The Dominican Republic first participated in the Olympic Games in 1964, when Alberto Torres de la Mota ("El Gringo" )[1] participated in the 10th heat of the 100m competition and ran 10.9 seconds, finishing 6th, not qualifying for the next round.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Sanchez once again won a gold medal in the 400 meter hurdles.

On the same night, Luguelín Santos won silver in the 400 metres to become the youngest ever Olympic medallist in the event.

Luisito Pie won a bronze medal in Taekwondo at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Lidio Andrés Feliz, Marileidy Paulino, Anabel Medina y Alexander Ogando won the silver medal in the mixed 4x400 m relay.