Dominican Republic at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Dominican Republic at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Dominican Republic at the; 2012 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the Dominican Republic
IOC code	DOM
NOC	Dominican Republic Olympic Committee
Website	www.colimdo.org (in Spanish)
in London
Competitors	35 in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Gabriel Mercedes (opening); Félix Sánchez (closing)
Medals; Ranked 46th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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The Dominican Republic competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.

The Dominican Republic Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Dominicano, COD) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 35 athletes, 15 men and 20 women, competed in 10 sports. For the first time in Olympic history, Dominican Republic was represented by more female than male athletes. Women's volleyball was the only team-based sport in which Dominican Republic was represented at these Olympic Games. Among the sports played by the athletes, Dominican Republic marked its Olympic debut in artistic gymnastics.

The Dominican Republic team featured promising athletes: Felix Sánchez, track star in the hurdles and former Olympic gold medalist, Luguelín Santos, world junior champion, and gold medalist at the first Youth Olympic Games, and Gabriel Mercedes, Olympic silver medalist in the men's taekwondo event at Beijing. Two of these athletes won the nation's only medals in athletics at the London games. Felix Sánchez also managed to repeat his gold medal streak from Athens in the men's 400 m hurdles event. Luguelín Santos, on the other hand, settled for the silver instead in the men's 400 metres, behind Grenada's Kirani James. Gabriel Mercedes, being the only medalist to return for his second Olympic appearance, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Félix Sánchez	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	6 August
Silver	Luguelín Santos	Athletics	Men's 400 m	6 August

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	8	3	11
Boxing	3	0	3
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	0	1	1
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	1	0	1
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	12	12
Weightlifting	0	2	2
Total	15	20	35

Athletics

The Dominican Republic had qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[1]^[2]

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
Winder Cuevas	400 m hurdles	50.15 SB	6	Did not advance
Carlos Jorge	200 m	21.02	6	Did not advance
Félix Sánchez	400 m hurdles	49.24	1 Q	47.76 SB	1 Q	47.63 SB
Luguelín Santos	400 m	45.04	1 Q	44.78	1 Q	44.46
Gustavo Cuesta Joel Mejía Arismendy Peguero Félix Sánchez Luguelín Santos Yon Soriano	4 × 400 m relay	DSQ		—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
LaVonne Idlette	100 m hurdles	13.60	5	Did not advance
Mariely Sánchez	200 m	23.20 SB	6	Did not advance
Raysa Sánchez	400 m	52.47	5	Did not advance

Boxing

The Dominican Republic has qualified boxers for the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
William Encarnación	Bantamweight	Lemboumba (GAB) W 15–6	Ouadahi (ALG) L 10–16	Did not advance
Wellington Arias	Lightweight	Marriaga (COL) W 17–8	Lomachenko (UKR) L 3–15	Did not advance
Junior Castillo	Middleweight	Ogogo (GBR) L 6–13	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Yamilet Peña	Floor	12.300	—			12.300	72	Did not advance
Yamilet Peña	Vault	—	14.699	—		14.699	5 Q	—	14.516	—		14.516	6

Legend: Q = qualified for individual final*

Judo

The Dominican Republic has qualified 1 judoka

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
María García	Women's −52 kg	Bye	Müller (LUX) L 0002–1011	Did not advance

Shooting

The Dominican Republic has qualified one quota place in the men's trap event;^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sergio Piñero	Trap	118	20	Did not advance
Sergio Piñero	Double trap	DNS		Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nicholas Schwab	200 m freestyle	1:53.41	37	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dorian McMenemy	100 m butterfly	1:05.78	41	Did not advance

Table tennis

The Dominican Republic has qualified 1 athlete.

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	Kim S-N (PRK) W 4–3	Freitas (POR) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Gabriel Mercedes has ensured a quota place for the Dominican Republic in the men's 58 kg by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 WTF World Qualification Tournament.^[4]

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	Al-Kubati (YEM) L 3–8	Did not advance

Volleyball

The Dominican Republic has qualified one women's team for the indoor tournament.

Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Women's indoor tournament

Team roster

The following is the Dominican roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head coach: Marcos Kwiek

Russia and Dominican Republic women's volleyball teams at the 2012 London Olympics

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2012 club
1	Annerys Vargas	7 August 1981	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	327 cm (129 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Criollas de Caguas
3	Lisvel Elisa Eve	10 September 1991	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Mirador Volleyball
5	Brenda Castillo (L)	5 June 1992	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	245 cm (96 in)	230 cm (91 in)	San Cristóbal
7	Niverka Marte	19 October 1990	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	295 cm (116 in)	283 cm (111 in)	Deportivo Nacional
8	Cándida Arias	11 March 1992	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)	San Cristóbal
9	Sidarka Núñez	25 June 1984	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Club Malanga
10	Milagros Cabral (C)	17 October 1978	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Los Cachorros
12	Karla Echenique	16 May 1986	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Deportivo Nacional
13	Cindy Rondón	12 November 1987	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Mirador Volleyball
14	Prisilla Rivera	29 December 1984	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)	San Pedro
17	Gina Mambrú	21 January 1986	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Los Cachorros
18	Bethania de la Cruz	13 May 1987	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Deportivo Nacional

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	14	15	4	3.750	459	352	1.304	Quarter-finals
2	Italy	5	4	1	13	14	5	2.800	442	368	1.201
3	Japan	5	3	2	9	11	6	1.833	401	335	1.197
4	Dominican Republic	5	2	3	6	8	9	0.889	374	362	1.033
5	Great Britain	5	1	4	2	3	14	0.214	295	396	0.745
6	Algeria	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	252	410	0.615

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 July 2012 16:45	Italy	3–1	Dominican Republic	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
	(25–17, 23–25, 25–19, 25–15) report statistics

30 July 2012 14:45	Dominican Republic	1–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,800 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Karin Zahorcova (CZE)
	(23–25, 15–25, 26–24, 22–25) report statistics

1 August 2012 09:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
	(20–25, 19–25, 23–25) result statistics

3 August 2012 16:45	Great Britain	0–3	Dominican Republic	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Mohamad Shaaban (EGY), Janpen Jirakakul (THA)
	(9–25, 18–25, 19–25) result statistics

5 August 2012 09:30	Algeria	0–3	Dominican Republic	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Brian McDougall (GBR)
	(15–25, 16–25, 13–25) result statistics

Quarter-final

7 August 2012 19:00	United States	3–0	Dominican Republic	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Jarpen Jirakakul (THA)
	(25–14, 25–21, 25–22) result statistics