Sporting event delegation
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
The following Dominican Republic competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded .
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
Archery
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 Ortíz
Individual recurve
589
24
—
Sepúlveda (COL ) L 0–6
Did not advance
Athletics
Men
Track & road events
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete
Event
100 m
400 m
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
Field events
Mixed
Badminton
Dominican Republic qualified a team of four athletes (two men and two women).[ 2] [ 3]
Men
Women
Mixed
Baseball
Summary
Dominican Republic qualified a men's team (of 24 athletes) by finishing fourth in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games .[ 4]
Group A
Basketball
3x3
Men's 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
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
Bowling
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
Dominican Republic qualified 12 boxers (six men and six women).
Men
Women
Canoeing
Sprint
Dominican Republic qualified a total of two male sprint canoeists.[ 6]
Men
Cycling
Dominican Republic qualified 1 cyclist at the Caribbean Championships.[ 7] Dominican Republic also qualified 1 cyclist at the Pan American Championships.
Road
Diving
Men
Women
Equestrian
Dominican Republic qualified a team of four equestrians in Jumping and two individuals in Dressage.[ 8]
Dressage
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
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
Summary
Gymnastics
Artistic
Dominican Republic qualified four gymnasts in artistic (two men and two women) at the 2023 Pan American Championships.[citation needed ]
Men
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final
Individual finals
Women
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final
Individual Finals
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
Summary
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
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
Judo
Dominican Republic has qualified 9 judokas (five men and four women).[ 11]
Men
Women
Mixed
Karate
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
Kata
Modern pentathlon
Dominican Republic qualified four modern pentathletes (two men and two women).[ 13] [ 14]
Racquetball
Dominican Republic qualified two female racquetball athletes.[ 15]
Roller sports
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
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
Dominican Republic qualified 3 boats for a total of 3 sailors.[ 19]
Men
Shooting
Dominican Republic qualified a total of four shooters in the 2022 Americas Shooting Championships .[ 20] [ 21]
Men
Shotgun
Swimming
Men
Table tennis
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
Mixed
Taekwondo
Dominican Republic qualified 5 athletes (three men and two women) during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament.[ 23]
Kyorugi
Men
Women
Tennis
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
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
Dominican Republic qualified a triathlon team of two athletes (one man and one woman).
Volleyball
Indoor
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
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
Water skiing
Dominican Republic qualified four water skiers during the 2022 Pan American Water skiing Championship.[ 26]
Men
Women
Weightlifting
Dominican Republic qualified nine weightlifters (four men and five women).[ 27]
Men
Women
Wrestling
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
Women
Athlete
Event
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final / BM
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Rank
68 kg
76 kg
See also
References