The Dominican Republic was represented at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece by the Dominican Republic Olympic Committee.
In total, 33 athletes including 17 men and 16 women represented the Dominican Republic in nine different sports including athletics, boxing, judo, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling.
The Dominican Republic won one medal at the games after Félix Sánchez won gold in the men's 400 m hurdles. It was the first gold medal won by an athlete from the Dominican Republic and the second medal overall that the country had won.
Background In 10 previous appearances at the Summer Olympics, the Dominican Republic had only ever won one medal – a bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Competitors In total, 33 athletes represented the Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece across nine different sports.
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 3 2 5Boxing 5 – 5Judo 5 0 5Shooting 1 0 1Table tennis 1 1 2Taekwondo 1 0 1Volleyball 0 12 12Weightlifting 0 1 1Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 17 16 33
Medalists
The Dominican Republic won one medal at the games after Félix Sánchez claimed gold in the men's 400 m hurdles. Medal Name Sport Event Date Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles
Athletics
In total, five Dominican athletes participated in the athletics events – Juana Arrendel in the women's high jump, Juan Sainfleur in the men's 100 m, Félix Sánchez in the men's 400 m hurdles, Carlos Santa in the men's 400 m and Fior Vásquez in the women's shot put.
Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankJuan Sainfleur100 mDid not advanceCarlos Santa400 m45.311 Qcolspan=2 45.584Did not advanceFélix Sánchez400 m hurdles48.511 Qcolspan=2 47.931 Q47.63
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionJuana ArrendelHigh jump1.89=16Did not advanceFior VásquezShot put17.9914Did not advance
Boxing
In total, five Dominican athletes participated in the boxing events – Manuel Félix Díaz in the lightweight category, Argenis Mendez in the bantamweight category, Isidro Mosquea in the light welterweight category, Juan Carlos Payano in the flyweight category and Juan Ubaldo in the middleweight.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJuan Carlos PayanoFlyweightW 26–18L 17–36Did not advanceArgenis MendezBantamweightL 24–30Did not advanceManuel Félix DíazLightweightL 16–28Did not advanceIsidro MosqueaLight welterweightL 40–42Did not advanceJuan UbaldoMiddleweightL 22–22+Did not advance
Judo
In total, five Dominican athletes participated in the judo events – José Miguel Boissard in the men's −81 kg category, Vicbart Geraldino in the men's −90 kg category, Juan Carlos Jacinto in the men's −66 kg category, Modesto Lara in the men's −60 kg category and José Vásquez in the men's −100 kg category.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankModesto Lara−60 kgL 0000–1120Did not advanceL 0000–0012Did not advanceJuan Carlos Jacinto−66 kgL 0000–0100Did not advanceJosé Miguel Boissard−81 kgL 0000–1001Did not advanceVicbart Geraldino−90 kgW 1000–0000L 0001–1000Did not advanceL 0000–1010Did not advanceJosé Vásquez−100 kgL 0001–1001Did not advance
Shooting
In total, one Dominican athlete participated in the shooting events – Julio Elizardo Dujarric in the men's skeet.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankJulio Elizardo DujarricSkeet119=21Did not advance
Table tennis
In total, two Dominican athletes participated in the table tennis events – Lin Ju in the men's singles and Wu Xue in the women's singles.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLin JuMen's singlesW 4–1W 4–1W 4–2L 1–4Did not advanceWu XueWomen's singlesW 4–1L 0–4Did not advance
Taekwondo
In total, one Dominican athletes participated in the taekwondo events – Gabriel Mercedes in the men's −58 kg category.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGabriel MercedesMen's −58 kgL 1–10Did not advanceW L Did not advance5
Volleyball
In total, 12 Dominican athletes participated in the volleyball events.
Roster
Group play
Weightlifting
In total, one Dominican athlete participated in the weightlifting events – Wanda Rijo in the women's −75 kg category.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankWanda RijoWomen's −75 kg11010127.510237.510
Wrestling
In total, one Dominican athletes participated in the wrestling events – Jansel Ramírez in the men's Greco-Roman −55 kg category.
AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJansel Ramírez−55 kgL 0–4 L 0–3 3Did not advance22
See also Dominican Republic at the 2003 Pan American Games Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Dominican Republic Olympic Committee