Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Teams

Source:

• (Invited to replace Cuba. Nicaragua, Mexico and Italy had senior rights, but could not send teams at short notice)
• (1987 Pan American Games fourth place, defeated 1987 European Baseball Championship silver medalist in a playoff)
• (1987 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist)
• (1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist)
• (1987 European Baseball Championship gold medalist)
• (1987 Pan American Games bronze medalist)
• (Hosts)
• (1987 Pan American Games silver medalist)

Preliminary round

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

Blue Division

White 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, Japan (3–0) played against South 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).

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

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. Since baseball was a demonstration sport, no official medals were awarded.

Rosters

Australia

• Anthony Adamson
• Barrie Bahnert
• David Buckthorpe
• Scott Cameron
• David Clarkson
• Jon Deeble
• Malcolm Gregg
• Shaun Harbar
• Gregory Harvey
• Kim Jessop
• Geoffrey Martin
• Parris Mitchell
• Michael Nind
• Matthew Sheldon-Collins
• Peter Hartas
• Tony Thomson
• Peter Vogler
• Grant Weir
• Darren Welch
• Peter Wood Source

Canada

• Rob Butler
• Bill Byckowski
• Rheal Cormier
• Randy Curran
• Gregory Duce
• Marc Griffin
• Stewart Hillman
• Peter Hoy
• Lome Franklin Humber
• Rick Johnston
• James Kotkas
• Alan Mauthe
• Thomas Nelson
• Greg O'Halloran
• Barry Parisotto
• Greg Roth
• David Rypien
• Warren Sawkiw
• Matt Stairs
• Dave Wainhouse Source

Chinese Taipei

• Chin-Mou Chen
• Yi-Hsin Chen
• Tai-Chuan Chiang
• Cheng-Chin Hong
• I-Chung Hong
• Chiung-Lung Huang
• Ping-Yang Huang
• Cheng-Cherng Kuo
• Chien-Fu Kuo Lee
• Chu-Ming Lee
• I-Tseng Lin
• Tzung-Chiu Lin
• Chen-Jung Lo
• Kuo-Chong Lo
• Chi-Chen Tseng
• Hung-Chin Tu
• Kuang-Huei Wang
• Fu-Lien Wu
• Shih-Hsin Wu
• Chieh-Jen Yang Source

Japan

• 1 Masafumi Nishi, IF
• 2 , IF
• 3 , IF
• 6 Kenjiro Nomura, IF
• 8 , OF
• 9 Hirofumi Ogawa, IF
• 10 , IF
• 11 Tetsuya Shiozaki, P
• 12 Tomio Watanabe, P
• 14 , P
• 15 , P
• 16 Shuji Yoshida, P
• 18 Takehiro Ishii, P
• 19 Hideo Nomo, P
• 20 Atsuya Furuta, C
• 21 Makoto Maeda, OF
• 22 Atsuyoshi Otake, C
• 25 Yasushi Matsumoto, OF
• 27 Kenji Tomashino, OF
• 28 Takeshi Omori, IF
• 30 , head coach
• 31 Katsuji Kawashima, assistant coach
• 32 Masatake Nakayama, assistant coach Source

The Netherlands

• Robert Eenhoorn
• Rikkert Faneyte
• Ron Giroldi
• Jacky Jacoba
• Robert Knol
• Frank Koot
• Marcel Kruyt
• Alfred de Leeuw
• Hans van Renselaar
• Ronald Stoovelaar
• Haitze de Vries Source

Puerto Rico

• Albert Bracero
• Elliot Cianchini
• Luis O. Davila
• Jesus I. Feliciano
• James C. Figueroa
• Anthony Garcia
• Efrain Garcia
• Eddie Horrio
• Jose Lorenzana
• Victor L. Martinez
• Roberto Mateo
• Jose V. Melendez
• Angel A. Morales
• Benedicto Poupart
• Mariano Quinones
• Luis Ramos
• Jorge Robles
• Abimael Rosario
• Roberto Santana
• Wilfredo Velez Source

South Korea

• Baek Jae-woo
• Chang Ho-ick
• Cho Kye-yun
• Choi Hae-myoung
• Choi Hoo-jae
• Hwang Dae-yeon
• Kang Ki-woong
• Kang Young-soo
• Kim Dong-soo
• Kim Ki-bum
• Kim Kyung-ki
• Kim Tae-hyoung
• Kwon Taek-jae
• Lee Kang-chul
• Lee Kwang-woo
• Lee Suk-jae
• Park Dong-hee
• Roh Chan-yup
• Song Gu-hong
• Song Jin-woo Source

United States

• Jim Abbott, P
• Bret Barberie, IF
• Andy Benes, P
• Jeff Branson, IF
• Mike Fiore, OF
• Tom Goodwin, OF
• Ty Griffin, IF
• Tino Martinez, IF
• Bill Masse, OF
• Ben McDonald, P
• Mike Milchin, IF/P
• Mickey Morandini, OF
• Charles Nagy, P
• Doug Robbins, C
• Scott Servais, C
• Dave Silvestri, IF
• Joe Slusarski, P
• Ed Sprague, IF
• Robin Ventura, IF
• Ted Wood, OF
• Mark Marquess, head coach
• Skip Bertman, assistant coach
• Dave Bingham, assistant coach
• Ron Polk, assistant coach Source

Final standings

References

• Official Report. Official Report Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results. 1988.

References

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2. "1987年第八屆洲際盃 - 台灣棒球維基館".
3. "Australia in Baseball".
4. "Canada in Baseball".
5. "Chinese Taipei in Baseball".
6. [http://www.japan-baseball.jp/nationalteam/1988/index.html 1988 Japan Olympic Team Roster (Japanese)] {{webarchive. link. (August 30, 2009)
7. "Netherlands in Baseball".
8. "Puerto Rico in Baseball".
9. "Republic of Korea in Baseball".
10. "[https://img.mlbstatic.com/opprops-images/image/upload/opprops/xzfn7ybfwmb2e3a4mpck.pdf 1988 United States Olympic Team Roster] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-02-02 ", [[USA Baseball]], accessed January 5, 2026.)