IOC code DOM | Competitors 35 in 10 sports | |
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Website www.colimdo.org (Spanish) MedalsRanked 46th GoldSilverBronzeTotal1102 |
The Dominican Republic competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.
Contents
- Competitors
- Athletics
- Boxing
- Artistic
- Judo
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Volleyball
- Womens indoor tournament
- Weightlifting
- References
The Dominican Republic Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Dominicano, COD) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 35 athletes, 15 men and 20 women, competed in 10 sports. For the first time in Olympic history, Dominican Republic was represented by more female than male athletes. Women's volleyball was the only team-based sport in which Dominican Republic was represented at these Olympic games. Among the sports played by the athletes, Dominican Republic marked its Olympic debut in artistic gymnastics.
The Dominican Republic team featured promising athletes: Felix Sánchez, track star in the hurdles and former Olympic gold medalist, Luguelín Santos, world junior champion, and gold medalist at the first Youth Olympic Games, and Gabriel Mercedes, Olympic silver medalist in the men's taekwondo event at Beijing. Two of these athletes won the nation's only medals in athletics at the London games. Felix Sánchez also managed to repeat his gold medal streak from Athens in the men's 400 m hurdles event. Luguelín Santos, on the other hand, settled for the silver instead in the men's 400 metres, behind Grenada's Kirani James. Gabriel Mercedes, being the only medalist to return for his second Olympic appearance, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
Athletics
The Dominican Republic had qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):
Boxing
The Dominican Republic has qualified boxers for the following events
Artistic
Legend: Q = qualified for individual final*
Judo
The Dominican Republic has qualified 1 judoka
Shooting
The Dominican Republic has qualified one quota place in the men's trap event;
Swimming
Table tennis
The Dominican Republic has qualified 1 athlete.
Taekwondo
Gabriel Mercedes has ensured a quota place for the Dominican Republic in the men's 58 kg by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 WTF World Qualification Tournament.
Volleyball
The Dominican Republic has qualified one women's team for the indoor tournament.
Women's indoor tournament
The following is the Dominican roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Marcos Kwiek
Weightlifting
The Dominican Republic has qualified 2 women.