Dominican Republic at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Dominican Republic at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Dominican Republic
IOC code	DOM
NOC	Dominican Republic Olympic Committee
Website	www.colimdo.org (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors	16 (12 men and 4 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Joan Guzmán
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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The Dominican Republic competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	1	3
Boxing	6	–	6
Judo	2	1	3
Table tennis	0	1	1
Tennis	0	1	1
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Wrestling	1	–	1
Total	12	4	16

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Adalberto Méndez

Men's High Jump

• Julio Luciano

Women's High Jump

• Juana Arrendel
  • Qualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• José Pérez Reyes
  • First Round — Lost to Sabin Bornei (Romania) on points (10-16)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• John Nolasco
  • First Round — Defeated Steve Naraina (Mauritius) on points (18-14)
  • Second Round — Lost to Hicham Nafil (Morocco) on points (6-18)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Miguel Mojica
  • First Round — Lost to Tumentsetseg Uitumen (Mongolia), 1-7

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Gabriel Hernández
  • First Round — Lost to Sybrand Botes (South Africa ), 11-16

Judo

Men's Half-Lightweight

• Francis Figuereo

Men's Heavyweight

• José Augusto Geraldino

Women's Middleweight

• Dulce Piña

Table tennis

Women's singles

• Blanca Alejo

Tennis

Women's singles

• Joelle Schad
  1. First round — Lost to Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 0-6 1-6

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alfonso Grullart	Men's −64 kg	115	29	145	29	260	30

Wrestling

Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman

• Ulises Valentin

See also

• Dominican Republic at the 1995 Pan American Games

References

1. Dominican Republic at the 1996 Summer Olympics

• Official Olympic Reports
• sports-reference