Dominican Republic at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:DOM
Nocname:Dominican Republic Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Flagcaption:Flag of the Dominican Republic
Website: 
Competitors:58 (33 men & 25 women)
Sports:13
Flagbearer Open:Audrys Nin Reyes & Marileidy Paulino
Flagbearer Close:Alexander Ogando & Beatriz Pirón
Rank:59
Gold:1
Silver:0
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1964
Summerappearances:16
Winterappearances:0

Dominican Republic competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's sixteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Medalists

The following Dominican athletes won medals at the Games. In the discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.| width="78%" align="left" valign="top"|

MedalNameSportEventDate
Marileidy PaulinoAthleticsWomen's 400 m
Junior AlcántaraBoxingMen's 51 kg
Cristian PinalesBoxingMen's 80 kg

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Medals by sport
Sportbgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
Athletics1001
Boxing0022
Total1023
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Medals by gender
GenderTotal
Male0022
Female1001
Mixed0000
Totalstyle=background:gold1style=background:silver0style=background:#c9623
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Medals by date
Datebgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
04 August0022
09 August1001
Total1023

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics5 4 9
Boxing2 1 3
Diving2 1 3
Equestrian0 1 1
Football18 0 18
Gymnastics1 0 1
Judo1 1 2
Shooting1 0 1
Swimming1 1 2
Taekwondo1 1 2
Volleyball0 12 12
Weightlifting0 3 3
Wrestling1 0 1
Total 33 25 58

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Dominican Republic track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1] [2] [3] [4]

Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
align=left rowspan=2José GonzálezMen's 100 m10.408Did not advance
Men's 200 mDid not advance
align=left rowspan=2Alexander OgandoMen's 200 m20.043 Q20.094 Q20.025
Men's 400 m45.11 5 RDid not advance
Yeral NuñezMen's 400 m hurdles48.674 R53.685Did not advance
Marileidy PaulinoWomen's 400 m49.421 Q49.212 Q48.17
Robert King
Yeral Nuñez
Erick Sánchez
Anabel Medina
Milagros Durán
Franchina Martínez
Mixed 4 × 400 m relay3:18.398Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: article, Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Dominican Republic entered three boxers (two men and one woman) into the Olympic tournament. Junior Alcántara (men's flyweight) secured his selection to the Dominican Republic squad finishing in the top two, at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Joining the squad, María Moronta (women's welterweight) qualified for the games following the triumph of her victory in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.[5] Cristian Pinales (men's middleweight) secured his spots following the triumph in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Junior AlcántaraMen's 51 kg
W 5-0

W 3–2

L 0-5
Did not advance
Cristian PinalesMen's 80 kg
W 5-0

W 5-0

W 5-0

L 2-3
Did not advance
María MorontaWomen's 66 kg
L 1-4
Did not advance

Diving

See main article: article, Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Dominican Republic entered three divers, Jonathan Ruvalcaba, Frandiel Gómez and Victoria Garza into the Olympic competition.[6]

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Jonathan RuvalcabaMen's 3 m springboard363.1518416.20 12393.659
Frandiel Gómez317.4023Did not advance
Victoria GarzaWomen's 10 m platform226.8027Did not advance

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Dominican Republic entered one rider in the dressage events, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Groups D and E (Americas).[7]

Dressage

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Football

See main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Dominican Republic men's U-23 football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match at the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Honduras, marking the country's debut in the sport.[8]

Team roster
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Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Artistic

Dominican Republic qualified one gymnast, Audrys Nin Reyes, by being among the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the All-around at the 2023 Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile.[9]

Men

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Dominican Republic qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Robert Florentino (men's middleweight, 90 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Robert FlorentinoMen's –90 kg
L 00-10
Did not advance
Moira MorilloWomen's +78 kg
W 10-00

L 00-10
Did not advance

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2016, Dominican Republic shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 African Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[10]

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Dominican Republic swimmers achieved entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[11]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Javier NúñezMen's 100 m freestyle51.5557Did not advance
Elizabeth JiménezWomen's 100 m backstroke1:04.9933Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Domenican Republic qualified two athlete to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games. Bernardo Pié (men's 68 kg) and Madelyn Rodríguez (women's 67 kg) secured their spot in their respective division, after winning the semifinal match, through the 2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Bernardo PiéMen's –68 kg
L 0–2
Did not advance
Madelyn RodríguezWomen's –67 kg
L 0–2
Did not advance

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Indoor

Summary

Women's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. Dominican Republic women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the Pool A round and securing one of two available berth at the 2023 Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Ningbo, China.[12]

Team roster
Group play--------
Quarterfinal

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Dominican Republic qualified three weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Beatriz Pirón (Women's 49 kg), Yudelina Mejía (Women's 81kg) and Crismery Santana (women's +81 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Beatriz PirónWomen's −49 kg85610771927
Yudelina MejíaWomen's -81 kg111514532565
Crismery SantanaWomen's +81 kg1187140112589

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Dominican Republic qualified one wrestler for the following events. Luis Miguel Pérez, qualified for the games, by advancing to the final match in his division, through the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico.[13]

Freestyle

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Olympic relay fields formed at WRE Bahamas 24. World Athletics. 6 May 2024. 6 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Road to Paris 24. World Athletics. 9 May 2024.
  3. Web site: Relevo mixto clasifica a París al llegar segundo en Mundial Bahamas. Mixed relay qualifies Paris by coming second in the World Relays in Bahamas. Spanish. 5 May 2024. www.colimdo.org. COLIMDO. 10 May 2024.
  4. Web site: Athletes. World Athletics. 20 July 2024.
  5. Web site: Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?. Olympics. 11 March 2024. 12 March 2024.
  6. Web site: Diving at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Confirmed Athletes. 9 July 2024 . World Aquatics. 9 July 2024.
  7. News: FEI publishes Olympic and Paralympic Rankings for Paris 2024. International Federation for Equestrian Sports. 3 January 2024.
  8. Web site: USA, Dominican Republic book Paris 2024 Olympic berths after reaching CONCACAF Under-20 Championship final. International Olympic Committee. 19 July 2022. 24 September 2022.
  9. News: Gimnasia artística en los Juegos Panamericanos de Santiago 2023: Audrys Nin Reyes (DOM) y Luisa Blanco (COL), con París 2024 en el horizonte. Artistic gymnastics at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games: Audrys Nin Reyes (DOM) and Luisa Blanco (COL), with Paris 2024 on the horizon. es. International Olympic Committee. 24 October 2023. 26 October 2023.
  10. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 1 January 2018. issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 18 September 2022.
  11. Web site: Olympic Games Paris 2024 Athletes. World Aquatics. 20 July 2024.
  12. News: Dominicans qualify for Paris 2024. FIVB. 24 September 2023. 24 September 2023.
  13. News: Gomez, Cruz deny USA Paris 2024 spots at Pan-Am Qualifiers. United World Wrestling. 2 March 2024. 3 March 2024.