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[[File:El Duque and his cigar!.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Orlando Hernández won gold with the Cuban team in the 1992 Summer Olympics, baseball's first appearance as an Olympic medal sport.|alt=A dark-skinned man in a black baseball cap and black leather jacket holding up both his hands with his index fingers extended. He is holding a cigar in his right hand.]] |
[[File:El Duque and his cigar!.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Orlando Hernández won gold with the Cuban team in the 1992 Summer Olympics, baseball's first appearance as an Olympic medal sport.|alt=A dark-skinned man in a black baseball cap and black leather jacket holding up both his hands with his index fingers extended. He is holding a cigar in his right hand.]] |
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[[Baseball]] is a [[Olympic sport|sport]] formerly contested at the [[Summer Olympic Games]]. It was originally played as a [[demonstration sport]] in seven Olympics—[[1912 Summer Olympics|1912]], [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936]], [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]], [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]], [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]], [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]], and [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]]<ref name="history">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/baseball/history.htm|title=Olympic Baseball History |
[[Baseball]] is a [[Olympic sport|sport]] formerly contested at the [[Summer Olympic Games]]. It was originally played as a [[demonstration sport]] in seven Olympics—[[1912 Summer Olympics|1912]], [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936]], [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]], [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]], [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]], [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]], and [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]]<ref name="history">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/baseball/history.htm|title=Olympic Baseball History|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=February 28, 2010|archive-date=March 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309080022/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/baseball/history.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>— more than for any other sport in Olympic history.<ref name="2008o">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/BSB/mens-baseball.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170856/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/BSB/mens-baseball.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Baseball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's Baseball|access-date=March 2, 2010}}</ref> These exhibitions featured a single game at the first five Olympic appearances and then a tournament format in 1984 and 1988.<ref name="history"/> The [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) granted baseball official status on October 13, 1986, for the [[1992 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="history"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Olympics |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 14, 1986}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Baseball approved for '92 Olympics |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |first=Mary|last=Gooderham|date=October 14, 1986}}</ref> The sport was contested at each subsequent Games through 2008, after which the IOC removed it from the roster of Olympic sports. |
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In 1992, the first official Olympic baseball tournament was won by the [[Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Cuban team]]. Cuba had boycotted the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, missing the previous exhibition baseball tournaments, but entered in 1992 as the favorite, having won the past 12 world championships and with a 62–1 record in international competitions since 1986.<ref name="1992o">{{cite |
In 1992, the first official Olympic baseball tournament was won by the [[Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Cuban team]]. Cuba had boycotted the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, missing the previous exhibition baseball tournaments, but entered in 1992 as the favorite, having won the past 12 world championships and with a 62–1 record in international competitions since 1986.<ref name="1992o">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/BSB/mens-baseball.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170854/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/BSB/mens-baseball.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Baseball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Baseball|access-date=March 2, 2010}}</ref> The Cubans went undefeated in the 1992 Olympics and trailed in only one game.<ref name="1992o"/> They went undefeated again at the [[Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympics]] en route to a second consecutive gold medal.<ref name="1996o">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/BSB/mens-baseball.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170902/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/BSB/mens-baseball.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Baseball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Baseball|access-date=March 2, 2010}}</ref> The [[United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics|United States]] won their first medal (bronze) in the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympics]] and then won gold at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. 