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Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Field	Value
other_titles	Demonstration sport
image	[[File:Baseball pictogram.svg	150px]]
city	Los Angeles, California
country	United States
dates
num_teams	8
champion	JPN
second	USA
third	TPE
fourth	KOR
games	16
attendance
prevseason	1964
nextseason	1988

| sub-confederations = | champion-note = | second-note = | third-note = | fourth-note = Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport. It would become an official sport 8 years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Although single exhibition games had been played in conjunction with five previous Olympics, it was the first time that the sport was officially included in the program, and also the first time that the sport was played in Olympics held in the United States. Eight teams competed in Los Angeles, California, in the tournament. Games were held at Dodger Stadium. Cuba originally qualified but withdrew as a result of the Soviet-led boycott.

Teams

Six teams competed in the tournament.

– Invited
– 1983 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist, defeat Japan in a playoff
– 1983 Pan American Games Fourth place – Replaced Cuba as the highest Americas team
– 1983 European Baseball Championship gold medalist
– Invited
– 1982 Amateur World Series gold medalist
– 1983 Pan American Games silver medalist
– Host nation Source:

Rosters

Main article: Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Team squads

Venue

Los Angeles
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Dodger Stadium
Capacity: 56,000
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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.

White Division

Blue Division

Knockout round

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Semifinals

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

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.

First-place final

Since baseball was a demonstration sport, no official medals were awarded. The winners of the semifinals played each other for first and second place, with the Japanese team prevailing, 6–3.

Statistical leaders

Batting

Statistic	Name	Total/Avg	Batting average*	Hits	Runs	Home runs	Runs batted in	Strikeouts	Stolen bases	Walks
3 tied with	.500
Yukio Arai	11
Kozo Shoda	7
3 tied with	3
Katsumi Hirosawa	9
	13
	4
Kozo Shoda	5

Minimum 10 plate appearances

Pitching

Statistic	Name	Total/Avg	Wins	Saves	Innings pitched	Hits allowed	Runs allowed	Earned runs allowed	Earned run average*	Walks	Strikeouts	Complete games
Akimitsu Ito
Fu-ming Tu	2
3 tied with	1
	21
Julio Moya	20
Secundina Lora	9
Secundina Lora	8
Sheng-Hsiung Chuang	0.00
John Hoover	8
Sheng-Hsiung Chuang	6
3 tied with	1

Minimum 9 innings pitched

Notes

References

Official Report . Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984.

References

"1984年第二十三屆洛杉磯奧林匹克運動會 - 台灣棒球維基館".
Los Angeles Dodgers. (1984). "Los Angeles Dodgers 1984 Media Guide".

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