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Encyclopedia > Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport for the seventh time. Eight teams competed in Seoul in the baseball tournament. The format used was the same as the tournament of four years earlier. Five teams that had competed in the 1984 tournament returned. Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. ... Seoul (서울,   listen?) is the capital of South Korea and is one of the most populous cities in the world, located in the northwestern part of the country on the Han River. ... The Games of the XXIII Olympiad were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, United States. ...

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Preliminary round

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

National motto: 널리 인간을 이롭게 하라 Translation: Bring benefit to all people Official language Korean Capital Seoul Largest city Seoul President Roh Moo-hyun Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 107th 99,274 km² 0. ...

Blue Division

Round 1

  • Japan, 1-0
  • Netherlands, 1-0
  • Chinese Taipei, 0-1
  • Puerto Rico, 0-1

Game 1, 20 September September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
Netherlands 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 10
Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7

Game 6, 20 September September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
Puerto Rico 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Japan 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 x 7 14

Round 2

  • Japan, 2-0
  • Netherlands, 1-1
  • Puerto Rico, 1-1
  • Chinese Taipei, 0-2

Game 2, 22 September September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years). ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H
Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 9
Japan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 15

Game 5, 22 September September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years). ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
Puerto Rico 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 7 17
Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 12

Round 3

  • Japan, 3-0
  • Puerto Rico, 2-1
  • Netherlands, 1-2
  • Chinese Taipei, 0-3

Game 3, 24 September September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4

Game 4, 24 September September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
Japan 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 10
Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6

White Division

Round 1

  • Australia, 1-0
  • United States, 1-0
  • Canada, 0-1
  • Korea, 0-1

Game 1, 19 September September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
Canada 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 12
Australia 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 x 7 10

Game 6, 19 September September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ...

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

Round 2

  • Australia, 1-1
  • Canada, 1-1
  • Korea, 1-1
  • United States, 1-1

Game 2, 23 September September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H
Australia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Korea 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7

Game 5, 23 September September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
United States 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 7 12
Canada 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 0 x 8 12

Round 3

  • United States, 2-1
  • Korea, 2-1
  • Australia, 1-2
  • Canada, 1-2

Game 3, 25 September September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3
United States 2 0 1 0 1 0 8 12 15

Game 4, 25 September September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
Korea 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 11
Canada 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 6

Semifinals

The semifinals pitted the first place team of each division against the second place team of the other division. Thus, Japan (3-0) played against Korea (2-1), which had a tied record with the United States (2-1) but had lost in head-to-head competition against them. The first place Americans played against Puerto Rico (2-1).


Game 1, 26 September September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ...

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
White #2 Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
Blue #1 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 5

Game 2, 26 September September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ...

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
Blue #2 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 9
White #1 United States 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 x 7 8

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.


7 August August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
Puerto Rico 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 7 11
Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

First place final

Since baseball was a demonstration sport, medals were awarded, but the medals were not "official" (and did not count in the respective nations' medal totals). The winners of the semifinals played each other for first and second place. In a rematch of the 1984 final, the reigning champion Japanese team lost to the United States.


7 August August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ...

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
United States 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 11
Japan 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 7



Events at the 1988 Summer Olympics (Seoul)

Archery | Athletics (track and field) | Basketball | Baseball (demonstration sport) | Boxing | Canoeing | Cycling | Diving | Equestrianism | Fencing | Football | Gymnastics | Handball | Hockey | Judo | Modern Pentathlon | Rowing | Sailing | Shooting | Swimming | Synchronized Swimming | Table Tennis | Taekwondo (demonstration sport) | Tennis | Volleyball | Water Polo | Weightlifting | Wrestling The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. ... Seoul (서울,   listen?) is the capital of South Korea and is one of the most populous cities in the world, located in the northwestern part of the country on the Han River. ... Medal winners Men individual: Jay Barrs (USA) Park Sung-Soo (South Korea) Vladimir Yesheyev (Soviet Union) Echeev Mens Teams: United States South Korea Italy Women individual: Kim Soo-Nyung (South Korea) Wang Hee-Kyung (South Korea) Yun Young-Sook (South Korea) Womens Teams: South Korea Indonesia United States... Athletics Medal Winners at the 1988 Summer Olympics: // Mens results Track Field Womens results Track =Field Categories: Athletics at the Olympics | 1988 Summer Olympics ... Final results for the Basketball competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea: Results Categories: 1988 Summer Olympics | Basketball at the Olympics ... The Equestrian Events at the 1988 Seoul Olympics included Dressage, Eventing, and Show Jumping. ... At the 1988 Summer Olympics, eight fencing events were contested. ... Final results for the Hockey competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics: Mens Tournament Womens Tournament Categories: 1988 Summer Olympics | Hockey at the Summer Olympics ... Final results for the Modern Pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics It fought in five days on September 18 to 22, having applied the team event and the individual match. ... Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ... Tennis returned to the Olympic Games in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, having been left out since the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. ...


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