History

The Dominican Republic made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1964 and has competed ever since. The nation sends a team of about two or three dozen to compete in various sports, typically in athletics, boxing, judo, weightlifting and more recently in taekwondo are represented.

The Dominican Republic won its first medal in 1984 when boxer Pedro Nolasco won bronze in men’s bantamweight. In total the nation has won a total of seven medals in athletics (3), boxing (2) and taekwondo (2) and has won at least one medal since 2004. Their most successful athlete is hurdler Felix Sanchez whom won two gold medals at the 2004 and 2012 Olympics in men’s 400m hurdles. In 2016 the Dominican Republic won one medal.

Qualified Quotas

Athletics

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 400m	Marileidy Paulino	Marileidy Paulino

Mixed Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Mixed 4x400m Relay	Yancarlos Martinez Anabel Medina Marileidy Paulino Alexander Ogando

Diving

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 3m Springboard	Jonathan Ruvalcaba

Equestrian

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Individual Dressage	Yvonne Losos Horse: Aquamarijn	Yvonne Losos Horse: TBA
Individual Jumping	Hector Florentino Horse: Carnaval	Hector Florentino Horse: TBA

Rowing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Single Sculls	Ignacio Vasquez	Ignacio Vasquez

Taekwondo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -68kg	Bernardo Pie	Bernardo Pie
Men’s -80kg	Moises Hernandez	Moises Hernandez
Women’s +67kg	Katherine Rodriguez	Katherine Rodriguez

Volleyball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Indoor Volleyball	Annerys Vargas Lisvel Elisa Eve Brenda Castillo Camil Dominguez Niverka Marte Candida Arias Prisilla Rivera Yonkaira Pena Gina Mambru Bethania de la Cruz Brayelin Martinez Jineiry Martinez Gaila Gonzalez Larysmer Martinez Caro