Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Dominican Republic
IOC code	DOM
NOC	Dominican Republic Olympic Committee
Website	www.colimdo.org  (in Spanish)
in Athens
Competitors	33 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Francia Jackson [1]
Medals Ranked 54th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
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The Dominican Republic was represented at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece by the Dominican Republic Olympic Committee.

In total, 33 athletes including 17 men and 16 women represented the Dominican Republic in nine different sports including athletics, boxing, judo, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling.

The Domincan Republic won one medal at the games after Félix Sánchez won gold in the men's 400 m hurdles. It was the first gold medal won by an athlete from the Dominican Republic and the second medal overall that the country had won.

Background

In 10 previous appearances at the Summer Olympics, the Dominican Republic had only ever won one medal – a bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. ^[2]

Competitors

In total, 33 athletes represented the Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece across nine different sports. ^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	2	5
Boxing	5	–	5
Judo	5	0	5
Shooting	1	0	1
Table tennis	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	12	12
Weightlifting	0	1	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	17	16	33

Medalists

Further information: 2004 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners

The Dominican Republic won one medal at the games after Félix Sánchez claimed gold in the men's 400 m hurdles. ^[3]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Félix Sánchez	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	August 26

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, five Dominican athletes participated in the athletics events – Juana Arrendel in the women's high jump, Juan Sainfleur in the men's 100 m, Félix Sánchez in the men's 400 m hurdles, Carlos Santa in the men's 400 m and Fior Vásquez in the women's shot put. ^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Juan Sainfleur	100 m	DNF		Did not advance
Carlos Santa	400 m	45.31	1 Q	—		45.58	4	Did not advance
Félix Sánchez	400 m hurdles	48.51	1 Q	—		47.93	1 Q	47.63

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Juana Arrendel	High jump	1.89	=16	Did not advance
Fior Vásquez	Shot put	17.99	14	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, five Dominican athletes participated in the boxing events – Manuel Félix Díaz in the lightweight category, Argenis Mendez in the bantamweight category, Isidro Mosquea in the light welterweight category, Juan Carlos Payano in the flyweight category and Juan Ubaldo in the middleweight. ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Carlos Payano	Flyweight	Vankeev  (BLR) W 26–18	Thomas  (FRA) L 17–36	Did not advance
Argenis Mendez	Bantamweight	Tretyak  (UKR) L 24-30	Did not advance
Manuel Félix Díaz	Lightweight	Bye	Yeleuov  (KAZ) L 16–28	Did not advance
Isidro Mosquea	Light welterweight	Nafil  (MAR) L 40–42	Did not advance
Juan Ubaldo	Middleweight	N'Jikam  (CMR) L 22–22+	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, five Dominican athletes participated in the judo events – José Miguel Boissard in the men's −81 kg category, Vicbart Geraldino in the men's −90 kg category, Juan Carlos Jacinto in the men's −66 kg category, Modesto Lara in the men's −60 kg category and José Vásquez in the men's −100 kg category. ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Modesto Lara	−60 kg	Nomura  (JPN) L 0000–1120	Did not advance			Gussenberg  (GER) L 0000–0012	Did not advance
Juan Carlos Jacinto	−66 kg	Kipshakbayev  (KAZ) L 0000–0100	Did not advance
José Miguel Boissard	−81 kg	Wanner  (GER) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Vicbart Geraldino	−90 kg	Besolí  (AND) W 1000–0000	Gordon  (GBR) L 0001–1000	Did not advance		Kelly  (AUS) L 0000–1010	Did not advance
José Vásquez	−100 kg	Peltola  (FIN) L 0001–1001	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, one Dominican athlete participated in the shooting events – Julio Elizardo Dujarric in the men's skeet. ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Julio Elizardo Dujarric	Skeet	119	=21	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, two Dominican athletes participated in the table tennis events – Lin Ju in the men's singles and Wu Xue in the women's singles. ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lin Ju	Men's singles	Yuzawa  (JPN) W 4–1	Smirnov  (RUS) W 4–1	Saive  (BEL) W 4–2	Wang H  (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Wu Xue	Women's singles	Fadeyeva  (RUS) W 4–1	Fujinuma  (JPN) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, one Dominican athletes participated in the taekwondo events – Gabriel Mercedes in the men's −58 kg category. ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gabriel Mercedes	Men's −58 kg	Salazar  (MEX) L 1–10	Did not advance		Shaposhnyk  (UKR) WWO	Bayoumi  (EGY) LWO	Did not advance	5

