Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - East Timor yakapinda mumitambo miviri yeZhizha yeOlympic pakati pekutanga kwayo mumitambo yeZhizha yeOlympic muna 2004 muAthens, Greece uye neZhizha reOlympic ra2008 muBeijing. National Olympic Committee yeEast Timor (NOC) yakasarudza vatambi vaviri vachishandisa wildcards. Kazhinji, NOC yaizokwanisa kupinda kusvika kune 3 vatambi vanokodzera mumutambo wega wega chero bedzi mutambi wega wega akasangana ne "A" standard, kana mutambi mumwe chete pamutambo kana vakasangana ne "B" standard. Zvisinei, sezvo East Timor yakanga isina vatambi vaisangana nezvinodiwa zvose, vakabvumirwa kusarudza vatambi vaviri, mumwe wechirume nomumwe, sevatambi vasina kukodzera. Vatambi vaviri vakasarudzwa kuti vakwikwidze mumitambo yeBeijing vaiva Augusto Ramos Soares mumarathon yeVarume
uye Mariana Diaz Ximenez munhangemutange yemarathon yevakadzi. Ximenez akanga ari mutakuri wemureza pamhemberero yokuzarura.