Timor-Leste at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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| NOCname = National Olympic Committee of East Timor

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 2008

| flagcaption = Flag of East Timor

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| location = Beijing, China

| date = 8–24 August 2008

| competitors = 2

| sports = 1

| flagbearer = Mariana Diaz Ximenez

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| gold = 0

| silver = 0

| bronze = 0

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| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year = 2004

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| seealso = {{flagIOC|INA}} (1984–1996)
{{flagIOC|IOA|2000 Summer}} (2000)

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East Timor (Timor-Leste) competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China which was held from 8 to 24 August. The country's participation at Beijing marked its second appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut in the 2004 Summer Olympics. The delegation included Augusto Ramos Soares and Mariana Diaz Ximenez, both of whom were marathoners that qualified via wildcard places as the nation had no athletes that met the "A" or "B" qualifying standards. Ximenez was selected as flag bearer for the opening ceremony. Neither of the two athletes finished their events; Soares did not even start.

Background

East Timor participated in two Summer Olympic games between its debut in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TLS/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092221/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TLS/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Timor Leste |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=31 December 2014}} The National Olympic Committee of East Timor (NOC) selected two athletes via wildcards. Usually, an NOC would be able to enter up to 3 qualified athletes in each individual event as long as each athlete met the "A" standard, or 1 athlete per event if they met the "B" standard.{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/the-xxix-olympic-games-beijing-china-824 |title=The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008 |publisher=IAAF |date=5 February 2008 |access-date=14 February 2015}} However, since East Timor had no athletes that met either standard, they were allowed to select two athletes, one of each gender, as wildcards. The two athletes that were selected to compete in the Beijing games were Augusto Ramos Soares in the Men's marathon and Mariana Diaz Ximenez in the Women's marathon.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TLS/summer/2008/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092220/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TLS/summer/2008/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Timor Leste at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=14 February 2015}} Ximenez was flag bearer for the opening ceremony.{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/documents/reports/en/en_report_1344.pdf |title=LIST OF FLAGBEARERS BEJING [sic] 2008 |publisher=Olympic.org |access-date=31 December 2014}}

Athletics

Making his Summer Olympic debut, Augusto Ramos Soares qualified for the Beijing Games after being granted a wildcard place without competing in any notable sporting event.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/augusto-soares-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004517/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/augusto-soares-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Augusto Soares |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=31 December 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/east-timor/augusto-soares-243385#honours |title=IAAF - Athletes - East Timor - Augusto Ramos Soares - Honours |publisher=IAAF |access-date=14 February 2015}} He was to compete against 97 other athletes in the Men's Marathon but he was one of 3 athletes to not start the event.{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/olympic-games/2008/the-xxix-olympic-games-3659/men/marathon/final/result |title=IAAF – Results – Olympic Games – 2008 – Men – Marathon – Final – Results |publisher=IAAF |access-date=31 December 2014}}

File:Beijing National Stadium 1.jpg, where Chebal and Camara marathons finished at]]

Competing at her first Summer Olympics, Mariana Diaz Ximenez was notable for carrying the East Timor at the opening ceremony. She qualified for the Beijing Games via being granted a wildcard place, after her best time, 3:22:03 hours, was 40:03 minutes slower than the "B" qualifying standard for her event.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/xi/mariana-dias-ximenes-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004519/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/xi/mariana-dias-ximenes-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Mariana Diaz Ximenez |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=31 December 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/east-timor/mariana-dias-ximenes-243389#progression |title=IAAF - Athletes - East Timor - Mariana Dias Ximenes - Progression |publisher=IAAF |access-date=14 February 2015}} Ximenez competed against 81 other athletes in the Women's marathon on August 17. Ximenez was one of 13 athletes to not finish the event after suffering a bruised left foot at approximately the {{convert|26|km|mi|adj=on}} mark.{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/off-the-field/foot-fault-scuppers-east-timors-dream/2008/08/18/1218911508910.html |title=Foot fault scupper's East Timor's Olympic dream |work=The Age |date=18 August 2008 |access-date=31 December 2014 |author=Hutcheon Stephen}}{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/olympic-games/2008/the-xxix-olympic-games-3659/women/marathon/final/result |title=IAAF – Results – Olympic Games – 2008 – Women – Marathon – Final – Results |publisher=IAAF |access-date=23 January 2015}}

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;Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
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N/A = Round not applicable for the event
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;Men

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rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="2"\|Final
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Augusto Ramos Soares \|Marathon \|align=center colspan=2\|{{abbr\|DNS\|Did not start}}

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Final

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!Result

!Rank

Augusto Ramos Soares

|Marathon

|align=center colspan=2|{{abbr|DNS|Did not start}}

;Women

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="2"\|Final
style="font-size:95%" !Result !Rank
Mariana Diaz Ximenez \|Marathon \|align=center colspan=2\|{{abbr\|DNF\|Did not finish}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

Mariana Diaz Ximenez

|Marathon

|align=center colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

References

External links

{{SR/Olympics country at games|country=Timor Leste|archive=20160311170904}}

Category:Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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