Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: East Timor yakapinda mumitambo miviri yeOlympic yezhizha pakati pekutanga kwayo muMitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya2004 muAthens, Greece uye Mitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya2008 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 mumutambo weVarume
marathon naMariana Diaz Ximenez mumarathon evakadzi. Ximenez akanga ari mutakuri wemureza pamhemberero yokuzarura.