Dominican Republic at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Dominican Republic
IOC codeDOM
NOCDominican Republic Olympic Committee
Websitewww.colimdo.org (in Spanish)
in Beijing
Competitors25 in 8 sports
Flag bearers Félix Sanchez (opening)
Manuel Félix Díaz (closing)
Medals
Ranked 46th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The Dominican Republic competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Manuel Félix Díaz Boxing Light welterweight
 Silver Gabriel Mercedes Taekwondo Men's 58 kg

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Key
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Arismendy Peguero 400 m 46.28 6 Did not advance
Félix Sánchez 400 m hurdles 51.10 5 Did not advance
Joel Báez
Pedro Mejía
Arismendy Peguero
Carlos Yohelin Santa
Yoel Tapia 		4 × 400 m relay 3:04.31 SB 8 — Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Mariely Sánchez 200 m 24.05 6 Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Dominican Republic qualified six boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Nunez was the only boxer to qualify at the World Championships.[1] Payano became the second to qualify for the nation, doing so at the first American qualifying tournament.[2] The remaining four boxers qualified at the second American continental qualifying tournament.[3]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Winston Mendez Light flyweight  Bilali (KEN)
W 9–3 		 Ruanroeng (THA)
L 3–7 		Did not advance
Juan Carlos Payano Flyweight  Thomas (FRA)
W 10–6 		 Picardi (ITA)
L 4–8 		Did not advance
Roberto Navarro Featherweight  Porozo (ECU)
L 3–3+ 		Did not advance
Manuel Félix Díaz Light welterweight  Hambardzumyan (ARM)
W 11–4 		 Joyce (IRL)
W 11+–11 		 Sepahvand (IRI)
W 11–6 		 Vastine (FRA)
W 12–10 		 Boonjumnong (THA)
W 12–4 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Gilbert Lenin Castillo Welterweight  Stretskyy (UKR)
L 6–9 		Did not advance
Argenis Casimiro Middleweight Bye  Blanco (VEN)
L 7–18 		Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Juan Jacinto Men's −66 kg Bye  Uchishiba (JPN)
L 0000–1001 		Did not advance  Miresmaeili (IRI)
L 0000–0011 		Did not advance
Teófilo Diek Men's −100 kg Bye  Morgan (CAN)
L 1001–0000 		Did not advance
María García Women's −52 kg Bye  Fernandes (BRA)
W 0010–0001 		 Kim K-O (KOR)
L 0000–1003 		Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Raul Aguayo Laser 37 30 35 38 34 28 29 36 29 CAN EL 258 40

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Julio Elizardo Dujarric Lembcke Skeet 110 31 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jacinto Ayala 50 m freestyle 22.57 34 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Singles
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Lin Ju Men's singles Bye  Apolonia (POR)
W 4–1 		 Crisan (ROU)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Lian Qian Women's singles  Fomum (CMR)
W 4–0 		 Komwong (THA)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Wu Xue Bye  Sang Xu (AUS)
W 4–0 		 Wang Yg (SIN)
W 4–1 		 Gao J (USA)
W 4–3 		 Guo Y (CHN)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Team
Athlete Event Group round Semifinals Bronze playoff 1 Bronze playoff 2 Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Lian Qian
Johenny Valdez
Wu Xue 		Women's team Group A
 China (CHN)
L 0 – 3
 Austria (AUT)
L 0 – 3
 Croatia (CRO)
L 1 – 3 		4 Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Gabriel Mercedes Men's −58 kg  Póvoa (POR)
W 3–0 		 Chu M-Y (TPE)
W 3–2 		 Ramos (ESP)
W 3–2 		Bye  Pérez (MEX)
L 1–1 SUP 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Yuderqui Contreras Women's −53 kg 93 4 111 5 204 5

See also

References

  1. ^ World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 Archived September 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 1st AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament Archived September 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 2nd AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament Archived September 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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