2000 was the first Olympics in which Cuba lost a game: first to the [[Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Dutch team]] in round-robin play and then again to the Americans in the gold medal game.<ref name="2000o">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/BSB/mens-baseball.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170854/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/BSB/mens-baseball.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Baseball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Baseball|access-date=March 2, 2010}}</ref> This was also the first time professional players were allowed to compete in baseball, though [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) did not permit any player on the [[40-man roster]] of an MLB team to compete.<ref name="nbcout">{{cite web|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/8504326/site/21683474/print/1/displaymode/1098/|title=They'rrre out! Olympics drop baseball, softball|work=[[NBC Sports]]|date=9 July 2005|access-date=15 August 2008|agency=Associated Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503120350/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/8504326/site/21683474/print/1/displaymode/1098|archive-date=3 May 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> In [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]], the reigning gold medalist United States did not qualify for the Olympic tournament, while the Cuban team won its third gold medal.<ref name="2004o">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/BSB/mens-baseball.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170856/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/BSB/mens-baseball.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Baseball at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Men's Baseball|access-date=March 2, 2010}}</ref> |
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In 2005, the IOC investigated the addition of sports to the Olympic schedule including [[golf]], [[rugby sevens]], and [[karate]].<ref name="2008o"/> The IOC voted on July 8, 2005 to remove baseball and [[softball]] from the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] roster, the first sports removed from the Olympics since [[polo]] in 1936.<ref name="nbcout"/> A variety of factors were cited for removing baseball including the absence of MLB players, problems with [[performance-enhancing drugs]], and the high cost of constructing a baseball stadium.<ref name="2008o"/><ref name="nbcout"/><ref name="cubablame">{{cite web|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/8511814/ns/sports/|title=Cuba blames U.S. for IOC dropping baseball|work=NBC Sports|agency=Associated Press|access-date=March 2, 2010|date=July 8, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228162614/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/8511814/ns/sports/|archive-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Appeals to reinstate both sports for 2012 were rejected.<ref name="bbcappeal">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4696902.stm|title=Olympic sports fail in appeal bid|publisher=[[BBC]]|work=BBC.co.uk|access-date=March 2, 2010|date=February 9, 2006}}</ref> Baseball was still played at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing, however, and the [[South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics|South Korean team]] beat Cuba to claim their first gold medal in the event. The international governing bodies of several sports, including baseball, petitioned the IOC in 2009 to fill two sport slots at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]].<ref name="bbcseven">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/8100038.stm|title=Seven sports aim for Olympic spot|publisher=[[BBC]]|work=BBC.co.uk|access-date=March 2, 2010|date=June 15, 2009}}</ref> IOC [[Presidents of the International Olympic Committee|President]] [[Jacques Rogge]] said they were "looking for an added value – wide appeal, especially for young people."<ref name="bbcseven"/> The IOC ultimately voted to fill the two available slots for 2016 with rugby and golf.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080823&content_id=3353720&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=IOC: MLB players needed for 2016 bid|first=Mark|last=Newman|work=[[MLB.com]]|publisher=[[Major League Baseball]]|access-date=March 2, 2010|date=August 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/8292584.stm|title=Golf & rugby voted into Olympics|publisher=[[BBC]]|work=BBC.co.uk|access-date=March 2, 2010|date=October 9, 2009}}</ref> However, the IOC ultimately approved the return of baseball and softball to the Olympic program for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-oly-rio-2016-baseball-softball-to-return-in-2020-1470254757-htmlstory.html|title=Baseball, softball to return to Olympics in 2020|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |
In 2005, the IOC investigated the addition of sports to the Olympic schedule including [[golf]], [[rugby sevens]], and [[karate]].<ref name="2008o"/> The IOC voted on July 8, 2005 to remove baseball and [[softball]] from the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] roster, the first sports removed from the Olympics since [[polo]] in 1936.<ref name="nbcout"/> A variety of factors were cited for removing baseball including the absence of MLB players, problems with [[performance-enhancing drugs]], and the high cost of constructing a baseball stadium.<ref name="2008o"/><ref name="nbcout"/><ref name="cubablame">{{cite web|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/8511814/ns/sports/|title=Cuba blames U.S. for IOC dropping baseball|work=NBC Sports|agency=Associated Press|access-date=March 2, 2010|date=July 8, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228162614/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/8511814/ns/sports/|archive-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Appeals to reinstate both sports for 2012 were rejected.<ref name="bbcappeal">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4696902.stm|title=Olympic sports fail in appeal bid|publisher=[[BBC]]|work=BBC.co.uk|access-date=March 2, 2010|date=February 9, 2006|archive-date=June 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622045939/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4696902.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Baseball was still played at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing, however, and the [[South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics|South Korean team]] beat Cuba to claim their first gold medal in the event. The international governing bodies of several sports, including baseball, petitioned the IOC in 2009 to fill two sport slots at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]].<ref name="bbcseven">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/8100038.stm|title=Seven sports aim for Olympic spot|publisher=[[BBC]]|work=BBC.co.uk|access-date=March 2, 2010|date=June 15, 2009|archive-date=June 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618114129/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/8100038.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> IOC [[Presidents of the International Olympic Committee|President]] [[Jacques Rogge]] said they were "looking for an added value – wide appeal, especially for young people."<ref name="bbcseven"/> The IOC ultimately voted to fill the two available slots for 2016 with rugby and golf.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080823&content_id=3353720&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=IOC: MLB players needed for 2016 bid|first=Mark|last=Newman|work=[[MLB.com]]|publisher=[[Major League Baseball]]|access-date=March 2, 2010|date=August 23, 2008|archive-date=August 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815051415/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080823&content_id=3353720&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/8292584.stm|title=Golf & rugby voted into Olympics|publisher=[[BBC]]|work=BBC.co.uk|access-date=March 2, 2010|date=October 9, 2009|archive-date=March 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308100128/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/8292584.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the IOC ultimately approved the return of baseball and softball to the Olympic program for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-oly-rio-2016-baseball-softball-to-return-in-2020-1470254757-htmlstory.html|title=Baseball, softball to return to Olympics in 2020|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 2016|access-date=August 8, 2016|archive-date=July 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716023244/https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-oly-rio-2016-baseball-softball-to-return-in-2020-1470254757-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Baseball was open only to male amateurs in 1992 and 1996. As a result, the Americans and other nations where professional baseball is developed relied on collegiate players, while Cubans used their most experienced veterans, who technically were considered amateurs as they nominally held other jobs, but in fact trained full-time. In 2000, pros were admitted, but |
Baseball was open only to male amateurs in 1992 and 1996. As a result, the Americans and other nations where professional baseball is developed relied on collegiate players, while Cubans used their most experienced veterans, who technically were considered amateurs as they nominally held other jobs, but in fact trained full-time. In 2000, pros were admitted, but MLB refused to release its players in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and the situation changed only a little: the Cubans still used their best players, while the Americans started using minor leaguers. The IOC cited the absence of the best players as the main reason for baseball being dropped from the Olympic program.<ref name="books.google.com">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W7Q3DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA305|title = Sports in American History, 2E: From Colonization to Globalization|isbn = 9781492526520|last1 = Gems|first1 = Gerald|last2 = Borish|first2 = Linda|last3 = Pfister|first3 = Gertrud|date = 27 February 2017}}</ref><ref name=socog2>{{cite book|author=Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games |year=2001 |title=Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327000622/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 March 2009 |publisher=Paragon Printers Australasia |pages=176–9 |location=Canberra, Australia |access-date=15 September 2010 |volume=2: Celebrating the Games |isbn=0-9579616-0-X |ref=refSOCOG }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Olympic Team No Dream |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/this-olympic-team-no-dream/ |publisher=CBS News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=July 31, 2018 |archive-date=August 