Dominican Republic at the 2023 Pan American Games

Dominican Republic at the 2023 Pan American Games
IOC code	DOM
NOC	Dominican Republic Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors	161 in 22 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Robert Pigozzi & Yvonne Losos de Muñiz
Flag bearer (closing)	José González & Pamela Rodríguez
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 8 Silver 7 Bronze 17 Total 32
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Dominican Republic competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Dominican Republic's 18th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games except 1963.

Water skier Robert Pigozzi and equestrian Yvonne Losos de Muñiz were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^[1] Meanwhile, track athlete José González and karateka Pamela Rodríguez were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Further information: 2023 Pan American Games medal table

The following Dominican Republic competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Dahiana Ortiz	Weightlifting	Women's 49 kg	October 21
Gold	Mayerlin Mejía Madelyn Rodríguez Katherine Rodríguez	Taekwondo	Women's Kyorugi team	October 24
Gold	Audrys Nin Reyes	Gymnastics	Men's vault	October 25
Gold	Dominican Republic women's national volleyball team Cándida Arias Lisvel Elisa Eve Vielka Peralta Brenda Castillo Niverka Marte Yokaty Pérez Yonkaira Peña Bethania de la Cruz Brayelin Martínez Jineiry Martínez Gaila González Larysmer Martínez	Volleyball	Women's tournament	October 26
Gold	Yunior Alcantara	Boxing	Men's 51 kg	October 27
Gold	Ezequiel Suárez Anabel Medina Robert King Marileidy Paulino	Athletics	Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay	October 30
Gold	José González	Athletics	Men's 100 metres	October 31
Gold	Marileidy Paulino	Athletics	Women's 200 metres	November 1
Silver	Bernando Pie	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	October 21
Silver	Jonathan Ruvalcaba	Diving	Men's 1 metre springboard	October 21
Silver	Robert Pigozzi	Water skiing	Men's slalom	October 23
Silver	Yudelina Mejía	Weightlifting	Women's 81 kg	October 23
Silver	Rosa Ramírez	Athletics	Women's shot put	November 1
Silver	José González	Athletics	Men's 200 metres	November 1
Silver	Mariana Pérez Anabel Medina Franshina Martínez Marileidy Paulino	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	November 4
Bronze	Beatriz Pirón	Weightlifting	Women's 49 kg	October 21
Bronze	Crismery Santana	Weightlifting	Women's +81 kg	October 24
Bronze	José de los Santos	Boxing	Men's –57 kg	October 26
Bronze	Alexy de la Cruz	Boxing	Men's –63.5 kg	October 26
Bronze	Nick Hardt Roberto Cid	Tennis	Men's doubles	October 28
Bronze	Medickson del Orbe	Judo	Men's –81 kg	October 29
Bronze	Robert Florentino	Judo	Men's −90 kg	October 30
Bronze	Eiraima Silvestre	Judo	Women's −78 kg	October 30
Bronze	Moira Morillo	Judo	Women's +78 kg	October 30
Bronze	José Nova	Judo	Men's +100 kg	October 30
Bronze	Antonio Tornal Medickson del Orbe Robert Florentino José Nova Eiraima Silvestre Ana Rosa García Ariela Sánchez Estefania Soriano Moira Morillo	Judo	Mixed Team	October 31
Bronze	Liranyi Alonso Marileidy Paulino Martha Méndez Anabel Medina Darianny Jiménez	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	November 1
Bronze	Larry Aracena	Karate	Men's individual Kata	November 3
Bronze	Pamela Rodríguez	Karate	Women's +68 kg	November 3
Bronze	Deury Corniel	Sailing	Men's kite	November 3
Bronze	Marysabel Senyu	Athletics	Women's high jump	November 4
Bronze	Ezequiel Suárez Robert King Ferdy Agramonte Yeral Nuñez	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	November 4

