Dominican Republic at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Dominican Republic at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Dominican Republic at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the Dominican Republic
IOC code	DOM
NOC	Dominican Republic Olympic Committee
Website	www.colimdo.org (in Spanish)
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	58 (33 men and 25 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Audrys Nin Reyes & Marileidy Paulino
Flag bearer (closing)	Alexander Ogando & Beatriz Pirón
Medals; Ranked 59th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Marileidy Paulino	Athletics	Women's 400 m	9 August
Bronze	Junior Alcántara	Boxing	Men's 51 kg	4 August
Bronze	Cristian Pinales	Boxing	Men's 80 kg	4 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	0	0	1
Boxing	0	0	2	2
Total	1	0	2	3

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	0	0	2	2
Female	1	0	0	1
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	1	0	2	3

Medals by date
Date				Total
04 August	0	0	2	2
09 August	1	0	0	1
Total	1	0	2	3

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	5	4	9
Boxing	2	1	3
Diving	2	1	3
Equestrian	0	1	1
Football	18	0	18
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Judo	1	1	2
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Volleyball	0	12	12
Weightlifting	0	3	3
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	33	25	58

Athletics

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]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
R = Qualified for the repechage round
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José González	Men's 100 m	10.40	8	—		Did not advance
José González	Men's 200 m	DNS		Did not advance
Alexander Ogando	Men's 200 m	20.04	3 Q	Bye		20.09	4 Q	20.02	5
Alexander Ogando	Men's 400 m	45.11 SB	5 R	DNS		Did not advance
Yeral Nuñez	Men's 400 m hurdles	48.67	4 R	53.68	5	Did not advance
Marileidy Paulino	Women's 400 m	49.42	1 Q	Bye		49.21	2 Q	48.17 OR
Robert King Yeral Nuñez Erick Sánchez Anabel Medina Milagros Durán Franchina Martínez	Mixed 4 × 400 m relay	3:18.39	8	—				Did not advance

Boxing

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.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Junior Alcántara	Men's 51 kg	Bye	Huseynov (AZE) W 5-0	Lozano (ESP) W 3–2	Bennama (FRA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Cristian Pinales	Men's 80 kg	Jongjoho (THA) W 5-0	Tanglatihan (CHN) W 5-0	Veočić (CRO) W 5-0	Oralbay (KAZ) L 2-3	Did not advance
María Moronta	Women's 66 kg	Chen (TPE) L 1-4	Did not advance

Diving

Dominican Republic entered three divers, Jonathan Ruvalcaba, Frandiel Gómez and Victoria Garza into the Olympic competition.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jonathan Ruvalcaba	Men's 3 m springboard	363.15	18	416.20	12	393.65	9
Frandiel Gómez	Men's 3 m springboard	317.40	23	Did not advance
Victoria Garza	Women's 10 m platform	226.80	27	Did not advance

Equestrian

Dominican Republic entered one rider in the dressage events, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Groups D and E (Americas).^[7]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Yvonne Losos de Muñiz	Aquamarijn	Individual	61.211	57	Did not advance

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

Football

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dominican Republic men's	Men's tournament	Egypt D 0–0	Spain L 1-3	Uzbekistan D 1–1	3	Did not advance

Men's tournament

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

The Dominican Republic announced a 27-player preliminary squad on 12 June 2024.^[9] The squad was reduced to 21 players on 28 June.^[10] Junior Firpo withdrew from the squad on 23 July after being recalled by his club and was replaced by Josué Báez.^[11]