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801064314/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/this-olympic-team-no-dream/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=OlympicTalk |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/01/08/tommy-lasorda-manager-los-angeles-dodgers-baseball/ |title=Tommy Lasorda, only manager of World Series, Olympic champions, dies at 93 - OlympicTalk | NBC Sports |date=January 8, 2021 |publisher=Olympics.nbcsports.com |access-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=April 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402001534/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/01/08/tommy-lasorda-manager-los-angeles-dodgers-baseball/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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[[Cuba at the Olympics|Cuba]] has been the most successful team, winning the most gold and silver medals and never finishing outside the podium. Cuban [[pitcher]] [[Pedro Luis Lazo]] is the most successful individual athlete, winning four medals—two gold and two silver—from 1996 to 2008.<ref>{{cite |
[[Cuba at the Olympics|Cuba]] has been the most successful team, winning the most gold and silver medals and never finishing outside the podium. Cuban [[pitcher]] [[Pedro Luis Lazo]] is the most successful individual athlete, winning four medals—two gold and two silver—from 1996 to 2008.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/pedro-luis-lazo-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045946/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/pedro-luis-lazo-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Pedro Luis Lazo Biography and Olympic Results|access-date=March 2, 2010}}</ref> No American ever appeared in the Olympics more than once.<ref name="books.google.com"/> Nine other Cuban players won three medals; no player from any other nation accomplished this feat.<ref name="medalleader">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040444/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Baseball|access-date=March 2, 2010}}</ref> From the 25 athletes who won two medals in baseball, 18 were Cuban, while the remaining seven included 4 [[South Korea at the Olympics|South Korean]] and 3 [[Japan at the Olympics|Japanese]] players.<ref name="medalleader"/> |
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==Medal winners== |
==Medal winners== |
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[[File:Kosuke Fukudome - 2008 - cropped.jpg|thumb|right|Japanese player Kosuke Fukudome won silver in 1996 and bronze in 2004, one of seven non-Cuban players to win multiple medals in baseball.|alt=A man in a blue batting helmet with a "C" on it, blue baseball jersey, white pinstriped pants, and a shin-guard on his right shin stands at home plate holding a baseball bat in a left-handed batting stance with his right foot lifted off of the ground.]] |
[[File:Kosuke Fukudome - 2008 - cropped.jpg|thumb|right|Japanese player Kosuke Fukudome won silver in 1996 and bronze in 2004, one of seven non-Cuban players to win multiple medals in baseball.|alt=A man in a blue batting helmet with a "C" on it, blue baseball jersey, white pinstriped pants, and a shin-guard on his right shin stands at home plate holding a baseball bat in a left-handed batting stance with his right foot lifted off of the ground.]] |
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[[File:YG-Seth-Greisinger.jpg|thumb|right|American Seth Greisinger was part of the first American baseball team to medal at the Olympics, winning bronze at the Atlanta Games in 1996.|alt=A white man in a black baseball cap and a black long-sleeved shirt with a white baseball jersey over it extends his right hand.]] |
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[[File:Kim Kwang-Hyun, Beijing 2008.jpg|thumb|right|Kim Kwang-Hyun won gold with South Korea in 2008, Korea's second medal finish in baseball.|alt=A man in a white baseball jersey with "KOREA" on the chest in blue and "17" on his leg in orange pitches a baseball from the pitcher's mound with his left hand. He is wearing a black baseball glove on his right hand.]] |
[[File:Kim Kwang-Hyun, Beijing 2008.jpg|thumb|right|Kim Kwang-Hyun won gold with South Korea in 2008, Korea's second medal finish in baseball.|alt=A man in a white baseball jersey with "KOREA" on the chest in blue and "17" on his leg in orange pitches a baseball from the pitcher's mound with his left hand. He is wearing a black baseball glove on his right hand.]] |
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|[[Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics}} |
|[[Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics}} |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|CUB|1992 Summer}}<ref name="92CUB">{{cite |
|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|CUB|1992 Summer}}<ref name="92CUB">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1992/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045849/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1992/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Cuba Baseball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Omar Ajete]]<br>[[Rolando Arrojo]]<br>[[José Raúl Delgado|José Raúl Delgado Diez]]<br>[[Giorge Díaz|Giorge Diaz Loren]]<br>[[Osvaldo Fernández]]<br>[[José Estrada González]]<br>[[Lourdes Gourriel]]<br>[[Orlando Hernández]]<br>[[Alberto Hernández (catcher)|Alberto Hernández]]<br>[[Orestes Kindelán]]<br>[[Omar Linares]]<br>[[Germán Mesa]]<br>[[Víctor Mesa]]<br>[[Antonio Pacheco (baseball)|Antonio Pacheco]]<br>[[Juan Padilla (second baseman)|Juan Padilla]]<br>[[Luis Ulacia]]<br>[[Ermidelio Urrutia]]<br>[[Jorge Luis Valdés]]<br>[[Lázaro Vargas]] |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|TPE|1992 Summer}}<ref name="92TPE">{{cite |
