The Dominican Republic competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 3 1 4Cycling 1 0 1Powerlifting 1 0 1Swimming 1 1 2Taekwondo 2 1 3Total 8 3 11
Athletics
Track and field athletes from Dominican Republic has achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).
Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankLuis Andres Vasquez SeguraMen's 100 m T4711.097 colspan="4" Men's 400 m T4749.555 qcolspan="2" 49.076Darlenys de la Cruz SeverinoWomen's 100 m T1212.371 Q12.403colspan="2" Women's 200 m T1225.802 q25.583colspan="2" Diana Carolina Vivenes PaulaWomen's 400 m T2059.236colspan="4" Field events AthleteEventFinalResultRankWagner AstacioMen's long jump T633.907Men's high jump T631.855Diana Carolina Vivenes PaulaWomen's long jump T204.7214
Cycling
For the first time since 2016, Dominican Republic sent one male para-cyclist after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking. Road AthleteEventTimeRankJose Frank Rodriguez HernandezMen's road race C4-52:32:2411Men's time trial C443:23.3911 Track AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimeRankTimeRankJose Frank Rodriguez HernandezMen's pursuit C45:17.46212colspan="2"
Powerlifting
AthleteEventAttempts (kg) Result (kg) Rank 1 2 3 4Jesus Manuel Rodriguez VallejoMen's 80 kg1901971971908
Swimming
AthleteEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankMarcos Miguel Jimenez SencionMen's 50 m freestyle S538.2813colspan=2 Men's 50 m backstroke S542.2112colspan=2 Men's 100 m breaststroke SB42:06.0310colspan=2 Alejandra AybarWomen's 50 m butterfly S741.4715colspan=2 Women's 200 m individual medley SM73:26.9311colspan=2 Women's 100 m breaststroke SB6colspan=2 1:52.708
Taekwondo
Dominican Republic entered three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Geraldo Castro Encarnacion (men's under 63 kg), Julio Figuereo (men's above 80 kg) and Elisabeth Geraldo (women's under 52 kg) qualified for the games, in their respective classes, following the home crowd triumph of their gold medal results, at the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, marking the nation's debut at these sports.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGeraldo Castro EncarnacionMen's −63 kgW 23–9L 5–19colspan=2 L 13–19colspan=1 7Julio FiguereoMen's +80 kgL 12–17colspan=6 Elisabeth GeraldoWomen's −52 kgL 8–10colspan=6
See also Dominican Republic at the 2023 Parapan American Games Dominican Republic at the 2024 Summer Olympics Dominican Republic at the Paralympics
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