Baseball at the 1979 Pan American Games | |||||||
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Venue | Puerto Rico | ||||||
Dates | July 2–12, 1979 | ||||||
Competitors | 180 from 9 nations | ||||||
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«1975 1983» |
Baseball competitions at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, were held on July 2–12.[1] The venues for the competition were the Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium,[2] the Guaynabo Municipal Stadium[3] and the Parque Yldefonso Solá Morales.[4]
Cuba entered the competition as the two-time defending champions, having won the gold medal in 1971 and 1975. They successfully defended their title, with the Dominican Republic finishing second.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's tournament | Cuba
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Dominican Republic
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Puerto Rico
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The tournament consisted of a single round-robin group where all nine teams played each other once. Medals were awarded to the top three teams in the group at the end of the tournament.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT |
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1 | Cuba | 8 | 8 | 0 | 76 | 26 | +50 | 1.000 |
2 | Dominican Republic | 8 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 17 | +17 | .875 |
3 | Puerto Rico | 8 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 34 | +13 | .750 |
4 | United States | 8 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 21 | +34 | .625 |
5 | Bahamas | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 49 | −20 | .375 |
6 | Venezuela | 8 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 39 | +1 | .375 |
7 | Colombia | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 49 | −21 | .250 |
8 | Canada | 8 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 56 | −29 | .125 |
9 | Mexico | 8 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 69 | −46 | .125 |