|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|TPE|1992 Summer}}<ref name="92TPE">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TPE/summer/1992/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045855/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TPE/summer/1992/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Chinese Taipei Baseball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Chang Cheng-Hsien]]<br>[[Chang Wen-Chung]]<br>[[Chang Yaw-Teing]]<br>[[Chen Chi-Hsin]]<br>[[Chen Wei-Chen]]<br>[[Chiang Tai-Chuan]]<br>[[Huang Chung-Yi]]<br>[[Huang Wen-Po]]<br>[[Jong Yeu-Jeng]]<br>[[Ku Kuo-Chian]]<br>[[Kuo Lee Chien-Fu]]<br>[[Liao Ming-Hsiung]]<br>[[Lin Chao-Huang]]<br>[[Lin Kun-Han]]<br>[[Lo Chen-Jung]]<br>[[Lo Kuo-Chong]]<br>[[Pai Kun-Hong]]<br>[[Tsai Ming-Hung]]<br>[[Wang Kuang-Shih]]<br>[[Wu Shih-Hsih]] |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|JPN|1992 Summer}}<ref name="92JPN">{{cite |
|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|JPN|1992 Summer}}<ref name="92JPN">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JPN/summer/1992/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045850/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JPN/summer/1992/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Japan Baseball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Tomohito Ito]]<br>[[Shinichiro Kawabata]]<br>[[Masahito Kohiyama]]<br>[[Hirotami Kojima]]<br>[[Hiroki Kokubo]]<br>[[Takashi Miwa]]<br>[[Hiroshi Nakamoto]]<br>[[Masafumi Nishi]]<br>[[Kazutaka Nishiyama]]<br>[[Koichi Oshima]]<br>[[Hiroyuki Sakaguchi]]<br>[[Shinichi Sato (baseball player)|Shinichi Sato]]<br>[[Yasuhiro Sato]]<br>[[Masanori Sugiura]]<br>[[Kento Sugiyama]]<br>[[Yasunori Takami]]<br>[[Akihiro Togo]]<br>[[Koji Tokunaga]]<br>[[Shigeki Wakabayashi]]<br>[[Katsumi Watanabe]] |
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|[[Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics}} |
|[[Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics}} |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|CUB|1996 Summer}}<ref name="96CUB">{{cite |
|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|CUB|1996 Summer}}<ref name="96CUB">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1996/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045905/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1996/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Cuba Baseball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Omar Ajete]]<br>[[Miguel Caldés Luis]]<br>[[José Contreras]]<br>[[Jorge Fumero]]<br>[[José Estrada González]]<br>[[Alberto Hernández (catcher)|Alberto Hernández]]<br>[[Rey Isaac]]<br>[[Orestes Kindelán]]<br>[[Pedro Luis Lazo]]<br>[[Omar Linares]]<br>[[Omar Luis]]<br>[[Juan Manrique]]<br>[[Eliecer Montes de Oca]]<br>[[Antonio Pacheco (baseball)|Antonio Pacheco]]<br>[[Juan Padilla (second baseman)|Juan Padilla]]<br>[[Eduardo Paret]]<br>[[Ormari Romero]]<br>[[Antonio Scull]]<br>[[Luis Ulacia]]<br>[[Lázaro Vargas]] |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|JPN|1996 Summer}}<ref name="96JPN">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JPN/summer/1996/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045906/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JPN/summer/1996/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Japan Baseball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Kosuke Fukudome]]<br>[[Tadahito Iguchi]]<br>[[Makoto Imaoka]]<br>[[Takeo Kawamura (baseball)|Takeo Kawamura]]<br>[[Jutaro Kimura]]<br>[[Takashi Kurosu]]<br>[[Takao Kuwamoto]]<br>[[Nobuhiko Matsunaka]]<br>[[Koichi Misawa]]<br>[[Masahiko Mori]]<br>[[Masao Morinaka]]<br>[[Daishin Nakamura]]<br>[[Masahiro Nojima]]<br>[[Hideaki Okubo]]<br>[[Hitoshi Ono (baseball)|Hitoshi Ono]]<br>[[Yasuyuki Saigo]]<br>[[Tomoaki Sato (baseball, born 1968)|Tomoaki Sato]]<br>[[Masanori Sugiura]]<br>[[Takayuki Takabayashi]]<br>[[Yoshitomo Tani]] |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1996 Summer}}<ref name="96USA">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1996/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045907/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1996/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=United States Baseball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Chad Allen (baseball)|Chad Allen]]<br>[[Kris Benson]]<br>[[R. A. Dickey]]<br>[[Troy Glaus]]<br>[[Chad Green (outfielder)|Chad Green]]<br>[[Seth Greisinger]]<br>[[Kip Harkrider]]<br>[[A. J. Hinch]]<br>[[Jacque Jones]]<br>[[Billy Koch]]<br>[[Mark Kotsay]]<br>[[Matt Lecroy]]<br>[[Travis Lee]]<br>[[Braden Looper]]<br>[[Brian Loyd]]<br>[[Warren Morris]]<br>[[Augie Ojeda]]<br>[[Jim Parque]]<br>[[Jeff Weaver]]<br>[[Jason Williams (baseball player)|Jason Williams]] |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|USA|2000 Summer}}<ref name="00USA">{{cite |
