Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held from 17 to 27 September 2000 at the Blacktown Olympic Park with the medal rounds contested at the Sydney Baseball Stadium.
Medal Table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Event | |||
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Men | United States 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 Ryan Oswalt Jon Rauch Anthony Saunders Bobby Seay Ben Sheets Brandon Wilkerson Todd Williams Ernie Young Tim Young |
Cuba Omar Ajete Yovany Aragon Miguel Caldes Danel Castro Jose Ariel Contreras Yobal Duenas Yasser Gomez Jose Ibar Orestes Kindelan Pedro Luis Lazo Omar Linares Oscar Macias Juan Manrique Javier Mendez Rolando Merino German Mesa Antonio Pacheco Ariel Pestano Gabriel Pierre Maels Rodriguez Antonio Scull Luis Ulacia Lazaro Valle Norge Luis Vera |
South Korea Chong Tae-hyon Chung Min-tae Hong Sung-heon Jang Sung-ho Jin Pil-jung Jung Soo-keun Kim Dong-joo Kim Han-soo Kim Ki-tai Kim Soo-kyung Kim Tae-gyun Koo Dae-sung Lee Byung-kyu Lee Seung-ho Lee Seung-Yuop 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 |
Statistics[]
- There were 192 total athletes from 8 countries.
- Chris Snelling was the youngest participant with 18 years and 289 days.
- Alan Phillips was the oldest participant with 44 years and 102 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
- United States won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.
- South Korea won its first-ever medal in the sport.