Dominican Republic at the 2003 Pan American Games

The Dominican Republic participated at the 2003 Pan American Games, held in its capital Santo Domingo, from 1 to 17 August 2003 as the host nation.

Dominican Republic at the 2003 Pan American Games
IOC code	DOM
NOC	Comité Olímpico Dominicano
Website	www.colimdo.org
in Santo Domingo 1–17 August 2003
Flag bearer	Felix Sanchez [1]
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 10 Silver 12 Bronze 19 Total 41
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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Medals

Athletics

• Men's 400 m hurdles: Félix Sánchez
• Women's high jump: Juana Arrendel

Boxing

• Men's middleweight (75 kg): Juan José Ubaldo

Karate

• Men's Kumite (74 kg): Rubel Salomón
• Women's Kumite (+58 kg): Heidy Rodríguez

Table tennis

• Men's Singles: Lin Ju

Taekwondo

• Men's 68 kg: Luis Benítez
• Women's +67 kg: Gina María Ruiz

Volleyball

• Women's tournament: Dominican Republic

Weightlifting

• Women's 75 kg: Wanda Rijo

Basketball

• Men's tournament: Dominican Republic

Boxing

• Men's light welterweight (64 kg): Isidro Mosquea
• Men's flyweight (51 kg): Juan Carlos Payano

Karate

• Men's Kumite (+80 kg): Sterling Felix

Table tennis

• Women's Singles: Wu Xue

Taekwondo

• Men's +80 kg: Rowell Pier Jérez
• Women's 57 kg: Dinanyiris Furcal

Weightlifting

• Men's 56 kg: Tomas Aquino
• Women's 48 kg: Guillermina Candelario
• Women's 53 kg: Yudelquis Contreras

Athletics

• Men's 4 x 400 m relay: Arismendy Peguero, Carlos Santa, Julio Vidal and Félix Sánchez
• Women's shot put: Fior Vásquez

Boxing

• Men's featherweight (57 kg): Jhonathan Batista
• Men's lightweight (60 kg): Manuel Félix Díaz
• Men's welterweight (69 kg): Euris González
• Men's light heavyweight (81 kg): Argenis Casimiro Núñez

Equestrian

• Dressage individual: Yvonne Losos de Muñiz

Karate

• Men's Kumite (68 kg): Dionicio Gustavo

Table tennis

• Women's Double: Wu Xue - Olga Vila

Table tennis

• Men's Double: Lin Ju - Roberto Brito

Taekwondo

• Men's 58 kg: Gabriel Mercedes
• Men's 80 kg: Eddy Antonio Luna

Weightlifting

• Men's +105 kg: Plaiter Reyes
• Women's 53 kg: Wendy Amparo
• Women's 69 kg: Miosotis Heredia
• Women's +75 kg: María Carvajal

Results by event

Athletics

Track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sonny García	Women's 1500 m	—	—	4:32.31	10
Félix Sánchez	Men's 400 m hurdles	48.99	2	48.19
Miguel García	Men's 400 m hurdles	50.89	9	—	9
Jazmín Rodríguez	Women's 400 m hurdles	58.42 [2]	11	—	11

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
José Francisco Paulino	Men's marathon	2:43:11	13
Bernardo Jiménez	Men's marathon	DNF	—
Pascuala Beras	Women's marathon	3:04:47	12
José Ramón Henríquez	Men's 20 km race walk	1:42:50	10
Fraulin Caminero	Men's 20 km race walk	1:49:41	11
Cristina Rodríguez	Women's 20 km race walk	1:51:47	9
Francisca Lora	Women's 20 km race walk	1:52:30	10
Rubén Javiel	Men's 50 km race walk	DNF	—

Field

Athlete	Event	Throws						Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Rank
Mary Mercedes	Women's hammer throw	51.50	50.36	X	—	—	—	51.50 m	11
Anneris Méndez	Women's hammer throw	X	45.86	47.41	—	—	—	47.41 m	12
Expedi Peña	Men's discus throw	48.39	48.09	51.33	—	—	—	51.33 m	9
Mary Mercedes	Women's discus throw	X	44.46	X	42.18	X	X	44.46 m	7
José Ventura	Men's shot put	15.87	14.65	16.54	—	—	—	16.54 m	11
Expedi Peña	Men's shot put	15.06	X	X	—	—	—	15.06 m	12
Fior Vásquez	Women's shot put	17.73	17.76	18.00	16.63	15.76	18.14	18.14 m

Heptathlon

Athlete	Heptathlon							Total
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Points	Rank
Judith Méndez	14.10	1.65	13.34	24.52	5.38	47.24	2:16.56	5783	4
Francia Manzanillo	14.34	1.59	10.14	25.63	5.72	44.32	2:20.28	5359	7

Basketball

Men's tournament

• José Vargas
• Franklin Western
• Carlos Payano
• Carlos Paniagua
• Otto Ramírez
• Miguel Angel Pichardo
• Amaury Filion
• Luis Flores
• Jack Michael Martínez
• Carlos Morban
• Jeffrey Greer
• Francisco García

Head Coach:

• Héctor Báez

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jhonny Montero	Light flyweight	Bain (BAH) W 37–10	Castañeda (MEX) L 11–31	Did not advance
Juan Carlos Payano	Flyweight	Bye	Martínez (USA) W 18–17	Pereira (BRA) W 19–10	Gamboa (CUB) L 22–28 →
Argenis Mendez	Bantamweight	Rigondeaux (CUB) L 2–17	Did not advance
Jhonatan Batista	Featherweight	Bye	Gaudet (CAN) L 6–18	Did not advance
Manuel Félix Díaz	Lightweight	Quiñonez (ECU) W 23–5	Ferreyra (ARG) W 26–13	Kindelán (CUB) L 12–16 →	Did not advance
Isidro Mosquea	Light welterweight	Bye	Hernández (ESA) W 17–5	Costa (BRA) W 19–17	López (VEN) L 9–30 →
Euris González	Welterweight	Bye	Trupish (CAN) W 25–19	Aragón (CUB) L 4–25 →	Did not advance
Juan José Ubaldo	Middleweight	Bye	Calla (PER) W 17–8	Pascal (CAN) W 18–11	Despaigne (CUB) W 23–12 →
Argenis Casimiro	Light heavyweight	Bye	Silva (BRA) W RSC–3	Hernández (CUB) L RSC–4 →	Did not advance
Francisco García	Heavyweight	Bye	Manswell (TRI) L 5–12	Did not advance
Arthur Ontañez	Super heavyweight	Bye	Estrada (USA) L 2–20	Did not advance

Swimming

Men's competitions

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erick Santos	50 m freestyle	24.56	24	Did not advance
Chris Backhaus	100 m freestyle	53.91	29	Did not advance
Jorge Rodríguez		54.11	30	Did not advance
Erick Santos		54.31	32	Did not advance

Women's competitions

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Priscila Zacarias	200 m freestyle	2:13.81	19	Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Race			Total
		Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Rank
Yean Jiménez	Men's individual	20:57.200	58:38.500	36:54.800	01:57:24	14
Robert Nuñéz	Men's individual	22:01.900	1:00:56.200	43:11.200	02:07:12	27
Jonathan Monsanto	Men's individual	24:55.700	—	—	DNF	—
Anabel Mateo	Women's individual	20:52.900	1:08:05.400	55:14.200	18
Melissa Duran	Women's individual	21:49.800	—	—	DNF	—

Notes

1. Los abanderados de los 42 países participantes (in Spanish)
2. National record for the Dominican Republic

See also

• Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics