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.^[1] 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.

Dominican Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Dominican Republic
IOC code	DOM
NOC	Dominican Republic Olympic Committee
Website	www.colimdo.org (in Spanish)
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	64 in 11 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Prisilla Rivera Rodrigo Marte
Flag bearer (closing)	Prisilla Rivera
Medals Ranked 68th	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

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 team Darío Álvarez Gabriel Arias Jairo Asencio Luis Felipe Castillo Jumbo Díaz Junior García Jhan Mariñez Cristopher Mercedes Denyi Reyes Ramón Rosso Ángel Sánchez Raúl Valdés Roldani Baldwin Charlie Valerio José Bautista Juan Francisco Jeison Guzmán Erick Mejia Gustavo Núñez Emilio Bonifácio Melky Cabrera Johan Mieses Yefri Pérez Julio 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

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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):^[2][3]

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		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yancarlos Martínez	Men's 200 m	20.17 NR	2 Q	20.24	4	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		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ana José Tima	Women's triple jump	14.11	16	Did not advance

Baseball

Main articles: Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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			Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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.^[4][5] Gabriel Arias replaced Diego Goris on the Olympic team roster after Goris tested positive for cannabis.^[6] Ramón Rosso replaced Gerson Bautista on the roster when Bautista had to enter COVID-19 health and safety protocols.^[7]

Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Dominican Republic roster
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 39 Darío Álvarez 79 Gabriel Arias 33 Jairo Asencio 31 Luis Felipe Castillo 70 Jumbo Díaz 28 Junior García 37 Jhan Mariñez 15 Cristopher Mercedes 41 Denyi Reyes 23 Ramón Rosso 38 Ángel Sánchez 56 Raúl Valdés		Catchers 16 Roldani Baldwin  7 Charlie Valerio Infielders 19 José Bautista 34 Juan Francisco 10 Jeison Guzmán  6 Erick Mejia  2 Gustavo Núñez Outfielders 64 Emilio Bonifácio 14 Melky Cabrera 36 Johan Mieses  3 Yefri Pérez 18 Julio Rodríguez		Manager 13 Héctor Borg Coaches 24 José Canó 26 Manny García 27 Gilbert Gómez 12 Anderson Hernández

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: TOCOG and WBSC
(H) Hosts

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

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.^[8]

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

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.^[9] 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).^[10]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Yvonne Losos de Muñiz	Aquamarijn	Individual	70.869	22	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		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Hector Florentino	Carnaval	Individual	14	=60	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		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

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		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		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

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.^[13]

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

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.^[14][15]

Athlete	Event	Qualification Round	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		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
Moisés Hernández	Men's −80 kg	—	Rafalovich (UZB) L 7–17	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

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 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.^[16]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 10 July 2021.^[17]

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

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	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
3	South Korea	5	3	2	7	9	10	0.900	374	415	0.901
4	Dominican Republic	5	2	3	8	10	10	1.000	411	406	1.012
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

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 14:20	Serbia	3–0	Dominican Republic	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS)
	(25–18, 25–12, 25–20) Results Statistics

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 19:40	Brazil	3–2	Dominican Republic	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)
	(22–25, 25–17, 25–13, 23–25, 15–12) Results Statistics

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 11:05	South Korea	3–2	Dominican Republic	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Shin Muranaka (JPN)
	(25–20, 17–25, 25–18, 15–25, 15–12) Results Statistics

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31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 09:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Kenya	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Patricia Rolf (USA)
	(25–19, 25–18, 25–10) Results Statistics

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2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 19:40	Japan	1–3	Dominican Republic	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
	(10–25, 23–25, 25–19, 19–25) Results Statistics

Quarterfinal

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 13:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	United States	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Kang Joo-hee (KOR)
	(11–25, 20–25, 19–25) Results Statistics

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	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	6	95	10	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

See also

• Dominican Republic at the 2019 Pan American Games