Dominican Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics
# Dominican Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The Dominican Republic competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's fifteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Dominican Republic left the Summer Olympics with 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals with moderate success, but not able to secure a single gold medal in any of the events.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Silver | Zacarías Bonnat | Weightlifting | Men's 81 kg | July 31 |
| Silver | Lidio Andrés Feliz Marileidy Paulino Anabel Medina Luguelín Santos Alexander Ogando | Athletics | Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | July 31 |
| Silver | Marileidy Paulino | Athletics | Women's 400 metres | August 6 |
| Bronze | Crismery Santana | Weightlifting | Women's 87 kg | August 2 |
| Bronze | Dominican Republic national baseball teamDarío ÁlvarezGabriel AriasJairo AsencioLuis Felipe CastilloJumbo DíazJunior GarcíaJhan MariñezCristopher MercedesDenyi ReyesRamón RossoÁngel SánchezRaúl ValdésRoldani BaldwinCharlie ValerioJosé BautistaJuan FranciscoJeison GuzmánErick MejiaGustavo NúñezEmilio BonifácioMelky CabreraJohan MiesesYefri PérezJulio Rodríguez | Baseball | Men's tournament | August 7 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Baseball | 24 | — | 24 |
| Boxing | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Diving | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 42 | 22 | 64 |

## Athletics

Athletes from the Dominican Republic achieved entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

### 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
* 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 | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Yancarlos Martínez | Men's 200 m | 20.17 NR | 2 Q | 20.24 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marileidy Paulino | Women's 400 m | 50.06 | 1 Q | 49.38 NR | 1 Q | 49.20 NR | |
| Lidio Andrés Feliz Marileidy Paulino Anabel Medina Luguelín Santos Alexander Ogando | Mixed 4 × 400 m relay | 3:12.74 NR | 2 Q | — | — | 3:10.21 NR | |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Ana José Tima | Women's triple jump | 14.11 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Baseball

The Dominican Republic national baseball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Baseball Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Mexico and securing an outright berth, marking the country's Olympic debut in baseball.

### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Dominican Republic men's | Men's tournament | Japan L 3–4 | Mexico W 6–4 | 2 | South Korea L 3–4 | Israel W 7–6 | — | United States L 1–3 | — | South Korea W 10–6 | |

### Team roster

The Dominican Baseball Federation announced their final roster on July 8, 2021. Gabriel Arias replaced Diego Goris on the Olympic team roster after Goris tested positive for cannabis. Ramón Rosso replaced Gerson Bautista on the roster when Bautista had to enter COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Japan (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 1.000 | — | Round 2 |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 1 | Round 1 game #2 |
| 3 | Mexico | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | .000 | 2 | Round 1 game #1 |

28 July 12:00 (JST) Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium :

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Ryoji Kuribayashi (1–0) LP: Jairo Asencio (0–1) Boxscore |||||||||||||

30 July 12:00 Yokohama Stadium :

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Ángel Sánchez (1–0) LP: Teddy Stankiewicz (0–1) Sv: Luis Felipe Castillo (1) Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Round 1

1 August 19:00 Yokohama Stadium :

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| WP: Oh Seung-hwan (2–0) LP: Luis Felipe Castillo (0–1) Home runs: DOM: Juan Francisco (1) KOR: None Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Round 1 repechage

3 August 19:00 Yokohama Stadium :

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| WP: Luis Felipe Castillo (1–1) LP: Zack Weiss (1–1) Home runs: ISR: Danny Valencia (3) DOM: Jeison Guzman (1), Johan Mieses (1) Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Round 2 repechage

4 August 12:00 Yokohama Stadium :

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| WP: Scott Kazmir (1–0) LP: Denyi Reyes (0–1) Sv: David Robertson (2) Home runs: DOM: Charlie Valerio (1) USA: Triston Casas (3), Tyler Austin (2) Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Bronze medal game

7 August 12:00 Yokohama Stadium :

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
| South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| WP: Cristopher Mercedes (1–0) LP: Oh Seung-hwan (2–1) Sv: Jumbo Díaz (1) Home runs: DOM: Juan Francisco (2), Julio Rodríguez (1), Johan Mieses (2) KOR: Hyun-soo Kim (3) Boxscore |||||||||||||

## Boxing

Dominican Republic entered seven boxers (five men and two women) to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, all of them, led by Rio 2016 Olympian Leonel de los Santos (men's lightweight), finished among the top five of their respective weight divisions to secure their places on the Dominican Republic squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas.

