Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The Dominican Republic was represented at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece by the Dominican Republic Olympic Committee.

In total, 33 athletes including 17 men and 16 women represented the Dominican Republic in nine different sports including athletics, boxing, judo, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling.

The Domincan Republic won one medal at the games after Félix Sánchez won gold in the men's 400 m hurdles. It was the first gold medal won by an athlete from the Dominican Republic and the second medal overall that the country had won.

Background

In 10 previous appearances at the Summer Olympics, the Dominican Republic had only ever won one medal – a bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Competitors

In total, 33 athletes represented the Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece across nine different sports.<ref name="dominican republic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	2	5
Boxing	5	–	5
Judo	5	0	5
Shooting	1	0	1
Table tennis	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	12	12
Weightlifting	0	1	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	17	16	33

Medalists

The Dominican Republic won one medal at the games after Félix Sánchez claimed gold in the men's 400 m hurdles.<ref name="dominican republic"/>

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
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Athletics

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In total, five Dominican athletes participated in the athletics events – Juana Arrendel in the women's high jump, Juan Sainfleur in the men's 100 m, Félix Sánchez in the men's 400 m hurdles, Carlos Santa in the men's 400 m and Fior Vásquez in the women's shot put.<ref name="dominican republic"/>

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Juan Sainfleur	100 m	Template:Abbr		Did not advance
Carlos Santa	400 m	45.31	1 Q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	45.58	4	Did not advance
Félix Sánchez	400 m hurdles	48.51	1 Q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	47.93	1 Q	47.63	Template:Gold01

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Juana Arrendel	High jump	1.89	=16	Did not advance
Fior Vásquez	Shot put	17.99	14	Did not advance

Boxing

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In total, five Dominican athletes participated in the boxing events – Manuel Félix Díaz in the lightweight category, Argenis Mendez in the bantamweight category, Isidro Mosquea in the light welterweight category, Juan Carlos Payano in the flyweight category and Juan Ubaldo in the middleweight.<ref name="dominican republic"/>

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Carlos Payano	Flyweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 26–18	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 17–36	Did not advance
Argenis Mendez	Bantamweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 24-30	Did not advance
Manuel Félix Díaz	Lightweight	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 16–28	Did not advance
Isidro Mosquea	Light welterweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 40–42	Did not advance
Juan Ubaldo	Middleweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 22–22+	Did not advance

Judo

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In total, five Dominican athletes participated in the judo events – José Miguel Boissard in the men's −81 kg category, Vicbart Geraldino in the men's −90 kg category, Juan Carlos Jacinto in the men's −66 kg category, Modesto Lara in the men's −60 kg category and José Vásquez in the men's −100 kg category.<ref name="dominican republic"/>

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Modesto Lara	−60 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000–1120	Did not advance			Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000–0012	Did not advance
Juan Carlos Jacinto	−66 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000–0100	Did not advance
José Miguel Boissard	−81 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Vicbart Geraldino	−90 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1000–0000	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0001–1000	Did not advance		Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000–1010	Did not advance
José Vásquez	−100 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0001–1001	Did not advance

Shooting

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In total, one Dominican athlete participated in the shooting events – Julio Elizardo Dujarric in the men's skeet.<ref name="dominican republic"/>

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Julio Elizardo Dujarric	Skeet	119	=21	Did not advance

Table tennis

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In total, two Dominican athletes participated in the table tennis events – Lin Ju in the men's singles and Wu Xue in the women's singles.<ref name="dominican republic"/>

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lin Ju	Men's singles	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4–1	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4–1	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4–2	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–4	Did not advance
Wu Xue	Women's singles	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4–1	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

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In total, one Dominican athletes participated in the taekwondo events – Gabriel Mercedes in the men's −58 kg category.<ref name="dominican republic"/>

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gabriel Mercedes	Men's −58 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–10	Did not advance		Template:FlagIOCathlete W Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	Did not advance	5

Volleyball

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In total, 12 Dominican athletes participated in the volleyball events.<ref name="dominican republic"/>

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Roster

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Group play

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Weightlifting

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In total, one Dominican athlete participated in the weightlifting events – Wanda Rijo in the women's −75 kg category.<ref name="dominican republic"/>

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wanda Rijo	Women's −75 kg	110	10	127.5	10	237.5	10

Wrestling

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In total, one Dominican athletes participated in the wrestling events – Jansel Ramírez in the men's Greco-Roman −55 kg category.<ref name="dominican republic"/>

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jansel Ramírez	−55 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–4 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 Template:Abbr	3	Did not advance			22

See also

• Dominican Republic at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Dominican Republic Olympic Committee Template:In lang

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