# Dominican Republic at the Olympics

The Dominican Republic first participated in the Olympic Games in 1964, when Alberto Torres de la Mota ("El Gringo" ) participated in the 10th heat of the 100m competition and ran 10.9 seconds, finishing 6th, not qualifying for the next round.
The Dominican Republic has appeared in every one of the games since then. The Dominican Republic has never participated at the Winter Olympic Games.
The Dominican Republic has won fifteen medals at the Olympics. Pedro Nolasco won a bronze in boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics and in 2004 Félix Sánchez won a gold in the 400 meter hurdles. In the 2008 Summer Olympics Manuel Felix Diaz won a gold medal in Boxing and Gabriel Mercedes won silver in Taekwondo. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Sanchez once again won a gold medal in the 400 meter hurdles. On the same night, Luguelín Santos won silver in the 400 metres to become the youngest ever Olympic medallist in the event. Luisito Pie won a bronze medal in Taekwondo at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
At the 2020 Summer Olympics Zacarias Bonnat won the silver medal in the men's 81 kg event, Crismery Santana, won the bronze medal in the women´s 87 kg event, becoming the first Dominican woman to win an Olympic medal. Lidio Andrés Feliz, Marileidy Paulino, Anabel Medina y Alexander Ogando won the silver medal in the mixed 4x400 m relay. Paulino also won a silver medal in the women's 400 metres event, the first woman from the Dominican Republic to earn an individual Olympic medal in athletics. The dominican baseball team also won bronze at the baseball event. Despite it being their most successful year, they were unable to secure a single gold medal in any event.
They are represented by Dominican Republic Olympic Committee.

## Medal tables
### Medals by Summer Games

| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| 1964 Tokyo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1968 Mexico City | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1972 Munich | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1976 Montreal | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1980 Moscow | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1984 Los Angeles | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| 1988 Seoul | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1992 Barcelona | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 Atlanta | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000 Sydney | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2004 Athens | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| 2008 Beijing | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 |
| 2012 London | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 70 |
| 2020 Tokyo | 63 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 68 |
| 2024 Paris | 58 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 59 |
| 2028 Los Angeles | future event |
| 2032 Brisbane | future event |
| Total | Total | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 75 |

### Medals by sport

| Sports | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| Athletics | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 49 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 44 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 53 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| Baseball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 77 |

## List of medalists

| Medal | Name(s) | Games | Sport | Event |
| Bronze | Pedro Nolasco | 1984 Los Angeles | Boxing | Bantamweight |
| Gold | Félix Sánchez | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's 400 metre hurdles |
| Gold | Manuel Felix Diaz | 2008 Beijing | Boxing | Light welterweight |
| Silver | Yulis Gabriel Mercedes | 2008 Beijing | Taekwondo | Men's 58 kg |
| Gold | Félix Sánchez | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's 400 m hurdles |
| Silver | Luguelín Santos | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's 400 m |
| Bronze | Luisito Pie | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Taekwondo | Men's 58 kg |
| Silver | Zacarías Bonnat | 2020 Tokyo | Weightlifting | Men's 81kg |
| Silver | Anabel Medina Marileidy Paulino Lidio Andrés Feliz Alexander Ogando | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Silver | Marileidy Paulino | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Women 400 metres |
| Bronze | Crismery Santana | 2020 Tokyo | Weightlifting | Women's 87 kg |
| Bronze | Darío Álvarez Gabriel Arias Jairo Asencio Roldani Baldwin José Bautista Emilio Bonifácio Melky Cabrera Luis Felipe Castillo Jumbo Díaz Juan Francisco Junior García Jeison Guzmán Jhan Mariñez Erick Mejia Cristopher Mercedes Johan Mieses Gustavo Núñez Yefri Pérez Denyi Reyes Julio Rodríguez Ramón Rosso Ángel Sánchez Raúl Valdés Charlie Valerio | 2020 Tokyo | Baseball | Baseball |
| Gold | Marileidy Paulino | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Women 400 metres |