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

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 200m	Yancarlos Martinez

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 200m	Marileidy Paulino
Women’s 400m	Marileidy Paulino	Marileidy Paulino
Women’s Triple Jump	Ana Lucia Jose

Mixed Events

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

Baseball/Softball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Baseball	Dario Alvarez Jairo Asencio Yeison Asencio Roldani Baldwin Osvaldo Bido Emilio Bonifacio Lisalverto Bonilla Melky Cabrera Luis Castillo Marcos Diplan Raynel Espinal Juan Francisco Junior Garcia Leuris Gomez Diego Goris Radhames Liz Dawel Lugo Jhan Marinez Roman Mendez Johan Mieses Gustavo Nunez Yefri Perez Carlos Ramirez Julio Rodriguez Ramon Torres Charlie Valerio	Dario Alvarez Jairo Asencio Roldani Baldwin Gerson Bautista Jose Bautista Emilio Bonifacio Melky Cabrera Luis Castillo Cristopher Crisostomo Jose Diaz Juan Francisco Junior Garcia Diego Goris Leison Guzman Jhan Marinez Erick Mejia Johan Mieses Gustavo Nunez Yefri Perez Denyi Reyes Julio Rodriguez Angel Sanchez Paul Valdes Charlie Valerio

Boxing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Flyweight	Rodrigo Marte	Rodrigo Marte
Men’s Featherweight	Alexis de la Cruz	Alexis de la Cruz
Men’s Lightweight	Leonel de los Santos	Leonel de los Santos
Men’s Welterweight	Rohan Polanco	Rohan Polanco
Men’s Middleweight	Euri Cedeno	Euri Cedeno
Women’s Flyweight	Miguelina Hernandez	Miguelina Hernandez
Women’s Welterweight	Maria Moronta	Maria Moronta

Diving

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

Equestrian

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

Judo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -90kg	Robert Florentino	Robert Florentino

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	Annerys Vargas Brenda Castillo Camil Dominguez Niverka Marte Prisilla Rivera Yonkaira Pena Bethania de la Cruz Brayelin Martinez Jineiry Martinez Larysmer Martinez Caro Gaila Gonzalez Lisvel Eve

Weightlifting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -61kg	Luis Alberto Garcia	Luis Alberto Garcia
Men’s -81kg	Zacarias Bonnat	Zacarias Bonnat
Women’s -49kg	Beatriz Piron	Beatriz Piron
Women’s -87kg	Crismery Santana	Crismery Santana
Women’s +87kg	Veronica Saladin	Veronica Saladin