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, 12 Dominican athletes participated in the volleyball events. ^[3]

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Dominican Republic roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ^[4]

Head coach: Jorge Garbey

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2004 club
1	Annerys Vargas	7 August 1982	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	303 cm (119 in)	298 cm (117 in)	Mirador
3	Yudelkys Bautista	5 December 1974	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	308 cm (121 in)	Mirador
5	Evelyn Carrera (L)	10 May 1971	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	301 cm (119 in)	297 cm (117 in)	Los Prados
6	Alexandra Caso	25 April 1987	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	243 cm (96 in)	241 cm (95 in)	Mirador
7	Sofía Mercedes	25 May 1976	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	306 cm (120 in)	298 cm (117 in)	Independencia
8	Juana Saviñón	13 September 1980	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	303 cm (119 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Evosancris
10	Milagros Cabral	17 October 1978	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	308 cm (121 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Los Cachorros
11	Juana Miguelina González	3 January 1979	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	295 cm (116 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Modeca
12	Francia Jackson (C)	11 August 1975	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	280 cm (110 in)	275 cm (108 in)	Mirador
14	Prisilla Rivera	29 December 1986	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	309 cm (122 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Deportivo Nacional
15	Cosiri Rodríguez	30 August 1977	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	313 cm (123 in)	305 cm (120 in)	San Cristobál
16	Kenya Moreta	7 April 1981	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Mirador

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	5	4	1	9	14	4	3.500	429	346	1.240	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	3	2	8	11	8	1.375	426	388	1.098
3	Cuba	5	3	2	8	11	10	1.100	443	460	0.963
4	United States	5	2	3	7	11	10	1.100	472	467	1.011
5	Germany	5	2	3	7	7	11	0.636	387	414	0.935
6	Dominican Republic	5	1	4	6	3	14	0.214	334	416	0.803

Source: FIVB

14 August 2004 11:35	Dominican Republic	0-3	Russia	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Juan Angel Pereyra (ARG), Mahmoud Abdel Magid (EGY)
	(17–25, 13–25, 16–25) result

16 August 2004 11:00	China	3–0	Dominican Republic	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Fotios Lekkas (Greece), Jarmo Salonen (Finland)
	(25–20, 25–16, 25–16) result

18 August 2004 09:00	Dominican Republic	3-2	United States	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Ryszard Dietrich (POL), Fotios Lekkas (GRE)
	(26–24, 22–25, 27–25, 23–25, 19–17) result

20 August 2004 11:00	Dominican Republic	0-3	Cuba	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
	(23–25, 17–25, 23–25) result

22 August 2004 09:00	Germany	3-0	Dominican Republic	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Valdir Dellaqua (BRA), Mahmoud Abdel Magid (EGY)
	(25–16, 25–19, 25–21) result

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, one Dominican athlete participated in the weightlifting events – Wanda Rijo in the women's −75 kg category. ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wanda Rijo	Women's −75 kg	110	10	127.5	10	237.5	10

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, one Dominican athletes participated in the wrestling events – Jansel Ramírez in the men's Greco-Roman −55 kg category. ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jansel Ramírez	−55 kg	Toyota  (JPN) L 0–4 ST	Majoros  (HUN) L 0–3 PO	3	Did not advance			22

See also

• Dominican Republic at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

References

1. Caceres, José (12 August 2004). "Francia Jackson será la abanderada de RD en Juegos Olímpicos" [Francia Jackson is Dominican Republic's flag bearer at the Olympic Games] (in Spanish). Hoy (Santo Domingo). Retrieved 2 April 2014.
2. "Dominican Republic (DOM)". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
3. "Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
4. "Dominican Republic women's volleyball roster at FIVB.com". 2004 Athens . FIVB. 18 September 2015.

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Dominican Republic Olympic Committee (in Spanish)