Japan at The 1992 Summer Olympics - Baseball

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Japan was one of the eight teams to play in the first Olympic baseball tournament. In the preliminary round, the Japanese team defeated the United States and four other teams, but lost to Cuba and Chinese Taipei to come in third place in the round after those two teams. In the semifinal, Japan again played against Taipei, losing once more to be relegated to the bronze medal game. There, they again faced the United States and repeated their victory to take home the medal.

Men's Team Competition:

  • Japan → Bronze Medal (6-3)

Team Roster

  • Tomohito Ito
  • Shinichiro Kawabata
  • Masahito Kohiyama
  • Hirotami Kojima
  • Hiroki Kokubo
  • Takashi Miwa
  • Hiroshi Nakamoto
  • Masafumi Nishi
  • Kazutaka Nishiyama
  • Koichi Oshima
  • Hiroyuki Sakaguchi
  • Shinichi Sato
  • Yasuhiro Sato
  • Masanori Sugiura
  • Kento Sugiyama
  • Yasunori Takami
  • Akihiro Togo
  • Koji Tokunaga
  • Shigeki Wakabayashi
  • Katsumi Watanabe

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