Baseball had its second appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, with games played at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Eight nations competed, with the preliminary phase consisting of each team playing every other team. Playoffs were then held, with the four highest ranked teams advancing. For the semifinals, the 1st place team played the 4th place team and the 2nd place team played against the 3rd place team. The winners of those semifinals competed against each other for the gold medal, with the loser getting the silver medal. The teams defeated in the semifinal played a match for the bronze medal.
Baseball was an event open only to male amateurs.
Medallists
Results
Preliminary round
Day 1 (July 20)
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| Australia
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| Netherlands
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Day 2 (July 21)
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| Italy
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| 8:00PM
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| Cuba
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Day 3 (July 22)
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| Australia
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| 3:00PM
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| Nicaragua
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| 8:00PM
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| United States
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Day 4 (July 23)
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| Cuba
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| 3:00PM
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| South Korea
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| 3:00PM
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| Japan
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Day 5 (July 24)
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| 8:00PM
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| South Korea
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Day 6 (July 25)
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| 3:00PM
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| Australia
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| 8:00PM
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Day 7 (July 27)
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| 3:00PM
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Day 8 (July 28)
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| South Korea
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| 3:00PM
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Day 9 (July 29)
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| Italy
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| 3:00PM
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| 8:00PM
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| Japan
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Day 10 (July 30)
| 10:00AM
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| United States
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| 17
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| Netherlands
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| 3:00PM
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| Italy
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| 1
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| Japan
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| 2
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| 8:00PM
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| Australia
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| South Korea
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| 10
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Standings
| Team
| W
| L
| Tiebreaker
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| 7
| 0
| - |
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| 6
| 1
| - |
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| 4
| 3
| 1-0 |
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| 4
| 3
| 0-1 |
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| 2
| 5
| 2-0 |
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| 2
| 5
| 1-1 |
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| 2
| 5
| 0-2 |
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| 1
| 6
| - |
Semifinals (August 1)
| Team
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| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
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| R
| H
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| Nicaragua
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 2 |
| Cuba
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| x
| 8
| 14
| 2 |
| Team
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
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| R
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| E
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| Japan
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| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
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| 2
| 2
| 1
| 11
| 15
| 0 |
| United States
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
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| 0
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| 6
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Bronze medal match (August 2)
| Team
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| 4
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| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
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| United States
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 10
| 12
| 1 |
| Nicaragua
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 2 |
Final (August 2)
| Team
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| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
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| Japan
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 9
| 1 |
| Cuba
| 3
| 3
| 0
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| 1
| 2
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| 14
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Final Standings
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