Dominican Republic at the 1968 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	DOM
Nocname:	Dominican Republic Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1968
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Dominican Republic
Website:
Location:	Mexico City
Competitors:	18
Sports:	5
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1964

The Dominican Republic competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 18 competitors, all men, took part in 16 events in 5 sports.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men's 100 metres

• Alberto Torres
  • Round 1 - 10.7 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
• Porfirio Veras
  • Round 1 - 10.5 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Porfirio Veras
  • Round 1 - 21.5 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
• Alberto Torres
  • Round 1 - 21.9 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• José L'Oficial
  • Round 1 - 47.9 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• José L'Oficial
  • Round 1 - 1:55.6 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Miguel Núñez
  • Round 1 - 4:23.6 min (→ 10th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 110 metres hurdles

• Radhames Mora
  • Round 1 - 16.8 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

• Luis Soriano, Alberto Torres, Rafael Domínguez, Porfirio Veras
  • Round 1 - 41.4 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres relay

• Rolando Gómez, Jose L'Oficial, Radhames Mora, David Soriano
  • Round 1 - 3:19.4 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Flyweight (48 kg)

• Ignacio Espinal
  • Round 1 - Lost to Robert Urretavizcaya of Argentina

Lightweight (60 kg)

• Martín Puello
  • Round 2 - Lost to Armando Mendoza of Venezuela

Light welterweight (63.5 kg)

• Donato Cartagena
  • Round 2 - Lost to Jim Wallington of the USA

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Three shooters, all men, represented the Dominican Republic in 1968.

Trap

• Domingo Lorenzo - 124 pts (→ 55th place)

Skeet

• Riad Yunes - 170 pts (→ 48th place)
• Luis Santana - 57 pts (→ 52nd place)

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Lightweight

• Ramón Silfa
  • Press - 95.0 kg
  • Snatch - 82.5 kg
  • Jerk - DQ (→ no ranking)

Light heavyweight

• José Pérez
  • Press - 110.0 kg
  • Snatch - 105.0 kg
  • Jerk - 135.0 kg
  • Total - 350.0 kg (→ 22nd place)

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle flyweight (52 kg)

• José Defran
  • Round 1 - fought Mohammad Ghorbani of Iran
  • Round 2 - fought Richard Sanders of the USA

Men's freestyle featherweight (63 kg)

• Onésimo Rufino
  • Round 1 - fought Choi Jung-Heuk of South Korea
  • Round 2 - fought Masaaki Kaneko of Japan

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
  • Part Three: Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dominican Republic at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093609/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/DOM/summer/1968/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 31 December 2015 . Sports Reference.