TIMOR LESTE

Capital: Dili

NOC Recognition Year: 2003

Asian Games Debut: 2002

Just four months after being declared independent from Indonesia in May 2002, Timor Leste entered the Asian Games that year in Busan.

The country, also known as East Timor, sent 15 athletes which was the second smallest delegation behind Laos which had 13 competitors.

At Hangzhou 2022, the country sent 23 athletes, but their wait for a first Asian Games medal went on.