East Timor competed in the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea, from September 29 to October 14, 2002.

João Viegas Carrascalão accompanied the delegation as East Timor's Asian Games chef de mission.

[11] East Timor's boxing squad for the Games included two boxers Felix Barreto and Victor Ramos, competing in the flyweight and lightweight classes respectively.

De Araújo got a bye in the 1st preliminary round and lost to Hussain Al-Qattan of Kuwait in the quarterfinals, without gaining a single point.

He got bye in the first round and lost the pre-quarterfinal match to Pavel Yugay of Uzbekistan after the referee stopped the contest (RSC).

Martinho de Araújo was the sole competitor for East Timor in weightlifting, competing in the bantamweight class.