# Dominican Republic at the 2003 Pan American Games

The Dominican Republic participated at the 2003 Pan American Games, held in its capital Santo Domingo, from 1 to 17 August 2003 as the host nation.

## Medals
### Gold
##### Athletics

* Men's 400 m hurdles: Félix Sánchez
* Women's high jump: Juana Arrendel

##### Boxing

* Men's middleweight (75 kg): Juan José Ubaldo

##### Karate

* Men's Kumite (74 kg): Rubel Salomón
* Women's Kumite (+58 kg): Heidy Rodríguez

##### Table tennis

* Men's Singles: Lin Ju

##### Taekwondo

* Men's 68 kg: Luis Benítez
* Women's +67 kg: Gina María Ruiz

##### Volleyball

* Women's tournament: Dominican Republic

##### Weightlifting

* Women's 75 kg: Wanda Rijo

### Silver
##### Basketball

* Men's tournament: Dominican Republic

##### Boxing

* Men's light welterweight (64 kg): Isidro Mosquea
* Men's flyweight (51 kg): Juan Carlos Payano

##### Karate

* Men's Kumite (+80 kg): Sterling Felix

##### Table tennis

* Women's Singles: Wu Xue

##### Taekwondo

* Men's +80 kg: Rowell Pier Jérez
* Women's 57 kg: Dinanyiris Furcal

##### Weightlifting

* Men's 56 kg: Tomas Aquino
* Women's 48 kg: Guillermina Candelario
* Women's 53 kg: Yudelquis Contreras

### Bronze
##### Athletics

* Men's 4 x 400 m relay: Arismendy Peguero, Carlos Santa, Julio Vidal and Félix Sánchez
* Women's shot put: Fior Vásquez

##### Boxing

* Men's featherweight (57 kg): Jhonathan Batista
* Men's lightweight (60 kg): Manuel Félix Díaz
* Men's welterweight (69 kg): Euris González
* Men's light heavyweight (81 kg): Argenis Casimiro Núñez

##### Equestrian

* Dressage individual: Yvonne Losos de Muñiz

##### Karate

* Men's Kumite (68 kg): Dionicio Gustavo

##### Table tennis

* Women's Double: Wu Xue - Olga Vila

##### Table tennis

* Men's Double: Lin Ju - Roberto Brito

##### Taekwondo

* Men's 58 kg: Gabriel Mercedes
* Men's 80 kg: Eddy Antonio Luna

##### Weightlifting

* Men's +105 kg: Plaiter Reyes
* Women's 53 kg: Wendy Amparo
* Women's 69 kg: Miosotis Heredia
* Women's +75 kg: María Carvajal

## Results by event
### Athletics
#### Track

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sonny García | Women's 1500 m | — | — | 4:32.31 | 10 |
| Félix Sánchez | Men's 400 m hurdles | 48.99 | 2 | 48.19 | |
| Miguel García | Men's 400 m hurdles | 50.89 | 9 | — | 9 |
| Jazmín Rodríguez | Women's 400 m hurdles | 58.42 | 11 | — | 11 |

#### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| José Francisco Paulino | Men's marathon | 2:43:11 | 13 |
| Bernardo Jiménez | Men's marathon | DNF | — |
| Pascuala Beras | Women's marathon | 3:04:47 | 12 |
| José Ramón Henríquez | Men's 20 km race walk | 1:42:50 | 10 |
| Fraulin Caminero | Men's 20 km race walk | 1:49:41 | 11 |
| Cristina Rodríguez | Women's 20 km race walk | 1:51:47 | 9 |
| Francisca Lora | Women's 20 km race walk | 1:52:30 | 10 |
| Rubén Javiel | Men's 50 km race walk | DNF | — |

