The Dominican Republic competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 18 competitors, all men, took part in 16 events in 5 sports.[1]
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 Jim Wallington of the USA
Shooting
Three shooters, all men, represented the Dominican Republic in 1968.
- Domingo Lorenzo — 124 pts (→ 55th place)
- 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
- ^ "Dominican Republic at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
