Dominican Republic at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	DOM
Nocname:	Dominican Republic Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1996
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Dominican Republic
Website:
Location:	Atlanta
Competitors:	16 (12 men and 4 women)
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Joan Guzmán
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1964

The Dominican Republic competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	2	1	3
Boxing	6	–	6
Judo	2	1	3
Table tennis	0	1	1
Tennis	0	1	1
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Wrestling	1	–	1
Total	12	4	16

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Adalberto Méndez

Men's High Jump

• Julio Luciano

Women's High Jump

• Juana Arrendel
  • Qualification - 1.80m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• José Pérez Reyes
  • First Round - Lost to Sabin Bornei (Romania) on points (10-16)

Men's Bantamweight ( - 54 kg)

• John Nolasco
  • First Round - Defeated Steve Naraina (Mauritius) on points (18-14)
  • Second Round - Lost to Hicham Nafil (Morocco) on points (6-18)

Men's Lightweight ( - 60 kg)

• Miguel Mojica
  • First Round - Lost to Tumentsetseg Uitumen (Mongolia), 1-7

Men's Light Heavyweight ( - 81 kg)

• Gabriel Hernández
  • First Round - Lost to Sybrand Botes (South Africa), 11-16

Judo

Men's Half-Lightweight

• Francis Figuereo

Men's Heavyweight

• José Augusto Geraldino

Women's Middleweight

• Dulce Piña

Table tennis

Women's singles

• Blanca Alejo

Tennis

Women's singles

• Joelle Schad
  1. First round - Lost to Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 0-6 1-6

Wrestling

Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman

• Ulises Valentin

See also

• Dominican Republic at the 1995 Pan American Games

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• sports-reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/DOM/editions/24 Dominican Republic at the 1996 Summer Olympics