The Dominican Republic competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's fifteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Dominican Republic left the Summer Olympics with 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals with moderate success, but not able to secure a single gold medal in any of the events.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event DateZacarías Bonnat Weightlifting Men's 81 kg Lidio Andrés Feliz Marileidy PaulinoAnabel MedinaLuguelín SantosAlexander Ogando Athletics Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay Marileidy PaulinoAthletics Women's 400 metres Crismery Santana Weightlifting Women's 87 kg Baseball Men's tournament
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 4 2 6Baseball 24 24Boxing 5 2 7Diving 1 0 1Equestrian 1 1 2Judo 1 0 1Rowing 1 0 1Swimming 1 1 2Taekwondo 2 1 3Volleyball 0 12 12Weightlifting 2 3 5 Total 42 22 64
Athletics
Athletes from the Dominican Republic achieved entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankYancarlos MartínezMen's 200 m20.17 2 20.244Did not advanceMarileidy PaulinoWomen's 400 m50.061 49.38 1 49.20 Lidio Andrés Feliz Marileidy PaulinoAnabel MedinaLuguelín SantosAlexander OgandoMixed 4 × 400 m relay3:12.74 2 colspan=2 3:10.21
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAna José TimaWomen's triple jump14.1116Did not advance
Baseball
The Dominican Republic national baseball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Baseball Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Mexico and securing an outright berth, marking the country's Olympic debut in baseball.
Summary TeamEventGroup stageRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2SemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDominican Republic men'sMen's tournamentL 3–4W 6–42L 3–4W 7–6L 1–3W 10–6
Team roster
Group play
Round 1
Round 1 repechage
Round 2 repechage
Bronze medal game
Boxing
Dominican Republic entered seven boxers (five men and two women) to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, all of them, led by Rio 2016 Olympian Leonel de los Santos (men's lightweight), finished among the top five of their respective weight divisions to secure their places on the Dominican Republic squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRodrigo MarteMen's flyweightL 2–3Did not advanceAlexy de la CruzMen's featherweightW 5–0L 0–5Did not advanceRohan PolancoMen's welterweightL 0–4Did not advanceLeonel de los SantosMen's lightweightL 1–4Did not advanceEuri CedeñoMen's middleweightW W 3–2L 1–4Did not advanceMiguelina HernándezWomen's flyweightL 1–4Did not advanceMaría MorontaWomen's welterweightByeW 5–0L 0–4Did not advance
Diving
Dominican Republic entered one diver into the Olympic competition for the first time since Los Angeles 1984, by attaining a top 18 finish and securing the last of seven available berths in the men's springboard at the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo, Japan.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankJonathan RuvalcabaMen's 3 m springboard383.0518 Q398.6513Did not advance
Equestrian
Dominican Republic entered one equestrian rider into the Olympic competition by finishing among the top fifteen and securing the last of four available slots in the individual jumping at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. MeanwhIle, one dressage rider was added to the Dominican Republic roster by finishing in the top four, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Groups D and E (North, Central, and South America).
Dressage AthleteHorseEventGrand Prix Grand Prix FreestyleOverallScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRankYvonne Losos de MuñizAquamarijnIndividual70.86922Did not advance22 Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser
Jumping AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTimeRankHector FlorentinoCarnavalIndividual14=60Did not advance
Judo
Dominican Republic qualified one judoka for the men's middleweight category (90 kg) at the Games. Robert Florentino accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of 28 June 2021.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRobert FlorentinoMen's −90 kgL 00–01Did not advance
Rowing
Dominican Republic qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by finishing fifth in the B-final and securing the last of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marking the country's debut in the sport.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIgnacio VásquezMen's single sculls7:43.715 R7:42.833 SE/Fcolspan=2 7:42.801 FE7:25.8825 Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Swimming
Dominican Republic received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of 28 June 2021.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJosué DomínguezMen's 100 m breaststroke1:01.8639Did not advanceMen's 200 m breaststroke2:17.3434Did not advanceKrystal LaraWomen's 100 m backstroke1:03.0735Did not advanceWomen's 200 m backstroke2:18.6327Did not advance
Taekwondo
Dominican Republic entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. 2019 Pan American Games silver medalist Bernardo Pié (men's 68 kg), along with Rio 2016 Olympians Moisés Hernández (men's 80 kg) and Katherine Rodríguez (women's +67 kg), secured the spots on the Dominican Republic squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in San José, Costa Rica.
AthleteEventQualification RoundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBernardo PiéMen's −68 kgW 18–11L 8–13Did not advanceMoisés HernándezMen's −80 kgL 7–17Did not advanceKatherine RodríguezWomen's +67 kgW 7–5L 14–23Did not advanceL 9–11Did not advance
Volleyball
Indoor Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDominican Republic women'sWomen's tournament L 0–3 L 2–3 L 2–3 W 3–0 W 3–14 L 0–3Did not advance
Women's tournament
Dominican Republic women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the pool round and securing an outright berth at the North American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, marking the country's recurrence to the sport after an eight-year absence.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Weightlifting
Dominican Republic entered five weightlifters (two men and three women) into the Olympic competition. Two-time Olympian Beatriz Pirón (women's 49 kg), Crismery Santana (women's 87 kg), and Verónica Saladín (women's 87 kg) secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Ranking. Meanwhile, Rio 2016 Olympian Luis García and rookie Zacarías Bonnat topped the field of weightlifters vying for qualification from the Americas in the men's 61 and 81 kg category, respectively, based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankLuis GarcíaMen's −61 kg120111548 2748Zacarías BonnatMen's −81 kg16362042367Beatriz PirónWomen's −49 kg81695101768Crismery SantanaWomen's −87 kg11621404256Verónica SaladínWomen's +87 kg111613172427
See also Dominican Republic at the 2019 Pan American Games
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