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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.

Teams

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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.

Blue Division

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White Division

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Knockout round

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).

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

United States

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, IF * Andy Benes, P *

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, IF * Mike Fiore, OF * Tom Goodwin, OF * Ty Griffin, IF *Andrew Kobliska, OF *

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Bill Masse William Arthur Masse (born July 6, 1966) is a retired professional baseball outfielder who competed for the United States national baseball team in the 1988 Summer Olympics. A native of Manchester, Connecticut, Masse attended Davidson Colle ...

, OF * Ben McDonald, P * Mike Milchin, IF/P * Mickey Morandini, OF * Charles Nagy, P * Doug Robbins, C * Scott Servais, C *

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, IF * Joe Slusarski, P * Ed Sprague, IF * Robin Ventura, IF *

Ted Wood Edward Robert "Ted" Wood (born January 4, 1967) is an American former professional baseball player. An outfielder, Wood played in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants and Montreal Expos from 1991 to 1993. He also played in the ...

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, head coach * Skip Bertman, assistant coach *

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, assistant coach * Ron Polk, assistant coach

Japan

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, IF *2 Hiroki Katsuragi, IF *3 Kunji Yonezaki, IF *6 Kenjiro Nomura, IF *8 Terushi Nakajima, OF *9 Hirofumi Ogawa, IF *10 Daisuke Tsutsui, IF *11 Tetsuya Shiozaki, P *12 Tomio Watanabe, P *14 Tetsu Suzuki, P *15 So Kikuchi, P *16 Shuji Yoshida, P *18

Takehiro Ishii Takehiro Ishii (石井丈裕, born October 25, 1964) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Japan national baseball team in 1988, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Seibu Lions and the Nippon-Ham Fi ...

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Atsuya Furuta Atsuya Furuta (古田敦也, b. August 6, 1965) is a Japanese former baseball player and player-manager for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows professional baseball club in the Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Drafted in the 2nd round in 1 ...

, C *21 Makoto Maeda, OF *22 Atsuyoshi Otake, C *25

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Kenji Tomashino is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder/outfielder. His elder brother Seiji is also a professional baseball player. Life After graduating from high school, Tomashino went on to Chuo University. There he played as an outfie ...

, OF *28 Tsuyoshi Omori, IF *30 Yoshinobu Suzuki, head coach *31 Katsuji Kawashima, assistant coach *32 Masatake Nakayama, assistant coach

Canada

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* Bill Byckowski * Rheal Cormier * Randy Curran * Gregory Duce * Marc Griffin * Stewart Hillman *

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* Lome Franklin Humber * Rick Johnston * James Kotkas * Alan Mauthe * Thomas Nelson *

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* Barry Parisotto * Greg Roth * David Rypien * Warren Sawkiw * Matt Stairs *

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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

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

The Netherlands

* Frank Bos * Eric de Bruin * Peter Callenbach *

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Rikkert Faneyte Rikkert Faneyte (born May 31, 1969) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from to for the San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers. He was a member of the Dutch National Team which finished in fifth place at the 2000 Summer ...

* Ron Giroldi * Bill Groot * Gerlach Halderman * Jacky Jacoba * Marcel Joost * Robert Knol * Frank Koot * Harry Koster * Marcel Kruyt * Alfred de Leeuw * Hans van Renselaar * Ronald Stoovelaar * Bart Volkerijk * Eric de Vries * Haitze de Vries

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

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 Kim Tae-hyoung (Korean: 김태형; born September 12, 1967) is a South Korean professional baseball manager and former player. As manager of the Doosan Bears, he led the team into seven consecutive Korean Series appearances between 2015 and ...

* Kwon Taek-jae * Lee Kang-chul * Lee Kwang-woo * Lee Suk-jae * Park Dong-hee * Roh Chan-yup * Song Gu-hong * Song Jin-woo

Final standings

References

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Official Report
Official Report Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results. 1988. {{Baseball at the Summer Olympics 1988 Summer Olympics events 1988 1988 in baseball 1988 Olympic demonstration sports Men's events at the 1988 Summer Olympics