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Badminton	2	2	4
Baseball	24	0	24
Basketball	4	4	8
Bowling	2	0	2
Boxing	6	6	12
Canoeing	2	0	2
Cycling	1	1	2
Equestrian			6
Football	18	0	18
Gymnastics	3	2	5
Handball	14	0	14
Judo	5	4	9
Karate	2	3	5
Modern pentathlon	2	2	4
Racquetball	0	2	2
Roller sports	1	1	2
Rowing	1	0	1
Sailing	3	0	3
Shooting	4	0	4
Table tennis	1	3	4
Taekwondo	3	2	5
Triathlon	1	1	2
Volleyball	12	12	24
Water skiing	3	1	4
Weightlifting	4	5	9
Wrestling	8	2	10
Total	126	53	179

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2023 Pan American Games and Archery at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Santa Ortiz	Individual recurve	589	24	—	Colombia L 0–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
José González	100 m	10.30	1 Q	10.30
Melbin Marcelino		10.59	18	Did not advance
José González	200 m	20.81	2 Q	25.56
Yancarlos Martínez		21.30	9	Did not advance
Ezequiel Suárez	400 m	47.40	9	Did not advance
Ferdy Agramonte	800 m	1:47.55	5 q	DNF
Luis Peralta		1:55.74	18	Did not advance
Juander Santos	400 m h	52.64	13	Did not advance
Yeral Nuñez		51.27	6 Q	49.89	4
Yancarlos Martínez José González Melbin Marcelino Christopher Valdez Franquelo Pérez	4 × 100 m relay	DNF		Did not advance
Yeral Nuñez Juander Santos Ezequiel Suárez Ferdy Agramonte Robert King	4 × 400 m relay	—		3:05.98
Álvaro Abreu	Marathon	—		2:15:27	7

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Total	Rank
José Miguel Paulino	Result	11.04	7.54	13.18	1.95	49.70	14.72	37.72	3.40	56.15	4:50.70	7588	4
	Points	852	945	678	758	828	884	618	771	680	614

Women
Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Liranyi Alonso	100 m	11.69	6 Q	11.63	5
Marileidy Paulino	200 m	23.04	1 Q	22.74
Martha Méndez		DNF		Did not advance
Anabel Medina	400 m	DQ		Did not advance
Franshina Martínez	400 m h	1:00.55	1 q	1:02.20	7
Darianny Jiménez Anabel Medina Marileidy Paulino Franshina Martínez Liranyi Alonso Martha Méndez	4 × 100 m relay	45.05	8 q	44.32
Marileidy Paulino Franshina Martínez Anabel Medina Mariana Pérez	4 × 400 m relay	—		3:34.27

Field events

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Marysabel Senyu	High jump	1.81
Rosa Ramírez	Shot put	17.99

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Anabel Medina Mariana Pérez Marileidy Paulino Juander Santos Ezequiel Suárez	4 × 400 metres relay	3:16.05

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games and Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified a team of four athletes (two men and two women). ^{[2] [3]}

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ángel Mariñez	Singles	Miguel Quirama  (COL)
Yonatan Linarez		Manuel Mejia  (ESA)
Ángel Mariñez Yonatan Linarez	Men's doubles	Juan Carlos Otaño  (CUB)   Roberto Herrera Vazquez  (CUB)	—

Women

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Alisa Acosta	Singles	Bye	Nikté Sotomayor  (EAI)
Nairoby Abigail Jimenez		Bye	Wen Yu Zhang  (CAN)
Alisa Acosta Nairoby Abigail Jimenez	Women's doubles	Eliana Zhang  (CAN)   Wen Yu Zhang  (CAN)	—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Angel Marinez Ulloa Alisa Juleisy Acosta	Mixed doubles	Bye
Yonatan Linarez Nairoby Abigail Jimenez		Nicolas Oliva  (ARG)   Ailen Oliva  (ARG)

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2023 Pan American Games

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dominican Republic men	Men's tournament	Panama	Mexico	Chile