Head coach: Ibai Gómez

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Xavier Valdez	(2003-11-23)23 November 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	Houston Dynamo
2	2DF	Francisco Marizán	(2006-03-28)28 March 2006 (aged 18)	2	0	Volendam
3	3MF	Josué Báez	(2002-05-23)23 May 2002 (aged 22)	4	0	O&M
4	2DF	Edgar Pujol	(2004-08-07)7 August 2004 (aged 19)	1	0	Real Madrid
5	2DF	Luiyi de Lucas*	(1994-08-31)31 August 1994 (aged 29)	0	0	AEL Limassol
6	3MF	Heinz Mörschel*	(1997-08-24)24 August 1997 (aged 26)	0	0	Újpest
7	4FW	Óscar Ureña	(2003-05-31)31 May 2003 (aged 21)	1	0	Leganés
8	3MF	Ángel Montes de Oca	(2001-02-18)18 February 2001 (aged 23)	1	0	Cibao
9	4FW	Rafael Núñez	(2002-01-25)25 January 2002 (aged 22)	4	0	Elche
10	3MF	Edison Azcona	(2003-11-21)21 November 2003 (aged 20)	4	1	Las Vegas Lights
11	4FW	Peter González	(2002-07-25)25 July 2002 (aged 21)	0	0	Valencia
12	2DF	Joao Urbáez	(2002-07-24)24 July 2002 (aged 22)	4	0	Leganés
13	1GK	Enrique Bösl	(2004-02-07)7 February 2004 (aged 20)	2	0	FC Ingolstadt 04
14	3MF	Omar de la Cruz	(2001-08-26)26 August 2001 (aged 22)	6	0	Peña Deportiva
15	3MF	Fabian Messina	(2002-09-16)16 September 2002 (aged 21)	5	0	FSV Frankfurt
16	2DF	Nelson Lemaire	(2001-10-19)19 October 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Union Saint-Gilloise
17	4FW	José de León	(2004-03-02)2 March 2004 (aged 20)	1	0	Alavés
18	4FW	Nowend Lorenzo (captain)	(2002-11-02)2 November 2002 (aged 21)	4	0	Osasuna
20	2DF	Thomas Jungbauer	(2005-07-30)30 July 2005 (aged 18)	3	0	Dynamo České Budějovice

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Dominican Republic	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Uzbekistan	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

24 July 2024

17:00

Egypt	0–0	Dominican Republic
	Report

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 13,945^[12]

Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

27 July 2024

15:00

Dominican Republic	1–3	Spain
Montes de Oca 38'	Report	F. López 24' Baena 55' Gutiérrez 70'

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Attendance: 16,099^[13]

Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

30 July 2024

15:00

Dominican Republic	1–1	Uzbekistan
Núñez 51' (pen.)	Report	Odilov 58'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 30,475^[14]

Referee: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)

Gymnastics

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.^[15]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Audrys Nin Reyes	Vault	—			13.983	—	11.400	—

Judo

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.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Robert Florentino	Men's –90 kg	—	Tselidis (GRE) L 00-10	Did not advance
Moira Morillo	Women's +78 kg	—	Barbari Zharfi (EOR) W 10-00	Kim (KOR) L 00-10	Did not advance

Shooting

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.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eduardo Lorenzo	Men's trap	119	20	Did not advance

Swimming

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)):^[17]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Javier Núñez	Men's 100 m freestyle	51.55	57	Did not advance
Elizabeth Jiménez	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:04.99	33	Did not advance

Taekwondo

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.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bernardo Pié	Men's –68 kg	Bye	Golubić (CRO) L 0–2	Did not advance
Madelyn Rodríguez	Women's –67 kg	—	Chaâri (BEL) L 0–2	Did not advance

Volleyball

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dominican Republic women's	Women's tournament	Italy L 1–3	Turkey L 1–3	Netherlands W 3–1	3	Brazil L 0–3	Did not advance		8

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.^[18]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 8 July 2024.^[19]

On July 26, Lisvel Elisa Eve was suspended from the tournament after admitting to take a medication that contained furosemide.^[20] She was then replaced by the alternate player, Geraldine González.

Head coach: Marcos Kwiek^[21]

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	253	199	1.271	Quarter-finals
2	Turkey	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	250	262	0.954
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	2	3	5	7	0.714	264	284	0.930
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	260	282	0.922

Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 09:00	Italy	3–1	Dominican Republic	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,368 Referees: Nurper Özbar (TUR), Angela Grass (BRA)
	(25–19, 24–26, 25–21, 25–18) P2 Report

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 09:00	Turkey	3–1	Dominican Republic	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,465 Referees: Karina Rene (ARG), Fabrice Collados (FRA)
	(21–25, 25–18, 25–22, 25–15) P2 Report

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 09:00	Netherlands	1–3	Dominican Republic	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,433 Referees: Scott Dziewirz (CAN), Ivaylo Ivanov (BUL)
	(25–22, 21–25, 17–25, 26–28) P2 Report

Quarterfinal

6 August 2024 (2024-08-06) 13:00	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,315 Referees: Sumie Myoi (JPN), Stefano Cesare (ITA)
	(25–22, 25–13, 25–17) P2 Report

Weightlifting

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.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Beatriz Pirón	Women's −49 kg	85	6	107	7	192	7
Yudelina Mejía	Women's -81 kg	111	5	145	3	256	5
Crismery Santana	Women's +81 kg	118	7	140	11	258	9

Wrestling

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.^[22]