Dominican Republic at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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The Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

.

Baseball
Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Baseball had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Eight nations competed, with the preliminary phase consisting of each team playing every other team. Playoffs were then held, with the four highest ranked teams advancing...

The Dominican team won two of its seven games in the preliminary round of the first Olympic baseball tournament, defeating Italy
Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Gold:* Pierpaolo Ferrazzi — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles* Fabio Casartelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race* Giovanni Lombardi — Cycling, Men's Points Race* Giovanna Trillini — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition...

 and Spain
Spain at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Spain was the host nation for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The Games were quite exceptional for Spain because their athletes were competing not only in their home country, but also in the home city of IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch....

. Its record put the team in sixth place and out of further contention.

Men's Team Competition:
  • Dominican Republic - 6th place (2-5)

  • Team Roster
  • Félix Nova
  • José Ramón Veras
  • Manuel Guzmán
  • Fabio Aquino
  • Roberto Casey
  • Eugenio Váldez
  • Rafelito Mercedes
  • Félix Tejada
  • Teófilo Peña
  • Alexis Peña
  • Fausto Peña
  • Teodoro Novas
  • Cipriano Ventura
  • Juan Sánchez
  • Juan Viñas
  • Roque Solano
  • Silvestre Popoteur
  • Elias Olivos
  • Benjamin Heredia
  • José Santana

Boxing
Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place in the old Pavelló Club Joventut de Badalona in Barcelona. The boxing schedule began on July 26 and ended on August 9...

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
  • Fausto del Rosario
  • First Round — Lost to Eric Griffin
    Eric Griffin (boxer)
    Eric Griffin is a retired boxer from the USA, who competed in the light flyweight division during the early 1990s. He won at the 1991 world championships finals, beating Rogelio Marcelo....

     (USA), 2:14


Men's Flyweight
  • Héctor Avila
    Héctor Avila
    Héctor Julio Avila is a retired boxer from the Dominican Republic.Avila competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Men's Flyweight division by Hungary's eventual bronze medalist István Kovács...



Men's Bantamweight
  • Agustin Castillo


Men's Featherweight
  • Victoriano Sosa
    Victoriano Sosa
    Victoriano Damian Sosa is a boxer.- Amateur career :Member of the 1992 Dominican Olympic Team as a Featherweight. His results were:*Defeated Eddie Saenz 23-14...



Men's Light-Welterweight
  • Rafael Romero


Men's Welterweight
  • César Ramos
    César Ramos
    César Altair Zanetti Ramos is a Brazilian racing driver.-Formula Renault 2.0:Ramos began his car racing career by driving in the Italian Formula Renault Championship with the BVM Minardi team in 2007...


Judo
Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The Judo competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics was contested in fourteen weight classes, seven each for men and women. The seven men's weight classes continued to be those first used in 1980. This was the first Olympic competition to award medals to women judoka; women competed in 1988 as a...

Men's Extra-Lightweight
  • Gilberto García


Men's Half-Lightweight
  • Ekers Raposo


Women's Lightweight
  • Altagracia Contreras


Women's Half-Middleweight
  • Eleucadia Vargas
    Eleucadia Vargas
    Eleucadia Vargas Reyes is a female judoka from the Dominican Republic. She competed for her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1992 and 2000. Vargas won a total number of two bronze medals at the Pan American Games in the 1990s....


Weightlifting
Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The Weightlifting Competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona consisted of ten weight classes, for men only.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

Men's Featherweight
  • Juan Manuel Cueto

Wrestling
Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 20 wrestling events were contested, for men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:...

Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
  • Ulises Valentin
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