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Baseball, Men

Date20 July – 2 August 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationAtlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants160 from 8 countries
FormatRound-robin tournament followed by semi-finals and final.

Cuba remained the heavy favorite, but they had lost a bit of an edge since 1992, and their team was crumbling internally as well. Only 10 days before the start of the 1996 Olympics, one of their star pitchers from the 1992 team, Roland Arroyo, defected. Another top pitcher, José Contreras, would later defect to the United States, and became one of the first Cubans in many years to play in the Major Leagues, beginning his career in 2003 with the New York Yankees. But Cuba still had Omar Linares and Orestes Kindelán, and their power line-up made up for their pitching weakness. They again won every game, although Japan took them to extra innings in pool play. In the final, Cuba repeated their victory over Japan, 13-9. During the tournament, Linares and Kindelán combined for 17 home runs.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1CubaCUBGold
2Alberto Hernández
47Antonio Pacheco
25Antonio Scull
4Eduardo Paret
38Eliécer Montes
69Jorge Fumero
24José Antonio Estrada
52José Contreras
45Juan Manrique
12Juan Padilla
20Lázaro Vargas
1Luis Ulacia
18Miguel Caldés
31Omar Ajete
10Omar Linares
23Omar Luis
46Orestes Kindelán
19Ormari Romero
33Pedro Luis Lazo
11Rey Isaac
CoachJorge Fuentes
2JapanJPNSilver
1Kosuke Fukudome
2Masahiro Nojima
3Nobuhiko Matsunaka
4Makoto Imaoka
6Takao Kuwamoto
7Tadahito Iguchi
8Yasuyuki Saigo
9Hideaki Okubo
10Daishin Nakamura
11Koichi Misawa
12Masao Morinaka
14Jutaro Kimura
15Takeo Kawamura
16Hitoshi Ono
18Masahiko Mori
19Masanori Sugiura
21Takashi Kurosu
24Takayuki Takabayashi
25Tomoaki Sato
27Yoshitomo Tani
CoachKatsuji Kawashima
3United StatesUSABronze
1R. A. Dickey
4Warren Morris
5Augie Ojeda
7Mark Kotsay
8Jason Williams
9Chad Allen
10Chad Green
13Kip Harkrider
14Braden Looper
16Travis Lee
17A. J. Hinch
19Jacque Jones
21Brian Loyd
25Troy Glaus
29Seth Greisinger
33Matt LeCroy
34Kris Benson
42Jim Parque
51Jeff Weaver
55Billy Koch
CoachSkip Bertman
4NicaraguaNCA
1Bayardo Dávila
11Martín Alemán
12Norman Cardozo
13Oswaldo Mairena
14Nemesio Porras
15José Luis Quiroz
17Carlos Alberto Berríos
2Sandy Moreno
20Omar Obando
22Ramón Padilla
23Fredy Zamora
28Julio César Osejo
29Eduardo Bojorge
31Asdrudes Flores
33Aníbal Vega
34Erasmo Baca
4Luis Daniel Miranda
5Fredy Corea
6Jorge Luis Avellán
99Henry Roa
CoachJulio Sánchez
5NetherlandsNED
4Eric de Bruin
5André van Maris
11Eddie Dix
13Geoffrey Kohl
14Marcel Joost
20Eelco Jansen
22Byron Ward
23Johnny Balentina
24Giel ten Bosch
25Jeffrey Cranston
26Danny Wout
27Tom Nanne
28Paul Nanne
30Evert-Jan 't Hoen
31Marlon Fluonia
33Rob Cordemans
34Adonis Kemp
35Marcel Kruijt
36Edsel Martis
37Peter Callenbach
CoachJan Dick Leurs
6ItalyITA
5Claudio Liverziani
6Pierpaolo Illuminati
8Roberto De Franceschi
9Davide Rigoli
11Marco Ubani
12Francesco Casolari
13Andrea Evangelisti
14Enrico Vecchi
16Massimiliano Masin
19Paolo Ceccaroli
20Ruggero Bagialemani
21Paolo Passerini
22Massimo Fochi
23Alberto D'Auria
28Roberto Cabalisti
34Dante Carbini
40Marco Barboni
44Rolando Cretis
50Luigi Carrozza
55Fabio Betto
CoachSilvano Ambrosioni
7AustraliaAUS
2Jeff Williams
3Mark Doubleday
4Scott Tunkin
5Michael Nakamura
6Steven Hinton
7Richard Vagg
8Andrew Scott
9Shane Tonkin
10Jason Hewitt
12Andrew McNally
13Matthew Sheldon-Collins
19Peter Vogler
21David Hynes
23Grant McDonald
26Scott Dawes
29Stuart Howell
30Sten Lindberg
31Simon Sheldon-Collins
33Stuart Thompson
35John Moore
CoachDon Knapp
8Republic of KoreaKOR
1Son Min-Han
6Kim Su-Gwan
7Bae Jae-Hyo
8Jo In-Seong
10Gang Hyeok
11Jo Jin-Ho
12Jin Gap-Yong
14Jo Gyeong-Hwan
16Lee Dong-Uk
17Gang Pil-Seon
18Im Seon-Dong
19Lee Byeong-Gyu
21Oh Cheol-Min
23Jeon Seung-Nam
26Kim Yeong-Su
27Mun Dong-Hwan
28Na Man-Ho
31An Hui-Bong
32Kim Seon-U
36Chae Jong-Guk
CoachKim Choong-Nam

