Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Olympics : 1984


1984 Olympic Baseball - Netherland Antilles
The Netherlands baseball team finished second in the 1983 European Baseball Championship and did not qualify for the 1984 Olympics
1984 Olympics Italian pictorial postmark

1984 Olympic Baseball - Demonstration sport
Previously baseball had been played at the Olympics as an exhibition sport.
1984 was the first time baseball was played at an Olympics held in the United States
Games were played in Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

White Division
  • Chinese Taipei - 1983 Asian Baseball Championship silver medalist (tied)
  • Dominican Republic - 1983 Pan American Games fourth place (replaced Cuba - Soviet boycott)
  • Italy - 1983 european Baseball Championship gold medalist
  • United States - host nation - 1983 Pan American Games gold medalist
Blue Division
  • Canada - 1983 Pan American Games bronze medalist
  • Japan - 1983 Asian Baseball Champion silver medalist (tied)
  • South Korea - 1983 Asian Baseball Championship gold medalist
  • Nicaragua - 1983 Pan American Games silver medalist
First place - Japan
Second place - United States
Third place - Chines Taipei
As a demonstration sport no official medals were awarded

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