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rodrigo Marte | Men's flyweight | Tetteh (GHA) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alexy de la Cruz | Men's featherweight | Allicock (GUY) W 5–0 | Batyrgaziev (ROC) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rohan Polanco | Men's welterweight | Bye | Baturov (UZB) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leonel de los Santos | Men's lightweight | Usmonov (TJK) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Euri Cedeño | Men's middleweight | Sella (EOR) W RSC | Verón (ARG) W 3–2 | Khyzhniak (UKR) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miguelina Hernández | Women's flyweight | Kom (IND) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| María Moronta | Women's welterweight | Bye | Da Silva (CAN) W 5–0 | Jones (USA) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Diving

Dominican Republic entered one diver into the Olympic competition for the first time since Los Angeles 1984, by attaining a top 18 finish and securing the last of seven available berths in the men's springboard at the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo, Japan.

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jonathan Ruvalcaba | Men's 3 m springboard | 383.05 | 18 Q | 398.65 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrian

Dominican Republic entered one equestrian rider into the Olympic competition by finishing among the top fifteen and securing the last of four available slots in the individual jumping at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. MeanwhIle, one dressage rider was added to the Dominican Republic roster by finishing in the top four, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Groups D and E (North, Central, and South America).

### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | Overall |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank |
| Yvonne Losos de Muñiz | Aquamarijn | Individual | 70.869 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 22 |

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Time | Rank |
| Hector Florentino | Carnaval | Individual | 14 | =60 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Dominican Republic qualified one judoka for the men's middleweight category (90 kg) at the Games. Robert Florentino accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | 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 | Bye | Nhabali (UKR) L 00–01 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

Dominican Republic qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by finishing fifth in the B-final and securing the last of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marking the country's debut in the sport.

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ignacio Vásquez | Men's single sculls | 7:43.71 | 5 R | 7:42.83 | 3 SE/F | Bye | Bye | 7:42.80 | 1 FE | 7:25.88 | 25 |

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Swimming

Dominican Republic received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Josué Domínguez | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.86 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Josué Domínguez | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:17.34 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Krystal Lara | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:03.07 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Krystal Lara | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:18.63 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Dominican Republic entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. 2019 Pan American Games silver medalist Bernardo Pié (men's 68 kg), along with Rio 2016 Olympians Moisés Hernández (men's 80 kg) and Katherine Rodríguez (women's +67 kg), secured the spots on the Dominican Republic squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in San José, Costa Rica.

| Athlete | Event | Qualification Round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Bernardo Pié | Men's −68 kg | Bye | Achab (BEL) W 18–11 | Zhao (CHN) L 8–13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Moisés Hernández | Men's −80 kg | — | Rafalovich (UZB) L 7–17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Katherine Rodríguez | Women's +67 kg | — | Kuş (TUR) W 7–5 | Lee (KOR) L 14–23 | Did not advance | Traoré (CIV) L 9–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Volleyball

### Indoor

**Summary**

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Dominican Republic women's | Women's tournament | Serbia L 0–3 | Brazil L 2–3 | South Korea L 2–3 | Kenya W 3–0 | Japan W 3–1 | 4 | United States L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

**Women's tournament**

Dominican Republic women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the pool round and securing an outright berth at the North American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, marking the country's recurrence to the sport after an eight-year absence.

**Women's tournament**

**Team roster**

The roster was announced on 10 July 2021.

Head coach: Marcos Kwiek

* 1 Annerys Vargas MB
* 3 Lisvel Elisa Eve MB
* 5 Brenda Castillo L
* 6 Camil Domínguez S
* 7 Niverka Marte S
* 14 Prisilla Rivera (c) OH
* 16 Yonkaira Peña OH
* 18 Bethania de la Cruz OH
* 20 Brayelin Martínez OH
* 21 Jineiry Martínez MB
* 23 Gaila González OP
* 25 Larysmer Martínez L

**Women's tournament**

**Group play**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5.000 | 434 | 315 | 1.378 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Serbia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4.333 | 381 | 313 | 1.217 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 0.900 | 374 | 415 | 0.901 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1.000 | 411 | 406 | 1.012 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Japan (H) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0.500 | 378 | 395 | 0.957 | |
| 6 | Kenya | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 242 | 376 | 0.644 | |

## Weightlifting

Dominican Republic entered five weightlifters (two men and three women) into the Olympic competition. Two-time Olympian Beatriz Pirón (women's 49 kg), Crismery Santana (women's 87 kg), and Verónica Saladín (women's 87 kg) secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Ranking. Meanwhile, Rio 2016 Olympian Luis García and rookie Zacarías Bonnat topped the field of weightlifters vying for qualification from the Americas in the men's 61 and 81 kg category, respectively, based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Luis García | Men's −61 kg | 120 | 11 | 154 | 8 | 274 | 8 |
| Zacarías Bonnat | Men's −81 kg | 163 | 6 | 204 | 2 | 367 | |
| Beatriz Pirón | Women's −49 kg | 81 | 8 | 95 | 8 | 176 | 8 |
| Crismery Santana | Women's −87 kg | 116 | 2 | 140 | 4 | 256 | |
| Verónica Saladín | Women's +87 kg | 111 | 6 | 131 | 7 | 242 | 7 |
