Dominican Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Dominican Republic at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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)

Medalists

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

Athletics

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Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
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

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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
 
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

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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

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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

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Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Julio Elizardo Dujarric Lembcke Skeet 110 31 Did not advance

Swimming

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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

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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

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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
 

Weightlifting

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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

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References

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