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Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics is represented by the Dominican Republic National Olympic Committee . Forty athletes from the Dominican Republic are competing in nine sports in Athens, Greece. The IOC abbreviation for the Dominican Republic is DOM.

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1

Gold

Athletics

• Felix Sanchez - Men's 400 m Hurdles - First Gold Medal ever for the Dominican Republic.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

• Juan Sainfleur - Round 1: DNF

Men's 400 metres:

• Carlos Santa - Round 1: 45.31 s, Semifinal: 45.58 s

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

• Felix Sanchez - Round 1: 48.51 s, Semifinal: 47.93 s, Final: 47.63 s (gold medal)

Women's high jump:

• Juana Rosario Arrendel - Round 1: 1.89 metres

Women's shot put:

• Flor Vasquez - Round 1: 17.99 metres

Boxing

The Dominican Republic had five competitors in Boxing. Only one of them won a match, and all had been defeated by the round of 16.

Flyweight (51kg)

• Juan Carlos Payano
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Bato Vankeev of Belarus, 26-18
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Jerome Thomas of France, 36-17

Bantamweight (54kg)

• Argenis Mendez
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Maksym Tretyak of Ukraine, 30-24

Lightweight (60kg)

• Felix Diaz
  1. Round of 32 - Bye
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Serik Yeleuov of Kazakhstan, 28-16

Light Welterweight (64kg)

• Isidro Mosquea
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Nafil Hicham of Morocco, 42-40

Middleweight (75kg)

• Juan Jose Ubaldo
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Ndam Mjikam Hassan of Cameroon, by decision (22-22)

Judo

The Dominican Republic had six competitors in Judo.

Shooting

The Dominican Republic had one competitor in Shooting.

• Julio E. Dujarric Lembcke - Men's Skeet. Finished 21st with a score of 119.

Table Tennis

The Dominican Republic had two competitors in Table Tennis.

Taekwondo

The Dominican Republic had two competitors in Taekwondo.

• Yacomo Garcia - Scheduled to compete, did not.
• Gabriel Mercedes - Men's Under 58 kg round of 16. Defeated by Oscar Francisco Salazar Blanco of Mexico 1-10. Did not advance.

Volleyball

Women's:

• Prelims: 1-4
• Quarterfinal: Did not qualify

Weightlifting

The Dominican Republic had one competitor in Weightlifting.

• Wanda Rijo - 75 kg Group A. Finished 10th with a weight of 215 kg. Did not advance.

Wrestling

The Dominican Republic had one competitor in Wrestling.

Men's Greco Roman 55 kg

• Jansel Ramirez

Elimination Pool A. Defeated by Istvan Majoros of Hungary 0-3, and Masatoshi Toyota of Japan, 0-4. Did not advance.

Officials

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