Round-Robin

Date20 – 30 July 1996
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsLossesPointsRuns
1CubaCUB70014-97
2United StatesUSA60112-81
3JapanJPN4038-69
4NicaraguaNCA4038-44
5NetherlandsNED2054-32
6ItalyITA2054-33
7AustraliaAUS2054-47
8Republic of KoreaKOR1062-40
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Game #120 Jul 10:30United StatesUSA0 – 1NicaraguaNCA
Game #220 Jul 15:00CubaCUB2 – 0AustraliaAUS8-inning mercy rule
Game #320 Jul 21:45JapanJPN1 – 0NetherlandsNED7-inning mercy rule
Game #421 Jul 15:00ItalyITA1 – 1Republic of KoreaKOR
Game #521 Jul 20:00CubaCUB3 – 0JapanJPN
Game #622 Jul 10:00NetherlandsNED8 – 0AustraliaAUS8-inning mercy rule
Game #722 Jul 15:00NicaraguaNCA3 – 1ItalyITA
Game #822 Jul 20:00United StatesUSA1 – 0Republic of KoreaKOR
Game #923 Jul 10:00CubaCUB2 – 0NetherlandsNED7-inning mercy rule
Game #1023 Jul 15:00NicaraguaNCA0 – 0Republic of KoreaKOR
Game #1123 Jul 20:00AustraliaAUS0 – 2JapanJPN
Game #1224 Jul 15:00United StatesUSA6 – 3ItalyITA7-inning mercy rule
Game #1324 Jul 20:00CubaCUB0 – 0Republic of KoreaKOR
Game #1425 Jul 10:00NicaraguaNCA1 – 0NetherlandsNED6-innings
Game #1525 Jul 15:00ItalyITA3 – 0AustraliaAUS
Game #1625 Jul 20:00United StatesUSA7 – 2JapanJPN7-inning mercy rule
Game #1727 Jul 10:00JapanJPN6 – 0NicaraguaNCA
Game #1827 Jul 15:00CubaCUB0 – 0ItalyITA7-inning mercy rule
Game #1927 Jul 20:00United StatesUSA7 – 1AustraliaAUS7-inning mercy rule
Game #2028 Jul 10:00Republic of KoreaKOR0 – 0NetherlandsNED
Game #2128 Jul 15:00CubaCUB4 – 1United StatesUSA
Game #2228 Jul 20:00NicaraguaNCA0 – 0AustraliaAUS8-inning mercy rule
Game #2329 Jul 10:00NetherlandsNED3 – 0ItalyITA
Game #2429 Jul 15:00JapanJPN0 – 1Republic of KoreaKOR7-inning mercy rule
Game #2529 Jul 20:00CubaCUB0 – 1NicaraguaNCA
Game #2630 Jul 10:00United StatesUSA5 – 0NetherlandsNED7-inning mercy rule
Game #2730 Jul 15:00JapanJPN1 – 0ItalyITA8-inning mercy rule
Game #2830 Jul 20:00AustraliaAUS0 – 2Republic of KoreaKOR

Semi-Finals

Date1 August 1996
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Game #101 Aug 14:00CubaCUB0 – 0NicaraguaNCA
Game #201 Aug 19:00JapanJPN0 – 0United StatesUSA

Final Round

Date2 August 1996
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Game 1/202 Aug 19:00CubaCUB3 – 0JapanJPN
Game 3/402 Aug 14:00United StatesUSA4 – 3NicaraguaNCA