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Baseball at the Summer Olympics unofficially debuted at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, [1] and was first contested as a demonstration sport at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. It became an official Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, then was played at each Olympiad through the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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 ...
Baseball/softball was one of five optional sports that were added to the programme of the 2020 Summer Olympics. It did not return in 2024 for the Paris Summer Olympics . [ 2 ] The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . [ 3 ]
Player Nation Position Summer Olympics World Series Team Ref. Orlando Hernández Cuba Starting pitcher 1992 Barcelona: 1998: New York Yankees [1] [2]1999: New York Yankees
For the first time in Olympic competition, professional baseball players were eligible to participate, though no active players from Major League Baseball were available. [1] [2] [3] In the gold medal game known as the "Miracle on Grass", [4] the United States became Olympic Champions for the first time in its baseball history by defeating Cuba ...
After being admitted to the Olympics as a medal sport beginning with the 1992 Games, baseball was dropped from the 2012 Summer Olympic Games at the 2005 International Olympic Committee meeting. It remained part of the 2008 Games . [ 112 ]
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Baseball Stadium (final) None: 6,740 [1] Camp Municipal de Beisbol de Viladecans: None: 6,740 [2] 1996 Atlanta: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium: Softball: 52,007 [3] 2000 Sydney: Sydney Baseball Stadium (final) Modern pentathlon: 21,500 [4] Blacktown Olympic Park: Softball: 3,000 [5] 2004 Athens: Hellinikon Stadium ...
Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport for the seventh time. It would become an official sport 4 years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Eight teams competed in Jamsil Baseball Stadium in the baseball tournament. The format used was the same as the tournament of four years earlier.