Dominican Republic at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
Dominican Republic at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeDOM
NPCParalympic Committee of the Dominican Republic
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors11 in 5 sports
Flag bearers Darlenys de la Cruz Severino
Jesus Manuel Rodriguez Vallejo
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

The Dominican Republic are competing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 3 1 4
Cycling 1 0 1
Powerlifting 1 0 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Taekwondo 2 1 3
Total 8 3 11

Athletics

Track and field athletes from Dominican Republic has achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • PR = Paralympic Record
  • AR = Area (or continental) Record
  • NR = National Record
  • SB = Season's Best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Luis Andres Vasquez Segura Men's 100 m T47 11.09 7 Did not advance
Men's 400 m T47
Darlenys de la Cruz Severino Women's 100 m T12
Women's 200 m T12
Diana Carolina Vivenes Paula Women's 400 m T20
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Wagner Astacio Men's long jump T63
Men's high jump T63
Diana Carolina Vivenes Paula Women's long jump T20

Cycling

For the first time since 2016, Dominican Republic sent one male para-cyclist after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.[1]

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Jose Frank Rodriguez Hernandez Men's road race C4-5
Men's time trial C4

Track

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Jose Frank Rodriguez Hernandez Men's pursuit C4 5:17.462 12 Did not advance

Powerlifting

Athlete Event Attempts (kg) Result (kg) Rank
1 2 3 4
Jesus Manuel Rodriguez Vallejo Men's 80 kg

Swimming

Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Marcos Miguel Jimenez Sencion Men's 50 m freestyle S5
Men's 50 m backstroke S5
Men's 100 m breaststroke SB4
Alejandra Aybar Women's 50 m butterfly S7
Women's 200 m individual medley SM7
Women's 100 m breaststroke SB6

Taekwondo

Dominican Republic entered three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Geraldo Castro Encarnacion (men's under 63 kg), Julio Figuereo (men's above 80 kg) and Elisabeth Geraldo (women's under 52 kg) qualified for the games, in their respective classes, following the home crowd triumph of their gold medal results, at the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, marking the nation's debut at these sports.[2]

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Geraldo Castro Encarnacion Men's −63 kg  Al-Turayk (KSA)
 
Julio Figuereo Men's +80 kg  Liu (CHN)
 
Elisabeth Geraldo Women's −52 kg  Krassavtseva (KAZ)
L 8–10 		Did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Clasificatorios Olímpico, Paralímpico y Dominican Open se realizaron con éxito" [Olympic, Paralympic and Dominican Open qualifiers were successfully held] (in Spanish). Pan American Taekwondo Union. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
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