Dominican Republic qualified a men's team (of 24 athletes) by finishing fourth in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. ^[4]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Panama	3	3	0	18	3	1.000	—	Super Round
2	Mexico	3	2	1	19	8	.667	1
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	2	13	7	.333	2	Fifth place game
4	Chile (H)	3	0	3	2	34	.000	3	Seventh place game

Source: Santiago 2023 and WBSC Americas
(H) Hosts

October 19 9:30	Panama	4–1	Dominican Republic	Parque Bicentenario de Cerrillos, Cerrillos
		Boxscore

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October 21 9:30	Dominican Republic	0–1	Mexico	Parque Bicentenario de Cerrillos, Cerrillos
		Boxscore

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October 23 15:00	Chile	2–12 (F/5)	Dominican Republic	Parque Bicentenario de Cerrillos, Cerrillos
		Boxscore

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2023 Pan American Games

3x3

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's 3x3 tournament

Dominican Republic qualified a men's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing 5th at the 2022 FIBA 3x3 Americup.

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dominican Republic men	Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's 3x3 tournament

Dominican Republic qualified a women's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dominican Republic women	Women's tournament

Beach volleyball

Main articles: Beach volleyball at the 2023 Pan American Games and Beach volleyball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Bethania Almánzar Julibeth Payano	Women's	Mongelos / Valiente  (PAR) L (20–22, 16–21)	Humana-Paredes / Wilkerson  (CAN) L (11–21, 11–21)	Acuña / Bianchi  (URU) W (32–30, 21–19)	3 Q	Gallay / Pereyra  (ARG) L (18–21, 15–21)	—	9th-12th semifinals   Simisterra / Vilela  (COL) W (21-17, 21-14)	9th place match   Rios / Guzmán  (COL) W (21-13, 21-13)	9

Bowling

Main articles: Bowling at the 2023 Pan American Games and Bowling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified a team of two men. ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Qualification / Final																Round robin											Semifinal	Final / BM
		Block 1							Block 2							Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Grand total	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Men's singles
	Men's doubles																	—

Boxing

See also: Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified 12 boxers (six men and six women).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yunior Alcantara	–51 kg	—	Parina  (CAN) W 5–0	Castañeda  (MEX) W 3–0	Hill  (USA) W 4–1	Trindade  (BRA) W WO
José de los Santos	–57 kg	—	Finol  (VEN) W 4–1	Caicedo  (ECU) W 5–0	Horta  (CUB) L 1–4	Did not advance
Alexy de la Cruz	–63.5 kg	—	Williamson  (GUY) W 5–0	Garcia  (USA) W 2–0	Martínez  (MEX) L 2–3	Did not advance
Jhonny Fernández	—	–71 kg	Arboleda  (COL) L 0–5	Did not advance
Cristian Pinales	–80 kg	—	Gonzales  (USA) W 3–2	Pereira  (BRA) L 0–5	Did not advance
Daniel Guzmán	–92 kg	—	Hurtado  (COL) L 0–5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Novoanny Nuñez	–50 kg	—	Hinestroza  (PAN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Estefany Almanzar	–54 kg	—	Chagas  (BRA) L 2–3	Did not advance
Miguelina Hernández	–57 kg	—	Arboleda  (COL) L 0–5	Did not advance
Jessica Muñoz	–60 kg	—	Saputo  (ARG) L 0–5	Did not advance
María Moronta	–66 kg	—	Imbert  (CUB) W RSC	dos Santos  (BRA) L 0–5	Did not advance
Milena Jiménez	–75 kg	—	Thibeault  (CAN) L RSC	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Canoeing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Sprint

Dominican Republic qualified a total of two male sprint canoeists. ^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Antonely Viloria	C-1 1000 m	4:39.78	5 SF	4:33.32	6 FB	4:29.87	10
José Miguel Jiménez	K-1 1000 m	4:26.34	8 S2	4:19.88	6 FB	4:14.05	14

