Dominican Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dominican Republic at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Dominican Republic at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the Dominican Republic
IOC code	DOM
NOC	Dominican Republic Olympic Committee
Website	www.colimdo.org (in Spanish)
in Beijing
Competitors	25 in 8 sports
Flag bearers	Félix Sanchez (opening); Manuel Félix Díaz (closing)
Medals; Ranked 46th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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The Dominican Republic competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Manuel Félix Díaz	Boxing	Light welterweight
Silver	Gabriel Mercedes	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg

Athletics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arismendy Peguero	400 m	46.28	6	Did not advance
Félix Sánchez	400 m hurdles	51.10	5	Did not advance
Joel Báez Pedro Mejía Arismendy Peguero Carlos Yohelin Santa Yoel Tapia	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.31 SB	8	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mariely Sánchez	200 m	24.05	6	Did not advance

Boxing

The Dominican Republic qualified six boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Nunez was the only boxer to qualify at the World Championships.^[1] Payano became the second to qualify for the nation, doing so at the first American qualifying tournament.^[2] The remaining four boxers qualified at the second American continental qualifying tournament.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Winston Mendez	Light flyweight	Bilali (KEN) W 9–3	Ruanroeng (THA) L 3–7	Did not advance
Juan Carlos Payano	Flyweight	Thomas (FRA) W 10–6	Picardi (ITA) L 4–8	Did not advance
Roberto Navarro	Featherweight	Porozo (ECU) L 3–3⁺	Did not advance
Manuel Félix Díaz	Light welterweight	Hambardzumyan (ARM) W 11–4	Joyce (IRL) W 11⁺–11	Sepahvand (IRI) W 11–6	Vastine (FRA) W 12–10	Boonjumnong (THA) W 12–4
Gilbert Lenin Castillo	Welterweight	Stretskyy (UKR) L 6–9	Did not advance
Argenis Casimiro	Middleweight	Bye	Blanco (VEN) L 7–18	Did not advance

Judo

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Jacinto	Men's −66 kg	Bye	Uchishiba (JPN) L 0000–1001	Did not advance			Miresmaeili (IRI) L 0000–0011	Did not advance
Teófilo Diek	Men's −100 kg	Bye	Morgan (CAN) L 1001–0000	Did not advance
María García	Women's −52 kg	Bye	Fernandes (BRA) W 0010–0001	Kim K-O (KOR) L 0000–1003	Did not advance

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Raul Aguayo	Laser	37	30	35	38	34	28	29	36	29	CAN	EL	258	40

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Julio Elizardo Dujarric Lembcke	Skeet	110	31	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jacinto Ayala	50 m freestyle	22.57	34	Did not advance

Table tennis

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lin Ju	Men's singles	Bye	Apolonia (POR) W 4–1	Crisan (ROU) L 1–4	Did not advance
Lian Qian	Women's singles	Fomum (CMR) W 4–0	Komwong (THA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Wu Xue	Women's singles	Bye		Sang Xu (AUS) W 4–0	Wang Yg (SIN) W 4–1	Gao J (USA) W 4–3	Guo Y (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lian Qian Johenny Valdez Wu Xue	Women's team	Group A China (CHN) L 0 – 3 Austria (AUT) L 0 – 3 Croatia (CRO) L 1 – 3	4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gabriel Mercedes	Men's −58 kg	Póvoa (POR) W 3–0	Chu M-Y (TPE) W 3–2	Ramos (ESP) W 3–2	Bye		Pérez (MEX) L 1–1 SUP

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Yuderqui Contreras	Women's −53 kg	93	4	111	5	204	5

References

^ World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 Archived September 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ 1st AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament Archived September 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ 2nd AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament Archived September 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[BoxingQualWorld-1] World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 Archived September 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[BoxingQualAmerica1-2] 1st AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament Archived September 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[BoxingQualAmerica2-3] 2nd AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament Archived September 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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