 Usually, an NOC would be able to enter up to three qualified athletes in each individual event as long as each athlete met the "A" standard, or one athlete per event if they met the "B" standard.Since Equatorial Guinea had no athletes that met either standard, however, they were allowed to select two athletes, one of each gender, as wildcards.The four athletes who were selected to compete at the Sydney Summer Games were José Luis Ebatela Nvo in the men's 1500 metres, Mari Paz Mosanga Motanga in the women's 100 metres, Eric Moussambani in the men's 100 metre freestyle and Paula Barila Bolopa in the women's 50 metre freestyle.