Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Baseball had its third appearance as an official medal sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Eight nations competed, with the preliminary phase consisting of each team playing every other team. Playoffs were then held, with the four highest ranked teams advancing. For the semifinals, the 1st place team played the 4th place team and the 2nd place team played against the 3rd place team. The winners of those semifinals competed against each other for the gold medal, with the loser getting the silver medal. The teams defeated in the semifinal played a match for the bronze medal.
For the first time, baseball was open to professional players as well as amateurs.
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[edit] Medallists
Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
United States
Brent Abernathy Kurt Ainsworth Pat Borders Sean Burroughs John Cotton Travis Dawkins Adam Everett Ryan Franklin Chris George Shane Heams Marcus Jensen Mike Kinkade Rick Krivda Doug Mientkiewicz Mike Heilt Roy Oswalt Jon Rauch Anthony Sanders Bobby Seay Ben Sheets Brad Wilkerson Todd Williams Ernie Young Tim Young |
Cuba
Omar Ajete Yovany Aragon Miguel Caldés Danel Castro José Contreras Yobal Dueñas Yasser Gómez José Ibar Orestes Kindelán Pedro Luis Lazo Omar Linares Oscar Macías Juan Manrique Javier Méndez Rolando Merino Germán Mesa Antonio Pacheco Ariel Pestano Gabriel Pierre Maels Rodríguez Antonio Scull Luis Ulacia Lázaro Valle Norge Luis Vera |
Korea
Chang Song-Ho Chong Tae-Hyon Chung Min-Tae Chung Soo-Keun Hong Sung-Heon Jang Sung-Ho Jin Pil-Jung Jung Soo-Keun Kim Dong-Joo Kim Han-Soo Kim Ki-Tae Kim Soo-Kyung Kim Tae-Gyun Koo Dae-Sung Lee Byung Kyu Lee Seung-Ho Lee Seung-Yeop Lim Chang-Yong Lim Sun-Dong Park Jae-Hong Park Jin-Man Park Jong-Ho Park Kyung-Oan Park Seok-Jin Park Jae-Hong Park Jin-Man Park Jong-Ho Park Kyung-Oan Park Seok-Jin Son Min-Han Song Jin-Woo |
[edit] Final ranking
[edit] Preliminary round standings
Pld | W | L | RF | RA | Pct | |
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Cuba | 7 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 17 | .857 |
United States | 7 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 13 | .857 |
Korea | 7 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 23 | .571 |
Japan | 7 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 22 | .571 |
Netherlands | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 29 | .428 |
Australia | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 36 | .285 |
Italy | 7 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 43 | .285 |
South Africa | 7 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 73 | .142 |
The top four teams (Cuba, United States, South Korea and Japan) advanced to the semifinals. To determine the seed ranking of teams tied in the standings, the result of the two teams' game against each other was used. Cuba therefore received first place due to the win over USA. In the semi-finals, Cuba (#1) played Japan (#4) and United States (#2) played South Korea (#3). The higher ranked team in each game was the home team.
[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary round
Time | Home | Score | Visitor |
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11:30 | Cuba | 16 - 0* | South Africa |
12:30 | Japan | 2 - 4 | United States |
18:30 | Korea | 10 - 2 | Italy |
19:30 | Australia | 4 - 6 | Netherlands |
* Game ended by Run Difference Rule (after 7 innings, lead is by 10 runs or more)
Time | Home | Score | Visitor |
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11:30 | Cuba | 13 - 5 | Italy |
12:30 | Korea | 3 - 5 | Australia |
18:30 | United States | 11 - 1 | South Africa |
19:30 | Japan | 5 - 4 | Netherlands |
Time | Home | Score | Visitor |
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11:30 | Italy | 13 - 0 | South Africa |
12:30 | Japan | 7 - 3 | Australia |
18:30 | United States | 6 - 2 | Netherlands |
19:30 | Cuba | 6 - 5 | Korea |
Time | Home | Score | Visitor |
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11:30 | Japan | 6 - 1 | Italy |
12:30 | Netherlands | 4 - 2 | Cuba |
18:30 | Australia | 10 - 4 | South Africa |
19:30 | United States | 4 - 0 | Korea |
Time | Home | Score | Visitor |
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11:30 | Korea | 2 - 0 | Netherlands |
12:30 | Cuba | 1 - 0 | Australia |
18:30 | Japan | 8 - 0 | South Africa |
19:30 | United States | 4 - 2 | Italy |
Time | Home | Score | Visitor |
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11:30 | South Africa | 3 - 2 | Netherlands |
12:30 | Korea | 8 - 7 | Japan |
18:30 | Italy | 8 - 7 | Australia |
19:30 | Cuba | 5 - 1 | United States |
Time | Home | Score | Visitor |
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11:30 | Netherlands | 3 - 2 | Italy |
12:30 | Korea | 13 - 3 | South Africa |
18:30 | Cuba | 6 - 2 | Japan |
19:30 | United States | 12 - 1 | Australia |
[edit] Semifinals
Home | Score | Visitor |
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Cuba | 3 - 0 | Japan |
United States | 3 - 2 | South Korea |
[edit] Bronze medal match
Home | Score | Visitor |
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Japan | 1 - 3 | South Korea |
[edit] Final
Home | Score | Visitor |
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United States | 4 - 0 | Cuba |
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