The island nation of East Timor

East Timor

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...

(Timor-Leste) first formally participated in the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

in Athens

Athens

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, Greece

Greece

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. East Timorese athletes had competed as Individual Olympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Individual Olympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Four athletes from East Timor competed as Individual Olympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-Results by event:- Weightlifting:Men-References:...

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Athletics

The first Timor-Leste Olympic team was somewhat less successful in terms of results in Athletics than the Individual Olympic Athletes from Timor-Leste were in Sydney. Trindade did not finish, but was well behind the other runners, while Amaral went from beating two runners to beating only one. Still, Amaral did handily beat the last placed finisher from Mongolia

Mongolia at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Mongolia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.No Mongolian athlete has won a gold medal, though the country can claim five silver and eight bronze medals.Mongolia entered twenty competitors in the 2004 Games...

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Men

Athlete	Events	Final
		Result	Rank
Gil da Cruz Trindade Gil da Cruz Trindade Gil da Cruz Trindade is an athlete from East Timor. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. A marathon runner, Trindade failed to finish the race.-Achievements:*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise...	Marathon Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon The Men's Marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on August 29, 2004 in the streets of Athens, Greece. The streets were recently painted for the event, which provided an excellent road surface for the athletes. Drawing upon the ancient origins of the race, the marathon began in...	DNF	-

Trindade was two minutes behind the leaders after 5 km, and pulled out of the race between the 20 km checkpoint and the halfway point, having fallen 12 minutes behind the second-last runner.

Women

Athlete	Events	Final
		Result	Rank
Agueda Amaral	Marathon Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Marathon The Women's Marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on August 22, 2004 in the streets of Athens, Greece. World record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain started as favourite for the race, and led from the start. However, she was overtaken by Mizuki Noguchi, from Japan and...	3:18:25	65