|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|USA|2000 Summer}}<ref name="00USA">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/2000/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045854/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/2000/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=United States Baseball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Brent Abernathy]]<br>[[Kurt Ainsworth]]<br>[[Pat Borders]]<br>[[Sean Burroughs]]<br>[[John Cotton (baseball)|John Cotton]]<br>[[Travis Dawkins]]<br>[[Adam Everett]]<br>[[Ryan Franklin]]<br>[[Chris George (left-handed pitcher)|Chris George]]<br>[[Shane Heams]]<br>[[Marcus Jensen]]<br>[[Mike Kinkade]]<br>[[Rick Krivda]]<br>[[Doug Mientkiewicz]]<br>[[Mike Neill]]<br>[[Roy Oswalt]]<br>[[Jon Rauch]]<br>[[Anthony Sanders]]<br>[[Bobby Seay]]<br>[[Ben Sheets]]<br>[[Brad Wilkerson]]<br>[[Todd Williams]]<br>[[Ernie Young]]<br>[[Tim Young (baseball)|Tim Young]] |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|CUB|2000 Summer}}<ref name="00CUB">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/2000/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045855/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/2000/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Cuba Baseball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Omar Ajete]]<br>[[Yovany Aragon]]<br>[[Miguel Caldés]]<br>[[Danel Castro]]<br>[[José Contreras]]<br>[[Yobal Dueñas]]<br>[[Yasser Gómez]]<br>[[José Ibar]]<br>[[Orestes Kindelán]]<br>[[Pedro Luis Lazo]]<br>[[Omar Linares]]<br>[[Oscar Macías (baseball)|Oscar Macías]]<br>[[Juan Manrique]]<br>[[Javier Méndez (baseball)|Javier Méndez]]<br>[[Rolando Meriño]]<br>[[Germán Mesa]]<br>[[Antonio Pacheco (baseball)|Antonio Pacheco]]<br>[[Ariel Pestano]]<br>[[Gabriel Pierre]]<br>[[Maels Rodríguez]]<br>[[Antonio Scull]]<br>[[Luis Ulacia]]<br>[[Lázaro Valle]]<br>[[Norge Luis Vera]] |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|KOR|2000 Summer}}<ref name="00KOR">{{cite |
|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|KOR|2000 Summer}}<ref name="00KOR">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/KOR/summer/2000/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045853/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/KOR/summer/2000/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=South Korea Baseball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Chong Tae-Hyon]]<br>[[Chung Min-Tae]]<br>[[Chung Soo-Keun]]<br>[[Hong Sung-Heon]]<br>[[Jang Sung-ho (baseball)|Jang Sung-Ho]]<br>[[Jin Pil-jung]]<br>[[Kim Dong-Joo]]<br>[[Kim Han-Soo]]<br>[[Kim Ki-Tae]]<br>[[Kim Soo-kyung (baseball)|Kim Soo-Kyung]]<br />[[Kim Tae-gyun (baseball, born 1971)|Kim Tae-gyun]]<br />[[Koo Dae-Sung]]<br>[[Lee Byung-Kyu]]<br>[[Lee Seung-ho (born 1981)|Lee Seung-Ho]]<br>[[Seung-Yeop Lee|Lee Seung-Yeop]]<BR>[[Lim Chang-Yong]]<BR>[[Lim Sun-Dong]]<BR>[[Park Jae-Hong (baseball)|Park Jae-Hong]]<br>[[Park Jin-Man]]<br>[[Park Jong-Ho]]<br>[[Park Kyung-Oan]]<br>[[Park Seok-Jin]]<br>[[Son Min-Han]]<br>[[Song Jin-Woo]] |
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|[[Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics}} |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|CUB|2004 Summer}}<ref name="04CUB">{{cite |
|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|CUB|2004 Summer}}<ref name="04CUB">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/2004/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045858/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/2004/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Cuba Baseball at the 2004 Athina Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Danny Betancourt]]<br>[[Luis Borroto]]<br>[[Frederich Cepeda]]<br>[[Yorelvis Charles]]<br>[[Michel Enríquez]]<br>[[Norberto González]]<br>[[Yuli Gurriel]]<br>[[Pedro Luis Lazo]]<br>[[Roger Machado (baseball)|Roger Machado]]<br>[[Jonder Martínez]]<br>[[Frank Montieth]]<br>[[Vicyohandri Odelín]]<br>[[Adiel Palma]]<br>[[Eduardo Paret]]<br>[[Ariel Pestano]]<br>[[Alexei Ramírez]]<br>[[Eriel Sánchez]]<br>[[Antonio Scull]]<br>[[Carlos Tabares]]<br>[[Yoandry Urgellés]]<br>[[Osmani Urrutia]]<br>[[Manuel Vega]]<br>[[Norge Luis Vera]] |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|AUS|2004 Summer}}<ref name="04AUS">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/2004/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045859/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/2004/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Australia Baseball at the 2004 Athina Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Craig Anderson (Australian baseball player)|Craig Anderson]]<br>[[Tom Brice|Thomas Brice]]<br>[[Adrian Burnside]]<br>[[Gavin Fingleson]]<br>[[Paul Gonzalez]]<br>[[Nick Kimpton]]<br>[[Brendan Kingman]]<br>[[Craig Lewis (baseball)|Craig Lewis]]<br>[[Graeme Lloyd]]<br>[[Dave Nilsson]]<br>[[Trent Oeltjen]]<br>[[Wayne Ough]]<br>[[Chris Oxspring]]<br>[[Brett Roneberg]]<br>[[Ryan Rowland-Smith]]<br>[[John Stephens (2000s pitcher)|John Stephens]]<br>[[Phil Stockman]]<br>[[Brett Tamburrino]]<br>[[Richard Thompson (baseball player)|Richard Thompson]]<br>[[Andrew Utting]]<br>[[Rodney Van Buizen]]<br>[[Ben Wigmore]]<br>[[Glenn Williams]]<br>[[Jeff Williams (baseball)|Jeff Williams]] |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|JPN|2004 Summer}}<ref name="04JPN">{{cite |
|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|JPN|2004 Summer}}<ref name="04JPN">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JPN/summer/2004/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045901/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JPN/summer/2004/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Japan Baseball at the 2004 Athina Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Ryoji Aikawa]]<br>[[Yuya Ando]]<br>[[Atsushi Fujimoto]]<br>[[Kosuke Fukudome]]<br>[[Hirotoshi Ishii]]<br>[[Hisashi Iwakuma]]<br>[[Hitoki Iwase]]<br>[[Kenji Johjima]]<br>[[Makoto Kaneko (baseball)|Makoto Kaneko]]<br>[[Takuya Kimura (baseball)|Takuya Kimura]]<br>[[Masahide Kobayashi]]<br>[[Hiroki Kuroda]]<br>[[Daisuke Matsuzaka]]<br>[[Daisuke Miura]]<br>[[Shinya Miyamoto]]<br>[[Arihito Muramatsu]]<br>[[Norihiro Nakamura]]<br>[[Michihiro Ogasawara]]<br>[[Naoyuki Shimizu]]<br>[[Yoshinobu Takahashi]]<br>[[Yoshitomo Tani]]<br>[[Koji Uehara]]<br>[[Kazuhiro Wada]]<br>[[Tsuyoshi Wada]] |
