Baseball
In the first appearance of the Americans' national pastime at the Olympics, the United States won five of its seven preliminary games, losing only to Cuba and Japan. This put the Americans in a three-way tie for second through fourth place in the round with Japan and Chinese Taipei. The tie-breaker essentially only determined which of the three teams had to face Cuba in the semifinals (with the other two playing each other), but the United States came in fourth and found itself face-to-face once again with the undefeated Cubans. The Americans lost that game 6-1. In an anticlimactic bronze medal game, the United States lost to Japan again to take fourth place.
Men's Team Competition:
- United States — 4th place (5-4)
Men's Team Results
- Preliminary Round
- 4-1 vs Spain
- 10-9 vs Chinese Taipei
- 10-0 vs Italy
- 6-9 vs Cuba
- 8-2 vs Puerto Rico
- 10-0 vs Dominican Republic
- 1-7 vs Japan
- Semifinal
- 1-6 vs Cuba
- Bronze Medal Game
- 3-8 vs Japan
Men's Team Roster
- Willie Adams
- Robert Alkire
- Darren Dreifort
- Nomar Garciaparra
- Jason Giambi
- Rick Greene
- Jeffrey Hammonds
- Rick Helling
- Charles Johnson
- Daron Kirkreit
- Chad McConnell
- Calvin Murray
- Phil Nevin
- Chris Roberts
- Michael Tucker
- Jason Varitek
- Ron Villone, Jr.
- B. J. Wallace
- Craig Wilson
- Chris Wimmer
Read more about this topic: United States At The 1992 Summer Olympics
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