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified 1 cyclist at the Caribbean Championships. ^[7] Dominican Republic also qualified 1 cyclist at the Pan American Championships.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Steven Polanco	Men's road race	3:48:30	26
Flor Espiritusanto	Women's road race	3:17:34	33

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2023 Pan American Games and Diving at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jonathan Ruvalcaba	1 m springboard	374.40	2 Q	384.90
Frandiel Gómez		317.20	12 Q	335.00	10
Jonathan Ruvalcaba	3 m springboard	419.65	3 Q	379.85	8
Frandiel Gómez		345.30	12 Q	381.25	7
Jonathan Ruvalcaba Frandiel Gómez	3 m synchro	—		364.71	4
Jonathan Ruvalcaba Frandiel Gómez	10 m synchro platform	—		DNS

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Victoria Garza	1 m springboard	201.60	14	Did not advance
	10 m Platform	246.95	12 Q	265.85	9

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2023 Pan American Games and Equestrian at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified a team of four equestrians in Jumping and two individuals in Dressage. ^[8]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification						Grand Prix Freestyle / Intermediate I Freestyle
			Grand Prix / Prix St. Georges		Grand Prix Special / Intermediate I		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Yvonne Losos de Muniz	Aquamarijn	Individual
Stephanie Engstrom	Resperanzo	Individual

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total		Round A		Round B		Total
			Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank
		Individual

Football

Main article: Football at the 2023 Pan American Games

Dominican Republic qualified a men's team of 18 athletes after finishing as the top ranked Caribbean team at the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. ^[9]

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dominican Republic men's	Men's tournament

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan American Games and Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Artistic

Dominican Republic qualified four gymnasts in artistic (two men and two women) at the 2023 Pan American Championships.^{[ citation needed ]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Audrys Nin Reyes	Individual all-around	13.266	11.900	12.633	14.000 Q	13.600	13.566 Q	78.965	10 Q
Leandro Peña				12.500	6.333		12.766

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Score	Rank
Audrys Nin Reyes	All-around	13.233	12.400	13.066	14.600	13.333	13.533	80.165	5
Audrys Nin Reyes	Vault	—			14.466	—
Audrys Nin Reyes	Horizontal bar	—					12.266	—	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Ana Fuentes	Individual all-around	11.966	8.666	6.033	10.533	37.198	37
Camil Betances		12.633 Q	10.533	9.333	10.066	42.565	35

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total
		F	BB	V	UB	Score	Rank
Camil Betances	Vault	—		12.349	—		6

Trampoline

Dominican Republican qualified one male gymnast in trampoline at the 2023 Pan American Championships. ^[10]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Junior Mateo	Men's	30.730	12	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dominican Republic men	Men's tournament	Chile L 21–30	Brazil	Mexico

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Dominican Republic qualified a men's team (of 14 athletes) by reaching the final of the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	117	67	+50	6	Semifinals
2	Chile (H)	3	2	0	1	90	72	+18	4
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	66	102	−36	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Dominican Republic	3	0	0	3	60	92	−32	0

Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.
(H) Hosts

30 October 2023 20:00	Chile	30–21	Dominican Republic	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG)
	Salgado 7	(12–10)	Beras 6
	6×	Report	1× 3× 1×

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31 October 2023 17:30	Dominican Republic	20–36	Brazil	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Beras 6	(11–18)	Hackbarth 7
	1×	Report

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1 November 2023 17:30	Dominican Republic	19–26	Mexico	Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Magalhães, Godoy (BRA)
	Soto 5	(7–13)	Morales 6
	6× 1×	Report	2×