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|[[Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics}} |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|KOR|2008 Summer}}<ref name="08KOR">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/KOR/summer/2008/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045904/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/KOR/summer/2008/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=South Korea Baseball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Jung Bong|Bong Jung-Keun]]<br>[[Chong Tae-hyon]]<br>[[Han Ki-joo]]<br>[[Jang Won-sam]]<br>[[Jeong Keun-woo]]<br>[[Jin Kab-yong]]<br>[[Kang Min-ho]]<br>[[Kim Dong-joo]]<br>[[Hyun-soo Kim|Kim Hyun-Soo]]<br>[[Kim Kwang-hyun]]<br>[[Park Jin-man]]<br>[[Kim Min-jae (baseball)|Kim Min-jae]]<br>[[Ko Young-min]]<br>[[Kwon Hyuk]]<br>[[Dae-ho Lee|Lee Dae-Ho]]<br>[[Lee Jin-young]]<br>[[Lee Jong-wook (baseball)|Lee Jong-Wook]]<br>[[Lee Seung-yuop|Lee Seung-yeop]]<br>[[Lee Taek-keun]]<br>[[Lee Yong-kyu]]<br>[[Oh Seung-hwan]]<br>[[Hyun-jin Ryu|Ryu Hyun-Jin]]<br>[[Song Seung-jun]]<br>[[Yoon Suk-min]] |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|CUB|2008 Summer}}<ref name="08CUB">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/2008/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045858/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/2008/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Cuba Baseball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Alexei Bell]]<br>[[Frederich Cepeda]]<br>[[Alfredo Despaigne]]<br>[[Giorvis Duvergel]]<br>[[Michel Enríquez]]<br>[[Norberto González]]<br>[[Yulieski Gourriel]]<br>[[Miguel Lahera]]<br>[[Pedro Luis Lazo]]<br>[[Jonder Martínez]]<br>[[Alexander Mayeta]]<br>[[Rolando Meriño]]<br>[[Luis Miguel Navas|Luis Navas]]<br>[[Héctor Olivera (baseball)|Héctor Olivera]]<br>[[Vicyohandri Odelín]]<br>[[Adiel Palma]]<br>[[Eduardo Paret]]<br>[[Yadier Pedroso]]<br>[[Ariel Pestano]]<br>[[Luis Miguel Rodríguez (baseball player)|Luis Rodríguez]]<br>[[Elier Sánchez]]<br>[[Eriel Sánchez]]<br>[[Yoandry Urgellés]]<br>[[Norge Luis Vera]] |
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|valign=top| {{flagIOCteam|USA|2008 Summer}}<ref name="08USA">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/2008/BSB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045901/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/2008/BSB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=United States Baseball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Brett Anderson (baseball)|Brett Anderson]]<br>[[Jake Arrieta]]<br>[[Brian Barden]]<br>[[Matthew Brown (baseball)|Matt Brown]]<br>[[Trevor Cahill]]<br>[[Jeremy Cummings]]<br>[[Jason Donald (baseball)|Jason Donald]]<br>[[Brian Duensing]]<br>[[Dexter Fowler]]<br>[[John Gall (baseball)|John Gall]]<br>[[Mike Hessman]]<br>[[Kevin Jepsen]]<br>[[Brandon Knight (baseball)|Brandon Knight]]<br>[[Mike Koplove|Michael Koplove]]<br>[[Matthew LaPorta|Matt LaPorta]]<br>[[Louis Marson|Lou Marson]]<br>[[Blaine Neal]]<br>[[Jayson Nix]]<br>[[Nate Schierholtz]]<br>[[Jeff Stevens (baseball)|Jeff Stevens]]<br>[[Stephen Strasburg]]<br>[[Taylor Teagarden]]<br>[[Terry Tiffee]]<br>[[Casey Weathers]] |
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|{{flagIOCteam|USA|2020 Summer}}<br>[[Shane Baz]]<br>[[Anthony Carter (baseball)|Anthony Carter]]<br>[[Brandon Dickson]]<br>[[Anthony Gose]]<br>[[Edwin Jackson (baseball)|Edwin Jackson]]<br>[[Scott Kazmir]]<br>[[Nick Martinez (baseball)|Nick Martinez]]<br>[[Scott McGough]]<br>[[David Robertson (baseball)|David Robertson]]<br>[[Joe Ryan (baseball)|Joe Ryan]]<br>[[Ryder Ryan]]<br>[[Simeon Woods Richardson]]<br>[[Tim Federowicz]]<br>[[Mark Kolozsvary]]<br>[[Nick Allen (infielder)|Nick Allen]]<br>[[Eddy Alvarez]]<br>[[Triston Casas]]<br>[[Todd Frazier]]<br>[[Jamie Westbrook]]<br>[[Tyler Austin]]<br>[[Eric Filia]]<br>[[Patrick Kivlehan]]<br>[[Jack López]]<br>[[Bubba Starling]] |
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|{{flagIOCteam|DOM|2020 Summer}}<br>[[Darío Álvarez]]<br>[[Gabriel Arias (pitcher)|Gabriel Arias]]<br>[[Jairo Asencio]]<br>[[Luis Felipe Castillo]]<br>[[Jumbo Díaz]]<br>[[Junior García]]<br>[[Jhan Mariñez]]<br>[[Cristopher Mercedes]]<br>[[Denyi Reyes]]<br>[[Ramón Rosso]]<br>[[Ángel Sánchez (pitcher)|Ángel Sánchez]]<br>[[Raúl Valdés]]<br>[[Roldani Baldwin]]<br>[[Charlie Valerio]]<br>[[José Bautista]]<br>[[Juan Francisco]]<br>[[Jeison Guzmán]]<br>[[Erick Mejia]]<br>[[Gustavo Núñez (baseball)|Gustavo Núñez]]<br>[[Emilio Bonifácio]]<br>[[Melky Cabrera]]<br>[[Johan Mieses]]<br>[[Yefri Pérez]]<br>[[ |
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![A dark-skinned man in a black baseball cap and black leather jacket holding up both his hands with his index fingers extended. He is holding a cigar in his right hand.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/El_Duque_and_his_cigar%21.jpg/300px-El_Duque_and_his_cigar%21.jpg)
Baseball is a sport formerly contested at the Summer Olympic Games. It was originally played as a demonstration sport in seven Olympics—1912, 1936, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1984, and 1988[1]— more than for any other sport in Olympic history.[2] These exhibitions featured a single game at the first five Olympic appearances and then a tournament format in 1984 and 1988.[1] The International Olympic Committee (IOC) granted baseball official status on October 13, 1986, for the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1][3][4] The sport was contested at each subsequent Games through 2008, after which the IOC removed it from the roster of Olympic sports.
