Baseball had its third appearance as an official medal sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 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. Gold Medal is an Album by American band The Donnas, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music) A Silver medal is a Medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests (typically athletics competitions such as the Olympic Games, The teams defeated in the semifinal played a match for the bronze medal. For the New York City civilian award go to Bronze Medallion - New York City Award A Bronze medal is a Medal awarded
For the first time, baseball was open to professional players as well as amateurs.
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Medallists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 United States (USA)Brent Abernathy Kurt Ainsworth Pat Borders Sean Burroughs John Cotton Travis Dawkins Adam Everett Ryan Franklin Chris George Shane Heams Marcus Jensen Mike Kinkade Rick Krivda Doug Mientkiewicz Mike Neill Roy Oswalt Jon Rauch Anthony Sanders Bobby Seay Ben Sheets Brad Wilkerson Todd Williams Ernie Young Tim Young |  Cuba (CUB)Omar Ajete Yovany Aragon Miguel Caldés Danel Castro José Contreras Yobal Dueñas Yasser Gómez José Ibar Orestes Kindelán Pedro Luis Lazo Omar Linares Oscar Macías Juan Manrique Javier Méndez Rolando Merino Germán Mesa Antonio Pacheco Massó Ariel Pestano Gabriel Pierre Maels Rodríguez Antonio Scull Luis Ulacia Lázaro Valle Norge Luis Vera |  Korea (KOR)Jang Sung-Ho Chong Tae-Hyon Chung Min-Tae Jung Soo-Keun Hong Sung-Heon Jin Pil-Jung Kim Dong-Joo Kim Han-Soo Kim Ki-Tae Kim Soo-Kyung Kim Tae-Gyun Koo Dae-Sung Lee Byung-Kyu Lee Seung-Ho Lee Seung-Yeop Lim Chang-Yong Lim Sun-Dong Park Jae-Hong Park Jin-Man Park Jong-Ho Park Kyung-Oan Park Seok-Jin Son Min-Han Song Jin-Woo |
Preliminary round standings
| Team | W | L | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuba | 6 | 1 | 1-0 |
| United States | 6 | 1 | 0-1 |
| Korea | 4 | 3 | 1-0 |
 Japan | 4 | 3 | 0-1 |
 Netherlands | 3 | 4 | - |
 Italy | 2 | 5 | 1-0 |
 Australia | 2 | 5 | 0-1 |
 South Africa | 1 | 6 | - |
The top four teams (Cuba, United States, South Korea and Japan) advanced to the semifinals. The United States competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Michael Brent Abernathy (born September 23, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a Baseball Infielder for the Long Island Kurt Harold Ainsworth (born September 9, 1978 in Baton Rouge Louisiana) is a retired Major League Baseball Pitcher. Patrick Lance Borders (born May 14, 1963 in Columbus, Ohio) was a Catcher in Major League Baseball who is best remembered Sean Patrick Burroughs (born September 12, 1980, in Atlanta Georgia) was a Third baseman for the San Diego Padres in Major Travis Sentell "Gookie" Dawkins (born May 12, 1979 in Newberry South Carolina) is a Major League Baseball Shortstop Jeffery Adam Everett (born February 5, 1977 in Austell, Georgia) is a Major League Baseball Shortstop for the Minnesota Ryan Ray Franklin (born March 5, 1973 in Fort Smith Arkansas) is a Major League Baseball player Christopher Coleman George (born September 16, 1979 in) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization Marcus Christian Jensen (born December 14, 1972 in Oakland California) is a former professional baseball player Michael Arthur Kinkade (born May 6, 1973 in Livonia Michigan) is a veteran Major League Baseball / Minor League Baseball Rick Michael Krivda (born January 19, 1970, McKeesport Pennsylvania) pitched 12 years in professional baseball and won a gold medal in the Douglas Andrew Mientkiewicz (mɪntˈkeɪvɪtʃ (born June 19, 1974 in Toledo Ohio) is a First baseman who is with the Pittsburgh Roy Edward Oswalt (ˈoʊzwɑːlt (born August 29, 1977 in Weir Mississippi) is an American Major League Baseball player who debuted For the gay freelance writer activist and National Journal columnist see Jonathan Rauch. Robert "Bobby" Michael Seay (pronounced "See" (born June 20, 1978 in Sarasota Florida) is a Major League Baseball Ben M Sheets (born July 18, 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher who plays for the Stephen Bradley Wilkerson (born June 1, 1977 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is an Outfielder and First baseman for the Todd Michael Williams (born February 13, 1971 in) is a former Major League Baseball Relief pitcher currently playing for the Ernest Wesley Young (born July 8, 1969 in Chicago Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball Outfielder who played for Timothy "Tim" R Young (born October 15, 1973 in Gulfport Mississippi) is a former Relief pitcher in Major League Baseball Cuba competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Omar Ajete Iglesias (born July 31, 1965 in San Juan Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a former Baseball player who starred for the Yovany Aragon (Born 2 May, 1974 -) is a Cuban former Baseball player who starred for the Cuban national baseball team. For the Chilean football player see José Contreras (footballer. Orestes Kindelán Olivares (born May 7, 1964 in Palma Soriano, Cuba) is the most prolific Home run hitter in the history of post- Pedro Luis Lazo Iglesias (born April 15, 1973 in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba) is a top pitcher in Cuban Baseball. Omar Linares Izquierdo (born October 23, 1967 in San Juan y Martínez Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a former Cuban Baseball Germán Mesa Fresneda (born May 12, 1967 in Cuatro Caminos Havana) is a former Cuban Baseball player who played Shortstop Ariel Pestano Valdés (born January 31, 1974) &mdash better known as El Veterano ("The Veteran" &mdash is a tough defensive Cuban Antonio Scull Hernández (born September 10, 1965 in Havana) is a First