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East Timor at the
Olympics
Flag of East Timor.svg
IOC code TLS
NOC National Olympic Committee of East Timor
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
Summer appearances
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020
Winter appearances
  • 2014
  • 2018
Other related appearances
 Indonesia (1984–1996)
 Individual Olympic Athletes (2000)

East Timor, officially known as the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, has been competing in the Olympic Games since 2004. The country's National Olympic Committee was created in 2003.

Before 2004, East Timor's athletes participated in the Olympics in different ways. From 1976 to 1996, they competed as part of the Indonesian team. In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, athletes from East Timor competed as "Individual Olympic Athletes" because their country was not yet fully independent. East Timor is still working to win its very first Olympic medal.

Olympic Medals for East Timor

East Timor has participated in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. So far, they have not won any medals.

Summer Olympics Medals

East Timor first competed in the Summer Olympics in 2004. They have sent a small team of athletes to each Summer Games since then.

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Canada 1976 Montreal as part of  Indonesia (INA)
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow
United States 1984 Los Angeles
South Korea 1988 Seoul
Spain 1992 Barcelona
United States 1996 Atlanta
Australia 2000 Sydney competed as  Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)
Greece 2004 Athens 2 0 0 0 0
China 2008 Beijing 2 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 2012 London 2 0 0 0 0
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 0 0 0 0
Japan 2020 Tokyo 3 0 0 0 0
France 2024 Paris 4 0 0 0 0
United States 2028 Los Angeles future event
Total 0 0 0 0

Winter Olympics Medals

East Timor is a tropical country, but it has still sent athletes to the Winter Olympics. Their first appearance was in 2014.

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Russia 2014 Sochi 1 0 0 0 0
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 1 0 0 0 0
China 2022 Beijing 1 0 0 0 0
Italy 2026 Milan/Cortina future event
Total 0 0 0 0

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Timor Oriental en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

  • List of flag bearers for East Timor at the Olympics
  • East Timor at the Paralympics
  • Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics
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