In 1992, the first official Olympic baseball tournament was won by the Cuban team. Cuba had boycotted the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, missing the previous exhibition baseball tournaments, but entered in 1992 as the favorite, having won the past 12 world championships and with a 62–1 record in international competitions since 1986.[5] The Cubans went undefeated in the 1992 Olympics and trailed in only one game.[5] They went undefeated again at the 1996 Olympics en route to a second consecutive gold medal.[6] The United States won their first medal (bronze) in the 1996 Olympics and then won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics. 2000 was the first Olympics in which Cuba lost a game: first to the Dutch team in round-robin play and then again to the Americans in the gold medal game.[7] This was also the first time professional players were allowed to compete in baseball, though Major League Baseball (MLB) did not permit any player on the 40-man roster of an MLB team to compete.[8] In 2004, the reigning gold medalist United States did not qualify for the Olympic tournament, while the Cuban team won its third gold medal.[9]
In 2005, the IOC investigated the addition of sports to the Olympic schedule including golf, rugby sevens, and karate.[2] The IOC voted on July 8, 2005 to remove baseball and softball from the 2012 Summer Olympics roster, the first sports removed from the Olympics since polo in 1936.[8] A variety of factors were cited for removing baseball including the absence of MLB players, problems with performance-enhancing drugs, and the high cost of constructing a baseball stadium.[2][8][10] Appeals to reinstate both sports for 2012 were rejected.[11] Baseball was still played at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, however, and the South Korean team beat Cuba to claim their first gold medal in the event. The international governing bodies of several sports, including baseball, petitioned the IOC in 2009 to fill two sport slots at the 2016 Olympics.[12] IOC President Jacques Rogge said they were "looking for an added value – wide appeal, especially for young people."[12] The IOC ultimately voted to fill the two available slots for 2016 with rugby and golf.[13][14] However, the IOC ultimately approved the return of baseball and softball to the Olympic program for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2016.[15]
Baseball was open only to male amateurs in 1992 and 1996. As a result, the Americans and other nations where professional baseball is developed relied on collegiate players, while Cubans used their most experienced veterans, who technically were considered amateurs as they nominally held other jobs, but in fact trained full-time. In 2000, pros were admitted, but MLB refused to release its players in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and the situation changed only a little: the Cubans still used their best players, while the Americans started using minor leaguers. The IOC cited the absence of the best players as the main reason for baseball being dropped from the Olympic program.[16][17][18][19]
Cuba has been the most successful team, winning the most gold and silver medals and never finishing outside the podium. Cuban pitcher Pedro Luis Lazo is the most successful individual athlete, winning four medals—two gold and two silver—from 1996 to 2008.[20] No American ever appeared in the Olympics more than once.[16] Nine other Cuban players won three medals; no player from any other nation accomplished this feat.[21] From the 25 athletes who won two medals in baseball, 18 were Cuban, while the remaining seven included 4 South Korean and 3 Japanese players.[21]
Medal winners
[edit]![A man in a blue batting helmet with a "C" on it, blue baseball jersey, white pinstriped pants, and a shin-guard on his right shin stands at home plate holding a baseball bat in a left-handed batting stance with his right foot lifted off of the ground.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Kosuke_Fukudome_-_2008_-_cropped.jpg/220px-Kosuke_Fukudome_-_2008_-_cropped.jpg)
![A man in a white baseball jersey with "KOREA" on the chest in blue and "17" on his leg in orange pitches a baseball from the pitcher's mound with his left hand. He is wearing a black baseball glove on his right hand.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kim_Kwang-Hyun%2C_Beijing_2008.jpg/220px-Kim_Kwang-Hyun%2C_Beijing_2008.jpg)
Athlete medal leaders
[edit]Athletes who won at least two gold medals or three total medals are listed below.[21]
Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Total | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pedro Luis Lazo | ![]() |
1996–2008 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Omar Ajete | ![]() |
1992–2000 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Orestes Kindelán | ![]() |
1992–2000 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Omar Linares | ![]() |
1992–2000 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Antonio Pacheco | ![]() |
1992–2000 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Eduardo Paret | ![]() |
1996 2004–2008 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Antonio Scull | ![]() |
1996 2004–2008 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Luis Ulacia | ![]() |
1992–2000 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Ariel Pestano | ![]() |
2000–2008 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Norge Luis Vera | ![]() |
2000–2008 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
José Estrada González | ![]() |
1992–1996 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Alberto Hernández | ![]() |
1992–1996 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Juan Padilla | ![]() |
1992–1996 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lázaro Vargas | ![]() |
1992–1996 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
See also
[edit]- Baseball awards
- Baseball at the Summer Olympics
- Baseball World Cup
- Women's Baseball World Cup
- Intercontinental Cup (baseball)
- World Baseball Classic
- List of Asian Games medalists in baseball
References
[edit]- General
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- Specific
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