baseman with Industriales of the Cuban National Norge Luis Vera Peralta (born October 3, 1971 in Siboney, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba) is a right-handed Baseball South Korea competed as Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Jang Sung-Ho (born October 18 1977) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Chong Tae-Hyon (born November 10 1978) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Chung Min-Tae (born March 1 1970) is a retired South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Jung Soo-Keun (born January 20 1977) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hong Sung-Heon (born February 28, 1977) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Jin Pil-jung (born October 13, 1972) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kim Dong-Joo (born February 3, 1976) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kim Han-Soo (born October 30, 1971) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kim Ki-Tae (born May 23, 1969) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kim Soo-Kyung (born August 20, 1979) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kim Tae-Gyun may refer to several persons Kim Tae-gyun (director, a South Korean director born in 1960 Kim Tae-Gyun (baseball player Koo Dae-Sung (born August 2, 1969 in Daejeon, South Korea) is a left-handed Pitcher for the Hanwha Eagles in the Lee Byung-Kyu (born October 25, 1974) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the Lee Seung-Ho (born September 9, 1981) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Lee Seung-yeop also Lee Seung-yuop (born August 18, 1976 in Daegu, South Korea) is a Baseball player currently playing Lim Chang-Yong (born June 4, 1976) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Lim Sun-Dong (born August 4, 1973) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the Park Jae-Hong (born September 7, 1973) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Park Jin-Man (born November 30, 1976) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Park Jong-Ho (born July 27, 1973) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Park Kyung-Wan (born July 11, 1972) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Park Seok-Jin (born July 19, 1972) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Son Min-Han (born January 2, 1975) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the Song Jin-Woo (born February 16, 1966) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. The Cuba national baseball team is the national team of Cuba. The United States National Baseball team is the national Baseball team for United States. The South Korea national baseball team is the national Baseball team of the Republic of Korea (South Korea The Japan national baseball team is the national Baseball team of Japan. The Netherlands national baseball team is the national team of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Italy National Baseball team is the team that represents Italy in international baseball competition The Australian baseball team is the national team of Australia. The South African National Baseball team is the team that represents the Republic of South Africa in international baseball competitions such as the World Baseball Classic To determine the seed ranking of teams tied in the standings, the result of the two teams' game against each other was used. Cuba therefore received first place due to the win over USA. In the semi-finals, Cuba (#1) played Japan (#4) and United States (#2) played South Korea (#3). The higher ranked team in each game was the home team.
Results
Preliminary round
| Time | Home | Score | Visitor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:30 | Cuba | 16 - 0* | South Africa |
| 12:30 | Japan | 2 - 4 | United States |
| 18:30 | Korea | 10 - 2 | Italy |
| 19:30 | Australia | 4 - 6 | Netherlands |
* Game ended by Run Difference Rule (after 7 innings, lead is by 10 runs or more)
| Time | Home | Score | Visitor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:30 | Cuba | 13 - 5 | Italy |
| 12:30 | Korea | 3 - 5 | Australia |
| 18:30 | United States | 11 - 1 | South Africa |
| 19:30 | Japan | 5 - 4 | Netherlands |
| Time | Home | Score | Visitor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:30 | Italy | 13 - 0 | South Africa |
| 12:30 | Japan | 7 - 3 | Australia |
| 18:30 | United States | 6 - 2 | Netherlands |
| 19:30 | Cuba | 6 - 5 | Korea |
| Time | Home | Score | Visitor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:30 | Japan | 6 - 1 | Italy |
| 12:30 | Netherlands | 4 - 2 | Cuba |
| 18:30 | Australia | 10 - 4 | South Africa |
| 19:30 | United States | 4 - 0 | Korea |
| Time | Home | Score | Visitor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:30 | Korea | 2 - 0 | Netherlands |
| 12:30 | Cuba | 1 - 0 | Australia |
| 18:30 | Japan | 8 - 0 | South Africa |
| 19:30 | United States | 4 - 2 | Italy |
| Time | Home | Score | Visitor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:30 | South Africa | 3 - 2 | Netherlands |
| 12:30 | Korea | 8 - 7 | Japan |
| 18:30 | Italy | 8 - 7 | Australia |
| 19:30 | Cuba | 5 - 1 | United States |
| Time | Home | Score | Visitor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:30 | Netherlands | 3 - 2 | Italy |
| 12:30 | Korea | 13 - 3 | South Africa |
| 18:30 | Cuba | 6 - 2 | Japan |
| 19:30 | United States | 12 - 1 | Australia |
Semifinals
| Home | Score | Visitor |
|---|---|---|
| Cuba | 3 - 0 | Japan |
| United States | 3 - 2 | Korea |
Bronze medal match
| Home | Score | Visitor |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 - 3 | Korea |
Final
| Home | Score | Visitor |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 - 0 | Cuba |
Final Standings
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