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Dominican Republic at the Olympic Games
Flag of the Dominican Republic IOC code  DOM NOC Comité Olímpico Dominicano
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	33 (17 men and 16 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Felix Sanchez
Medals Rank: 54	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
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The Dominican Republic competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Felix Sanchez won the nation's first ever Olympic gold medal.

Medalists

Gold

• Felix Sanchez — Athletics, Men's 400 metre Hurdles

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

• Juan Sainfleur

• Round 1 — DNF (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres:

• Carlos Santa

• Round 1 — 45.31
• Semifinal — 45.58 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metre Hurdles:

• Felix Sanchez

• Round 1 — 48.51
• Semifinal — 47.93
• Final — 47.63 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's High Jump:

• Juana Rosario Arrendel

• Round 1 — 1.89 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put:

• Fior Vásquez

• Round 1 — 17.99 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Juan Carlos Payano

• Round of 32 — Defeated Bato Vankeev of Belarus, 26-18
• Round of 16 — Lost to Jérôme Thomas of France, 36-17

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Argenis Mendez

• Round of 32 — Lost to Maksym Tretyak of Ukraine, 30-24

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Manuel Felix Diaz

• Round of 32 — Bye
• Round of 16 — Lost to Serik Yeleuov of Kazakhstan, 28-16

Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)

• Isidro Mosquera

• Round of 32 — Lost to Hicham Nafil of Morocco, 42-40

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Juan José Ubaldo

• Round of 32 — Lost to Hassan Ndam Njikam of Cameroon, by decision (22-22)

Judo

Men's Extra-Lightweight (– 60 kg):

• Modesto Lara

• defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32

Men's Half-Lightweight (– 66 kg):

• Juan Carlos Jacinto

• defeated in round of 32

Men's Half-Middleweight (– 81 kg):

• José Miguel Boissard

• defeated in round of 32

Men's Middleweight (– 90 kg):

• José Vicbart Geraldino

• defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32

Men's Half-Heavyweight (– 100 kg):

• José Eugenio Vásquez

• defeated in round of 32

Shooting

Men's Skeet

• Julio Dujarric — finished in 21st place with a score of 119 points.

Table tennis

Men's Singles

• Ju "Luis" Lin

Women's Singles

• Xue "Nieves" Wu

Taekwondo

Men's Flyweight (– 58 kg)

• Gabriel Mercedes

• Round of 16 — defeated by Oscar Francisco Salazar of Mexico 1-10 (→ did not advance)

• Yacomo García

• Scheduled to compete, but did not

Volleyball

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to Russia 0-3 (17-25 13-25 16-25)
• Lost to China 0-3 (20-25 16-25 16-25)
• Defeated United States 3-2 (26-24 22-25 27-25 23-25 19-17)
• Lost to Cuba 0-3 (23-25 17-25 23-25)
• Lost to Germany 0-3 (16-25 19-25 21-25)

• Quarterfinals

• Did not advance

• Team Roster

• Annerys Vargas
• Yudelkys Bautista
• Evelyn Carrera
• Alexandra Caso
• Sofia Mercedes
• Juana Saviñon
• Milagros Cabral
• Juana Miguelina Gonzalez
• Francia Jackson
• Prisilla Rivera
• Cosiri Rodriguez
• Kenya Moreta

• Head Coach

• Jorge Garbey

Weightlifting

Women's Heavyweight (– 75 kg)

• Wanda Rijo

• Group A — finished 10th with a weight of 215 kg (→ did not advance)

Wrestling

Men's Greco Roman Featherweight (– 55 kg)

• Jansel Ramírez

• Pool A — defeated by Istvan Majoros of Hungary, 0-3
• Pool A — defeated by Masatoshi Toyota of Japan, 0-4 (→ did not advance)

Officials

• President: Luis Mejia Oviedo
• Secretary General: Antonio Acosta

See also

• Dominican Republic at the 2003 Pan American Games

References

• sports-reference