Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

There were two pools for the preliminary round. Teams played each of the three other teams in their division.

• Blue Division
  •  Chinese Taipei (1987 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist)
  •  Japan (1984 Olympics gold medalist)
  •  Netherlands (1987 European Baseball Championship gold medalist)
  •  Puerto Rico (1987 Pan American games bronze medalist)
• White Division
  •  Australia (1987 Asian Baseball Championship fifth place) (invited)
  •  Canada (1987 Pan American games fourth place, defeat 1987 European Baseball Championship silver medalist  Italy in a playoff)
  •  South Korea (Hosts)
  •  United States (1987 Pan American games silver medalist)

Round 1

•  Japan, 1-0
•  Netherlands, 1-0
•  Chinese Taipei, 0-1
•  Puerto Rico, 0-1

Game 1, 20 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Netherlands	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2		6	10
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	7

Game 6, 20 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	4
Japan	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	x		7	14

Round 2

•  Japan, 2-0
•  Netherlands, 1-1
•  Puerto Rico, 1-1
•  Chinese Taipei, 0-2

Game 2, 22 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		R	H
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	9
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1		4	15

Game 5, 22 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Puerto Rico	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0		7	17
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0		4	12

Round 3

•  Japan, 3-0
•  Puerto Rico, 2-1
•  Netherlands, 1-2
•  Chinese Taipei, 0-3

Game 3, 24 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	5
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0			2	4

Game 4, 24 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Japan	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		6	10
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	6

Round 1

•  Australia, 1-0
•  United States, 1-0
•  Canada, 0-1
•  South Korea, 0-1

Game 1, 19 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Canada	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0		6	12
Australia	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	x		7	10

Game 6, 19 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
United States	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0		5	7
South Korea	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		3	7

Round 2

•  Australia, 1-1
•  Canada, 1-1
•  South Korea, 1-1
•  United States, 1-1

Game 2, 23 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		R	H
Australia	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	6
South Korea	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	7

Game 5, 23 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
United States	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2		7	12
Canada	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	0	x		8	12

Round 3

•  United States, 2-1
•  South Korea, 2-1
•  Australia, 1-2
•  Canada, 1-2

Game 3, 25 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	2				2	3
United States	2	0	1	0	1	0	8				12	15

Game 4, 25 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
South Korea	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		5	11
Canada	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	6

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).

Game 1, 26 September

Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
White #2	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	6
Blue #1	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		3	5

Game 2, 26 September

Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Blue #2	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	9
White #1	United States	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	x		7	8

The third-place final pitted the losers of the semifinals against each, with the winner taking third place and the loser taking fourth.

27 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	0		7	11
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4

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.

27 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
United States	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0		5	11
Japan	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		3	7

• Cava, Pete (Summer 1992). "Baseball in the Olympics". Citius, Altius, Fortius. 1 (1): 7–15.
• Official Report. Official Report Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results. 1988.