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2023 Pan American Games

Dominican Republic has qualified 9 judokas (five men and four women). ^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elmert Ramírez	−66 kg	Bye	Postigos  (COL) L 00S2–01S2	Did not advance	Preciado  (ECU) L 00S1–10S1	Did not advance
Antonio Tornal	−73 kg	Mattey  (VEN) W 01S1–00S2	Estrada  (CUB) W 01S2–00S2	Falcão  (BRA) L 00S3–10S1	Bye	Bouchard  (CAN) L 00S1–10S1	4
Medickson del Orbe	−81 kg	Bye	Morales  (ARG) W 11S1–01S1	Schimidt  (BRA) L 00S2–10S2	Bye	Aprahamian  (URU) W 01S1–00S2
Robert Florentino	−90 kg	Bye	Knauf  (USA) W 11–00S1	Macedo  (BRA) L 00–10S1	Bye	Paz  (COL) W 12–00
José Nova	+100 kg	Bye	del Sol  (MEX) W 22S1–00S1	Granda  (CUB) L 00S1–10S2	Bye	Figueroa  (ECU) W 10–00S3

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Estefania Soriano	−57 kg	Lasso  (COL) L 00S3–11	Did not advance
Ana Rosa García	−57 kg	Bye	Cancela  (USA) W 10S1–00S3	Gómez  (ARG) L 00S3–11	Bye	Jiménez  (PAN) L 00–01S2	4
Ariela Sánchez	−63 kg	Golden  (USA) L 01–10	Did not advance
Eiraima Silvestre	−78 kg	Bye	Godbout  (CAN) W 01S1–00	Colón  (PUR) L 00–12	Bye	Cardona  (CUB) W 10–00
Moira Morillo	+78 kg	Bye	Bolívar  (PER) W 10–00S3	Ortiz  (CUB) L 00S2–12S2	Bye	Marenco  (NCA) W 10S1–00S3

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Antonio Tornal Medickson del Orbe Robert Florentino José Nova Eiraima Silvestre Ana Rosa García Ariela Sánchez Estefania Soriano Moira Morillo	Team	Bye	Chile W 4–0	Cuba L 2–4	Bye	Argentina W 4–1

Karate

Main articles: Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games and Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified a team of five karatekas (two men and three women) in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Championship and the 2023 Pan American Championships. ^[12]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Round robin					Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anel Castillo	Men's +84 kg	Rojas  (CHI) L 0–4	Fernades (BRA) L 3–6	Irr  (USA) L 2–5	Molina  (ARG) W 5–0	4	Did not advance
Penélope Polanco	Women's -50 kg	Salazar  (VEN) L 0–3	Lahyanssa  (CAN) L 0–2	Vega  (CHI) L 8–1	—	3	Did not advance
Pamela Rodríguez	Women's +68 kg	Padilha  (BRA) L 3–5	González  (CHI) W 8–1	Fernández  (PER) W 5–2	Torres  (COL) L 2–2	2	Echever  (ECU) L 6–11	Did not advance

Kata

Athlete	Event	Pool round 1		Pool round 2		Final / BM
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Larry Aracena	Men's individual					Bronze medal match   Ferreira  (BRA) W 39.70–39.20
María Dimitrova	Women's individual	0	7	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games and Modern pentathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified four modern pentathletes (two men and two women). ^{[13] [14]}

Athlete	Event	Fencing (Épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (Show jumping)			Shooting / Running (10 m laser pistol / 3000 m cross-country)			Total
		V – D	Rank	MP points	BP	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	MP points	Rank
Brayan Almonte	Men's individual
Gabriel Domínguez
Brayan Almonte Gabriel Domínguez	Men's relay
Ana Leidys Arias	Women's individual
Ceclia Fermín
Ana Leidys Arias Cecilia Fermín	Women's relay
Gabriel Domínguez Cecilia Fermín	Mixed relay

Racquetball

Main articles: Racquetball at the 2023 Pan American Games and Racquetball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified two female racquetball athletes. ^[15]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
María Céspedes	Women's singles
Merynanyelly Delgado
María Céspedes Merynanyelly Delgado	Women's doubles
María Céspedes Merynanyelly Delgado	Women's team	—

