Dominican Republic at the
Olympics
Flag of the Dominican Republic
IOC codeDOM
NOCDominican Republic Olympic Committee
Websitewww.colimdo.org (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 77th
Gold
3
Silver
5
Bronze
4
Total
12
Summer appearances

The Dominican Republic first participated in the Olympic Games in 1964, when Alberto Torres de la Mota ("El Gringo" )[1] participated in the 10th heat of the 100m competition and ran 10.9 seconds, finishing 6th, not qualifying for the next round.[2]

The Dominican Republic has appeared in every one of the games since then. The Dominican Republic has never participated at the Winter Olympic Games.

The Dominican Republic has won ten medals at the Olympics. Pedro Nolasco won a bronze in boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics and in 2004 Félix Sánchez won a gold in the 400 meter hurdles. In the 2008 Summer Olympics Manuel Felix Diaz won a gold medal in Boxing and Gabriel Mercedes won silver in Taekwondo. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Sanchez once again won a gold medal in the 400 meter hurdles. On the same night, Luguelín Santos won silver in the 400 metres to become the youngest ever Olympic medallist in the event. Luisito Pie won a bronze medal in Taekwondo at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[3]

They are represented by Dominican Republic Olympic Committee.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1964 Tokyo 1 0 0 0 0 –
1968 Mexico City 20 0 0 0 0 –
1972 Munich 5 0 0 0 0 –
1976 Montreal 10 0 0 0 0 –
1980 Moscow 6 0 0 0 0 –
1984 Los Angeles 19 0 0 1 1 43
1988 Seoul 16 0 0 0 0 –
1992 Barcelona 32 0 0 0 0 –
1996 Atlanta 16 0 0 0 0 –
2000 Sydney 13 0 0 0 0 –
2004 Athens 33 1 0 0 1 54
2008 Beijing 25 1 1 0 2 46
2012 London 35 1 1 0 2 46
2016 Rio de Janeiro 29 0 0 1 1 70
2020 Tokyo 63 0 3 2 5 68
2024 Paris future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total 3 5 4 12 77

Medals by sport

Sports  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank
Athletics 2 3 0 5 49
Boxing 1 0 1 2 44
Weightlifting 0 1 1 2 53
Taekwondo 0 1 1 2 26
Baseball 0 0 1 1 7
Total 3 5 4 12 77

List of medalists

Medal Name(s) Games Sport Event
 Bronze Pedro Nolasco 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Bantamweight
 Gold Félix Sánchez 2004 Athens Athletics Men's 400 metre hurdles
 Gold Manuel Felix Diaz 2008 Beijing Boxing Light welterweight
 Silver Yulis Gabriel Mercedes 2008 Beijing Taekwondo Men's 58 kg
 Gold Félix Sánchez 2012 London Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles
 Silver Luguelín Santos 2012 London Athletics Men's 400 m
 Bronze Luisito Pie 2016 Rio de Janeiro Taekwondo Men's 58 kg
 Silver Zacarías Bonnat 2020 Tokyo Weightlifting Men's 81kg
 Silver Anabel Medina

Marileidy Paulino

Lidio Andrés Feliz

Alexander Ogando

2020 Tokyo Athletics Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
 Silver Marileidy Paulino 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women 400 metres
 Bronze Crismery Santana 2020 Tokyo Weightlifting Women's 87 kg
 Bronze Team

64 Emilio Bonifacio (C) CF

6 Erick Mejia Second Base

18 Julio Rodriguez Right F

34 Juan Francisco First B

36 Johan Mieses Left F

14 Melky Cabrera DH

19 Jose Bautista Third Base

7 Charlie Valerio Catcher

10 Jeison Guzman Shortstop

56 Raul Valdes Pitcher

2 Gustavo Nunez Infielder

3 Yefri Perez Utility

15 Cristopher Mercedes P

16 Roldani Baldwin Catcher

23 Ramon Rosso Pitcher

28 Junior Garcia Pitcher

31 Luis Felipe Castillo Pitcher

33 Jairo Asencio Pitcher

37 Jhan Marinez Pitcher

38 Angel Sanchez Pitcher

39 Dario Alvarez Pitcher

41 Denyi Reyes Pitcher

70 Jose Diaz Pitcher

79 Gabriel Arias Pitcher

Team Manager

  • Hector Borg

Coaches

2020 Tokyo Baseball Baseball

See also

References

  1. ^ TOKYO 1964 Organizing Committee (November 1, 1964). "Official Olympic Report, 1964 Tokyo Volume 1 Part 1" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad. Retrieved 2016-03-03.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Diario Libre. "El Gringo Torres, en la historia de la RD" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  3. ^ Diario, Listin (2019-07-28). "Los tres pies de Luisito". listindiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-07-31.

External links

National Olympic Committees that have competed at the Olympic Games
National sports teams of the Dominican Republic
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