Dominican Republic at the Olympics

Dominican Republic at the Olympic Games
Flag of the Dominican Republic – Flag bearers IOC code  DOM NOC Comité Olímpico Dominicano
Olympic history
Summer Games
1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012

The Dominican Republic first participated in the Olympic Games in 1964, when Alberto Torres de la Mota ("El Gringo" )^[1] participated in the 10th heat of the 100m competition and ran 10.9sec, finishing 6th, not qualifying for the next round^[2].

The Dominican Republic has appeared in every one of the games since then. The Dominican Republic has never competed at the Winter Olympic Games.

The Dominican Republic has won four medals at the Olympics. Pedro Nolasco won a bronze in boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics and in 2004 Félix Sánchez won a gold in the 400 metre hurdles. In the 2008 Summer Olympics Manuel Felix Diaz won a gold medal in Boxing and Gabriel Mercedes won silver in Taekwondo.

They are represented by Dominican Republic Olympic Committee.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1964 Tokyo	0	0	0	0
1968 Mexico City	0	0	0	0
1972 Munich	0	0	0	0
1976 Montreal	0	0	0	0
1980 Moscow	0	0	0	0
1984 Los Angeles	0	0	1	1
1988 Seoul	0	0	0	0
1992 Barcelona	0	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta	0	0	0	0
2000 Sydney	0	0	0	0
2004 Athens	1	0	0	1
2008 Beijing	1	1	0	2
Total	2	1	1	4

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Boxing	1	0	1	2
Athletics	1	0	0	1
Taekwondo	0	1	0	1
Total	2	1	1	4

See also

• Dominican Republic at the Paralympics

References

1. ^ TOKYO 1964 Organizing Committee (November 1, 1964). "Official Olympic Report, 1964 Tokyo Volume 1 Part 1" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad. http://www.oxford.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v1pt2.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 
2. ^ Diario Libre. "El Gringo Torres, en la historia de la RD" (in Spanish). http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=263762. Retrieved 2010-01-25.