Roller sports

Main articles: Roller sports at the 2023 Pan American Games and Roller sports at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Figure

Dominican Republic qualified two athletes in figure skating (one per gender). ^[16]

Athlete	Event	Short program		Long program		Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Micaela Marcelloni	Women's	31.26	8	46.84	9	78.66	9

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified a male rower. ^{[17] [18]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ignacio Vásquez	Single sculls	7:37:01	8 R	7:24.27	3 SA/B	7:33.26	8 FB	7:29.63	9

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified 3 boats for a total of 3 sailors. ^[19]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M	Points	Rank
Samuel Antonio Pérez	IQFoil	7	6	5	8	6	6	8	9	7	5	5	7	—	82	6
Esneiry Pérez	Sunfish	7	6	5	6	6	7	5	5	7	3	8	6	—	77	9
Deury Corniel	Kites	3	4	4	2	2	3	4	2	4	3	3	4	3	40

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified a total of four shooters in the 2022 Americas Shooting Championships. ^{[20] [21]}

Men

Shotgun

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Domingo Nicolás Lorenzo	Trap	105	20	Did not advance
Eduardo Lorenzo		109	16	Did not advance
Stefano Hazoury	Skeet	110	16	Did not advance
Julio Dujarric		112	14	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Juan Diego Núñez	10 km open water	—		2:06:15.2	21

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games and Table tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified a team of four athletes (one man and three women) through the 2023 Special Qualification Event. ^[22]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				First round	Second round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jiaji Wu	Singles	—				Cifuentes  (ARG) L 2-4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				First round	Second round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Esmerlyn Castro	Singles	—				Wang  (CAN) L 1-4	Did not advance
Eva Brito		—				Zeng  (CHI) L 2-4	Did not advance
Esmerlyn Castro Eva Brito	Doubles	—						Bruna Takahashi Giulia Takahashi  (BRA) L 0-4	Did not advance
Esmerlyn Castro Eva Brito Yasiris Ortíz	Team	—	Puerto Rico  (PUR) L 1-3	Cuba  (CUB) L 1-3	9	—		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jiaji Wu Yasiris Ortíz	Doubles	Jishan Liang Lily Zhang  (USA) L 0-4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified 5 athletes (three men and two women) during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament. ^[23]

Kyorugi

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cristofer Reyes	–58 kg	Morales  (PUR) W 2-0	Melo  (BRA) L 0-2	Did not advance
Bernardo Pie	–68 kg	Acuña  (ARG) W 2-0	González  (URU) W 2-0	Park  (CAN) W 2-1	Bye	Harris  (USA) L 0-2
Moisés Hernández	–80 kg	Olmedo  (ARG) W 2-0	Trejos  (COL) L 0-2	Did not advance	Calderón  (CUB) L 1-2	Did not advance
Cristofer Reyes Bernardo Pie Moisés Hernández	Team	—	Ecuador L 63-74	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mayerlin Mejía	–57 kg	Cox  (USA) L 0-1	Did not advance
Madelyn Rodríguez	-67 kg	Velázquez  (MEX) L 1-2	Did not advance
Katherine Rodríguez	+67 kg	Weekes  (PUR) L 0-2	Did not advance
Mayerlin Mejía Madelyn Rodríguez Katherine Rodríguez	Team	—	Colombia W 63-66	Cuba W 33-31	—	Mexico W 54-44

