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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.

PosTeamNOC
1CubaCUBGold
Alberto Hernández
Antonio Pacheco
Antonio Scull
Eduardo Paret
Eliécer Montes
Jorge Fumero
José Antonio Estrada
José Contreras
Juan Manrique
Juan Padilla
Lázaro Vargas
Luis Ulacia
Miguel Caldés
Omar Ajete
Omar Linares
Omar Luis
Orestes Kindelán
Ormari Romero
Pedro Luis Lazo
Rey Isaac
CoachJorge Fuentes
2JapanJPNSilver
Kosuke Fukudome
Masahiro Nojima
Nobuhiko Matsunaka
Makoto Imaoka
Takao Kuwamoto
Tadahito Iguchi
Yasuyuki Saigo
Hideaki Okubo
Daishin Nakamura
Koichi Misawa
Masao Morinaka
Jutaro Kimura
Takeo Kawamura
Hitoshi Ono
Masahiko Mori
Masanori Sugiura
Takashi Kurosu
Takayuki Takabayashi
Tomoaki Sato
Yoshitomo Tani
CoachKatsuji Kawashima
3United StatesUSABronze
R. A. Dickey
Warren Morris
Augie Ojeda
Mark Kotsay
Jason Williams
Chad Allen
Chad Green
Kip Harkrider
Braden Looper
Travis Lee
A. J. Hinch
Jacque Jones
Brian Loyd
Troy Glaus
Seth Greisinger
Matt LeCroy
Kris Benson
Jim Parque
Jeff Weaver
Billy Koch
CoachSkip Bertman
4NicaraguaNCA
Bayardo Dávila
Martín Alemán
Norman Cardoze
Oswaldo Mairena
Nemesio Porras
José Luis Quiroz
Carlos Alberto Berríos
Sandy Moreno
Omar Obando
Ramón Padilla
Freddy Zamora
Julio César Osejo
Martín Bojorge
Asdrudes Flores
Aníbal Vega
Erasmo Baca
Luis Daniel Miranda
Freddy Corea
Jorge Luis Avellán
Henry Roa
CoachJulio Sánchez
5NetherlandsNED
Eric de Bruin
André van Maris
Eddie Dix
Geoffrey Kohl
Marcel Joost
Eelco Jansen
Byron Ward
Johnny Balentina
Giel ten Bosch
Jeffrey Cranston
Danny Wout
Tom Nanne
Paul Nanne
Evert-Jan 't Hoen
Marlon Fluonia
Rob Cordemans
Adonis Kemp
Marcel Kruijt
Edsel Martis
Peter Callenbach
CoachJan Dick Leurs
6ItalyITA
Claudio Liverziani
Pierpaolo Illuminati
Roberto De Franceschi
Davide Rigoli
Marco Ubani
Francesco Casolari
Andrea Evangelisti
Enrico Vecchi
Massimiliano Masin
Paolo Ceccaroli
Ruggero Bagialemani
Paolo Passerini
Massimo Fochi
Alberto D'Auria
Roberto Cabalisti
Dante Carbini
Marco Barboni
Rolando Cretis
Luigi Carrozza
Fabio Betto
CoachSilvano Ambrosioni
7AustraliaAUS
Jeff Williams
Mark Doubleday
Scott Tunkin
Michael Nakamura
Steven Hinton
Richard Vagg
Andrew Scott
Shane Tonkin
Jason Hewitt
Andrew McNally
Matthew Sheldon-Collins
Peter Vogler
David Hynes
Grant McDonald
Scott Dawes
Stuart Howell
Sten Lindberg
Simon Sheldon-Collins
Stuart Thompson
John Moore
CoachDon Knapp
8Republic of KoreaKOR
Son Min-Han
Kim Su-Gwan
Baek Jae-Ho
Jo In-Seong
Gang Hyeok
Jo Jin-Ho
Jin Gap-Yong
Jo Gyeong-Hwan
Lee Dong-Uk
Gang Pil-Seon
Im Seon-Dong
Lee Byeong-Gyu
Oh Cheol-Min
Jeon Seung-Nam
Kim Yeong-Su
Mun Dong-Hwan
Na Man-Ho
An Hui-Bong
Kim Seon-U
Chae 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 StatesUSA4 – 1NicaraguaNCA
Game #220 Jul 15:00CubaCUB19 – 8AustraliaAUS8-inning mercy rule
Game #320 Jul 21:45JapanJPN12 – 2NetherlandsNED7-inning mercy rule
Game #421 Jul 15:00ItalyITA2 – 1Republic of KoreaKOR
Game #521 Jul 20:00CubaCUB8 – 7JapanJPN
Game #622 Jul 10:00NetherlandsNED16 – 6AustraliaAUS8-inning mercy rule
Game #722 Jul 15:00NicaraguaNCA7 – 2ItalyITA
Game #822 Jul 20:00United StatesUSA7 – 2Republic of KoreaKOR
Game #923 Jul 10:00CubaCUB18 – 2NetherlandsNED7-inning mercy rule
Game #1023 Jul 15:00NicaraguaNCA8 – 3Republic of KoreaKOR
Game #1123 Jul 20:00AustraliaAUS9 – 6JapanJPN
Game #1224 Jul 15:00United StatesUSA15 – 3ItalyITA7-inning mercy rule
Game #1324 Jul 20:00CubaCUB14 – 11Republic of KoreaKOR
Game #1425 Jul 10:00NicaraguaNCA5 – 0NetherlandsNED6-innings
Game #1525 Jul 15:00ItalyITA12 – 8AustraliaAUS
Game #1625 Jul 20:00United StatesUSA15 – 5JapanJPN7-inning mercy rule
Game #1727 Jul 10:00JapanJPN13 – 6NicaraguaNCA
Game #1827 Jul 15:00CubaCUB20 – 6ItalyITA7-inning mercy rule
Game #1927 Jul 20:00United StatesUSA15 – 5AustraliaAUS7-inning mercy rule
Game #2028 Jul 10:00Republic of KoreaKOR11 – 3NetherlandsNED
Game #2128 Jul 15:00CubaCUB10 – 8United StatesUSA
Game #2228 Jul 20:00NicaraguaNCA10 – 0AustraliaAUS8-inning mercy rule
Game #2329 Jul 10:00NetherlandsNED8 – 7ItalyITA
Game #2429 Jul 15:00JapanJPN14 – 4Republic of KoreaKOR7-inning mercy rule
Game #2529 Jul 20:00CubaCUB8 – 7NicaraguaNCA
Game #2630 Jul 10:00United StatesUSA17 – 1NetherlandsNED7-inning mercy rule
Game #2730 Jul 15:00JapanJPN12 – 1ItalyITA8-inning mercy rule
Game #2830 Jul 20:00AustraliaAUS11 – 8Republic of KoreaKOR

Semi-Finals

Date1 August 1996
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Game #101 Aug 14:00CubaCUB8 – 1NicaraguaNCA
Game #201 Aug 19:00JapanJPN11 – 2United StatesUSA

Final Round

Date2 August 1996
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Game 1/202 Aug 19:00CubaCUB13 – 9JapanJPN
Game 3/402 Aug 14:00United StatesUSA10 – 3NicaraguaNCA