Timor-Leste at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Timor-Leste (East Timor) competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, which was held from 13 to 29 August. The nation's appearance at the 2004 Athens Games marked its official debut in any Olympic event and also the Summer Olympics.

Two track and field athletes, Gil da Cruz Trindade and Agueda Amaral, were selected to represent the nation via wildcards, as the nation had no athletes that met either the "A" or "B" qualifying standards in their respective events, the Men's and Women's marathons. At 32 years and 88 days, Amaral became the oldest athlete to represent the nation at the Summer Games, which still stands today. She was also selected as the nation's first flag bearer for the opening ceremony.

Ultimately, neither athlete won a medal in their events, with Trindade not even finishing his marathon. This therefore meant that Timor-Leste won no medals in the Athens Games.

Background

Although this was the official Summer Olympics debut for Timor-Leste, Timorese athletes had competed as individual Olympic athletes in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.<ref name="Sports Reference - Countries - East Timor">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Because the athletes did not win a medal at the previous Olympics, no athlete from the nation had won a medal prior to the 2004 Athens Games.<ref name="Sports Reference - Countries - East Timor" />

The National Olympic Committee of Timor-Leste (NOC) selected two athletes via wildcards. Usually, a NOC would be able to enter up to three qualified athletes in each individual event as long as each athlete met the "A" standard, or one athlete per event if they met the "B" standard.<ref name="Entry Standards">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Athletics

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}

Men's

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Gil da Cruz Trindade	Marathon	Template:AthAbbr

Women's

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Aguida Amaral	Marathon	3:18:25	65

External links

• Template:Webarchive
• Template:SR/Olympics country at games

{{#invoke:Navbox|navbox}} Template:Country at games navbox