# Dominican Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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 | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Arismendy Peguero | 400 m | 46.28 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Félix Sánchez | 400 m hurdles | 51.10 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Mariely Sánchez | 200 m | 24.05 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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. Payano became the second to qualify for the nation, doing so at the first American qualifying tournament. The remaining four boxers qualified at the second American continental qualifying tournament.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Carlos Payano | Flyweight | Thomas (FRA) W 10–6 | Picardi (ITA) L 4–8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Roberto Navarro | Featherweight | Porozo (ECU) L 3–3$^+$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Argenis Casimiro | Middleweight | Bye | Blanco (VEN) L 7–18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Miresmaeili (IRI) L 0000–0011 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Teófilo Diek | Men's −100 kg | Bye | Morgan (CAN) L 1001–0000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Sailing
### Men

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

## Swimming
### Men

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

## Table tennis
### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lian Qian | Women's singles | Fomum (CMR) W 4–0 | Komwong (THA) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wu Xue | Women's singles | Bye | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | Group round | Group round | Semifinals | Bronze playoff 1 | Bronze playoff 2 | Bronze medal | Final | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | 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 | Bye | Pérez (MEX) L 1–1 SUP | |

## Weightlifting

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