Dominican Republic at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Dominican Republic at the Olympic Games
Flag of the Dominican Republic – Flag bearers IOC code  DOM NOC Comité Olímpico Dominicano
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
Competitors	20 in 6 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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The Dominican Republic competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Alberto Torres

• Round 1 — 10.7 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

• Porfirio Veras

• Round 1 — 10.5 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Porfirio Veras

• Round 1 — 21.5 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

• Alberto Torres

• Round 1 — 21.9 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• José L'Oficial

• Round 1 — 47.9 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• José L'Oficial

• Round 1 — 1:55.6 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Miguel Núñez

• Round 1 — 4:23.6 min (→ 10th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 110 metres hurdles

• Radhames Mora

• Round 1 — 16.8 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

• Luis Soriano, Alberto Torres, Rafael Domínguez, Porfirio Veras

• Round 1 — 41.4 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres relay

• Rolando Gómez, Jose L'Oficial, Radhames Mora, David Soriano

• Round 1 — 3:19.4 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Boxing

Flyweight (48 kg)

• Ignacio Espinal

• Round 1 — Lost to Robert Urretavizcaya of Argentina

Lightweight (60 kg)

• Martín Puello

• Round 2 — Lost to Armando Mendoza of Venezuela

Light welterweight (63.5 kg)

• Donato Cartagena

• Round 2 — Lost to James Wallington of the USA

Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard

• Salvador Pérez — DNS (→ no ranking)

Shooting

Men's 50 m pistol

• Domingo Lorenzo — 124 pts (→ 55th place)

Men's skeet

• Riad Yunes — 170 pts (→ 48th place)
• Luis Santana — 57 pts (→ 52nd place)

Weightlifting

Lightweight

• Ramón Silfa

• Press — 95.0 kg
• Snatch — 82.5 kg
• Jerk — DQ (→ no ranking)

Light heavyweight

• José Pérez

• Press — 110.0 kg
• Snatch — 105.0 kg
• Jerk — 135.0 kg
• Total — 350.0 kg (→ 22nd place)

Wrestling

Men's freestyle flyweight (52 kg)

• José Defran

• Round 1 — fought Mohammad Ghorbani of Iran
• Round 2 — fought Richard Sanders of the USA

Men's freestyle featherweight (63 kg)

• Onésimo Rufino

• Round 1 — fought Choi Jung-Heuk of South Korea
• Round 2 — fought Masaaki Kaneko of Japan

References

• Official Olympic Reports
  • Part Three: Results