Dominican Republic at the Olympics

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]

Dominican Republic at the
Olympics
IOC codeDOM
NOCDominican Republic Olympic Committee
Websitewww.colimdo.org (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 75th
Gold
4
Silver
5
Bronze
6
Total
15
Summer appearances

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 fifteen 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]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics Zacarias Bonnat won the silver medal in the men's 81 kg event,[4] Crismery Santana, won the bronze medal in the women´s 87 kg event, becoming the first Dominican woman to win an Olympic medal. Lidio Andrés Feliz, Marileidy Paulino, Anabel Medina y Alexander Ogando won the silver medal in the mixed 4x400 m relay. Paulino also won a silver medal in the women's 400 metres event, the first woman from the Dominican Republic to earn an individual Olympic medal in athletics. The dominican baseball team also won bronze at the baseball event.[5] Despite it being their most successful year, they were unable to secure a single gold medal in any event.

They are represented by Dominican Republic Olympic Committee.

Medal tables

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Medals by Summer Games

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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 58 1 0 2 3 59
2028 Los Angeles future event
2032 Brisbane
Total 4 5 6 15 75

Medals by sport

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Sports   Gold   Silver   Bronze Total Rank
  Athletics 3 3 0 6 49
  Boxing 1 0 3 4 44
  Weightlifting 0 1 1 2 53
  Taekwondo 0 1 1 2 26
  Baseball 0 0 1 1 7
Total 4 5 6 15 77

List of medalists

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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   Taekwondo Men's 58 kg
  Gold Félix Sánchez 2012 London   Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles
  Silver Luguelín Santos   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
  Athletics Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
  Silver Marileidy Paulino   Athletics Women 400 metres
  Bronze Crismery Santana   Weightlifting Women's 87 kg
  Bronze Darío Álvarez
Gabriel Arias
Jairo Asencio
Roldani Baldwin
José Bautista
Emilio Bonifácio
Melky Cabrera
Luis Felipe Castillo
Jumbo Díaz
Juan Francisco
Junior García
Jeison Guzmán
Jhan Mariñez
Erick Mejia
Cristopher Mercedes
Johan Mieses
Gustavo Núñez
Yefri Pérez
Denyi Reyes
Julio Rodríguez
Ramón Rosso
Ángel Sánchez
Raúl Valdés
Charlie Valerio
  Baseball Baseball
  Gold Marileidy Paulino 2024 Paris   Athletics Women 400 metres

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Official Olympic Report, 1964 Tokyo Volume 1 Part 1" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad. November 1, 1964. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  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.
  4. ^ "Weightlifting – Group A Results". Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. ^ "República Dominicana vuelve a hacer historia en Tokio". Olympics.com (in Spanish). 2021-08-16.
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