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nick Hardt	Men's singles	Bye	Martínez  (VEN) W 2–0 (6–1, 6–0)	Rubio  (MEX) W 2–0 (7–6, 6–1)	Barrios  (CHI) L 1–2 (6–2, 4–6, 4–6)	Did not advance
Peter Bertran		Bye	Maginley  (ANT) W 2–0 (6–4, 7–6)	Escobedo  (MEX) L 0–2 (1–6, 3–6)	Did not advance
Roberto Cid		Bye	Rodríguez-Pace  (VEN) W 2–0 (6–2, 6–0)	Rubio  (MEX) L 0–2 (5–7, 4–6)	Did not advance
Nick Hardt Roberto Cid	Men's doubles	—			Vallejo / Vergara  (PAR) W 2–1 (5–7, 6–4, 10-8)	Heide / Demoliner  (BRA) L 0–2 (6–7, 3–6)	Crespo / Flores  (CRC) W 2–1 (7–6, 4–6, 12-10)

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ana Zamburek	Singles	Moyano  (ARG) L 0–2 (5–7, 4–6)	Did not advance
Kelly Williford		Bye	Labraña  (CHI) L 1–2 (6–4, 1–6, 4–6)	Did not advance
Kelly Williford Ana Zamburek	Women's doubles	—		Iamachkine / Pérez  (PER) L 0–2 (3–6, 4–6)	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kelly Williford Peter Bertran	Mixed doubles	—		Huertas / Ccuno  (PER) L 0–2 (0–6, 2–6)	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games and Triathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified a triathlon team of two athletes (one man and one woman).

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Melvin Martínez	Men's individual	19:38	20:30	Did not finish
Camila Romero	Women's individual	DNF

Volleyball

Indoor

Main article: Volleyball at the 2023 Pan American Games

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Dominican Republic qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes) after being the best team from NORCECA at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. ^[24]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dominican Republic men	Men's tournament	Chile L 1–3	Argentina	Puerto Rico

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Dominican Republic qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) by winning the 2021 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup. ^[25]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dominican Republic women	Women's tournament	Chile W 3–0	Mexico W 3–0	Colombia W 3–0	1 Q	Argentina W 3–1	Brazil W 3–0

Water skiing

Main articles: Water skiing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Water skiing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified four water skiers during the 2022 Pan American Water skiing Championship. ^[26]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Score	Rank	Slalom	Jump	Tricks	Total	Rank
Andrea Pigozzi	Slalom	3.00/58/11.25	11
Paolo Pigozzi		2.00/58/11.25	13
Robert Pigozzi		0.00/58/10.25	2 Q	Did not advance			1.00/58/10.25
Andrea Pigozzi	Jump
Paolo Pigozzi
Paolo Pigozzi	Overall					650

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Score	Rank	Slalom	Jump	Tricks	Total	Rank
Francesca Pigozzi	Slalom	0.00/55/18.25	13
	Jump	19.3	6
	Tricks	1660	12
	Overall

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games

Dominican Republic qualified nine weightlifters (four men and five women). ^[27]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Julio Cedeño	Men's 73 kg	141	4	165	7	306	5
Ray Reyes	Men's 89 kg	135	10	170	10	305	10
Confesor Santana	Men's 102 kg	140	13	175	12	315	13
Ezequiel Germán	Men's +102 kg	161	6	204	4	365	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dahiana Ortiz	Women's 49 kg	83	3	107	1	190
Beatriz Pirón	Women's 49 kg	84	1	97	3	181
Daiana Serrano	Women's 71 kg	103	5	121	6	224	6
Yudelina Mejía	Women's 81 kg	111	2	133	3	244
Crismery Santana	Women's +81 kg	117	3	150	3	267

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2023 Pan American Games and Wrestling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Dominican Republic qualified 10 wrestlers (eight men and two women) through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships. ^[28]

Key:

• VT – Victory by fall.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 9 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• VA – Decision by withdrawal

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Freestyle 65 kg
	Freestyle 97 kg
	Freestyle 125 kg
	Greco-Roman 60 kg
	Greco-Roman 67 kg
	Greco-Roman 87 kg
	Greco-Roman 97 kg
	Greco-Roman 130 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	68 kg
	76 kg

See also

• Dominican Republic at the 2023 Parapan American Games
• Dominican Republic at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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