Dominican Republic won 73 medals, breaking the record of 71 medals won in Santiago in 1986. Best performances were turned in by the women that won six of the seven gold medals, 20 silver medals and 45 bronze. For the first time in a Central American and Caribbean championship, the DR won a gold medal in high jump, won by Juana Arrendel who jumped 1.90 meter. Wanda Rijo won three golds in weight lifting, tying Mario Alvarez’s record of three golds won by a Dominican in the Games. He won the three golds in the Santiago Games held in 1986 in ping pong. Miosotti Heredia, of the weight lifting team, also won a gold, a silver and a bronze. Jose Eduardo Confidente, won the gold and a silver in Karate, becoming the most outstanding male athlete. Milciades Santiago, won the DR’s first Central American and Caribbean Championship in gymnastics, with a bronze medal. The Dominican women’s team won silver in volleyball, and the Dominican men’s team won gold in basketball, a feat that had not been accomplished since the Medellín Games in 1978. The DR finished in 6th position after Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Puerto Rico.