#### Field

| Athlete | Event | Throws | Throws | Throws | Throws | Throws | Throws | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Rank |
| Mary Mercedes | Women's hammer throw | 51.50 | 50.36 | X | — | — | — | 51.50 m | 11 |
| Anneris Méndez | Women's hammer throw | X | 45.86 | 47.41 | — | — | — | 47.41 m | 12 |
| Expedi Peña | Men's discus throw | 48.39 | 48.09 | 51.33 | — | — | — | 51.33 m | 9 |
| Mary Mercedes | Women's discus throw | X | 44.46 | X | 42.18 | X | X | 44.46 m | 7 |
| José Ventura | Men's shot put | 15.87 | 14.65 | 16.54 | — | — | — | 16.54 m | 11 |
| Expedi Peña | Men's shot put | 15.06 | X | X | — | — | — | 15.06 m | 12 |
| Fior Vásquez | Women's shot put | 17.73 | 17.76 | 18.00 | 16.63 | 15.76 | 18.14 | 18.14 m | |

#### Heptathlon

| Athlete | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Total | Total |
| Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Points | Rank |
| Judith Méndez | 14.10 | 1.65 | 13.34 | 24.52 | 5.38 | 47.24 | 2:16.56 | 5783 | 4 |
| Francia Manzanillo | 14.34 | 1.59 | 10.14 | 25.63 | 5.72 | 44.32 | 2:20.28 | 5359 | 7 |

### Basketball
#### Men's tournament

* José Vargas
* Franklin Western
* Carlos Payano
* Carlos Paniagua
* Otto Ramírez
* Miguel Angel Pichardo
* Amaury Filion
* Luis Flores
* Jack Michael Martínez
* Carlos Morban
* Jeffrey Greer
* Francisco García
Head coach:
* Héctor Báez

### Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Jhonny Montero | Light flyweight | Bain (BAH) W 37–10 | Castañeda (MEX) L 11–31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Carlos Payano | Flyweight | Bye | Martínez (USA) W 18–17 | Pereira (BRA) W 19–10 | Gamboa (CUB) L 22–28 → |
| Argenis Mendez | Bantamweight | Rigondeaux (CUB) L 2–17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jhonatan Batista | Featherweight | Bye | Gaudet (CAN) L 6–18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Manuel Félix Díaz | Lightweight | Quiñonez (ECU) W 23–5 | Ferreyra (ARG) W 26–13 | Kindelán (CUB) L 12–16 → | Did not advance |
| Isidro Mosquea | Light welterweight | Bye | Hernández (ESA) W 17–5 | Costa (BRA) W 19–17 | López (VEN) L 9–30 → |
| Euris González | Welterweight | Bye | Trupish (CAN) W 25–19 | Aragón (CUB) L 4–25 → | Did not advance |
| Juan José Ubaldo | Middleweight | Bye | Calla (PER) W 17–8 | Pascal (CAN) W 18–11 | Despaigne (CUB) W 23–12 → |
| Argenis Casimiro | Light heavyweight | Bye | Silva (BRA) W RSC–3 | Hernández (CUB) L RSC–4 → | Did not advance |
| Francisco García | Heavyweight | Bye | Manswell (TRI) L 5–12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arthur Ontañez | Super heavyweight | Bye | Estrada (USA) L 2–20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Swimming
#### Men's competitions

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Erick Santos | 50 m freestyle | 24.56 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chris Backhaus | 100 m freestyle | 53.91 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge Rodríguez | 100 m freestyle | 54.11 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Erick Santos | 100 m freestyle | 54.31 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Women's competitions

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Priscila Zacarias | 200 m freestyle | 2:13.81 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Triathlon

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Rank |
| Yean Jiménez | Men's individual | 20:57.200 | 58:38.500 | 36:54.800 | 01:57:24 | 14 |
| Robert Nuñéz | Men's individual | 22:01.900 | 1:00:56.200 | 43:11.200 | 02:07:12 | 27 |
| Jonathan Monsanto | Men's individual | 24:55.700 | — | — | DNF | — |
| Anabel Mateo | Women's individual | 20:52.900 | 1:08:05.400 | 55:14.200 | 18 |
| Melissa Duran | Women's individual | 21:49.800 | — | — | DNF | — |