Round

Date	28 September 1988

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Game 1/2	28 Sep 14:00	United States	USA	5 – 3	Japan	JPN
Game 3/4	28 Sep 10:00	Puerto Rico	PUR	7 – 0	Republic of Korea	KOR