Unified Team at the Paralympics explained

Npc:	EUN
Games:	Paralympics
Flagcaption:	The Unified Team used the Paralympic symbol in place of a national flag
Summerappearances:	1992
Winterappearances:	1992
See also:	(1988) (1994–) (1994–) (1994–) (1996–) (1996–) (1996–) (1996–) (1996–) (2000–) (2004–) (2004–)

The Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of eleven former constituent republics of the Soviet Union^[1] (excluding Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, and Lithuania) at the 1992 Winter Paralympics in Albertville^[2] and the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona.^[3] The IOC country code was EUN, after the French name, Équipe Unifiée.

The Paralympic Flag was used in place of a national flag at the Opening Ceremony and at medals ceremonies, and the Paralympic Hymn was played for gold medallists. Unlike the Unified Team at the Olympics, the Summer Paralympic team paraded in the opening ceremony with no special procedure (no placard displayed the names of the individual countries, the announcers did not announce the names of the individual countries, and the athletes did not carry flags of the individual countries).^[4]

Details

For details of the Unified Team's participation, see:

Participating countries

Country (former
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IOC code (1994 -)
	ARM
	AZE
	BLR
	KAZ
	KGZ
	MDA
	RUS
	TJK
	TKM
	UKR
	UZB

Performance

The Unified Team finished third to the United States and Germany in the overall medal tally at Albertville with 10 golds, 8 silvers, and 3 bronzes; 21 medals in total^[1]
The team finished eighth at Barcelona with 16 golds, 14 silvers, and 15 bronzes; 45 medals in total

(Note, however, that the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) does not officially recognise national medal totals.)

Athletes

Athletes competing for the Unified team at the 1992 Summer and 1992 Winter Paralympic Games.^[5]

Summer Games

Men

Archery
- - - - Stepan Bugaychuk Dmitri Nikolsky Konstantine Shumkov
Athletics
- - - - Oleg Chepel Victor Khilmonchik Sergei Khodakov Aleksei Lashmanov Andrei Makarov Sergey Okulov Vladimir Potapenko Sergei Sevastianov Sergey Shilov Sergey Silchenco Yurij Zubrilov
Cycling
- - - Alexandre Pytko Nikolai Timofeev
Goalball
- - - - Vladimir Berejetski Nikolai Lednev Alexandre Litvinov Alexei Pavlyguine Nikolai Perejoguine Alexandre Toupiline
Judo
- - - - Akhmed Gazimagomedov Vladimir Kazakov Veniamin Mitchourine Mikhail Yakovlev
Powerlifting
- - - Vladimir Larionov Roman Omurbekov
Swimming
- - - - Albert Bakaev Vladimir Chesnov Aleksei Kapoura Vitaly Khutornoy Vitalii Krylov Juri Likorovsky Nikolay Ponamarev Nikolay Rogozhin Vladimir Vshivtsev
Table Tennis
- - - - Vladimir Polkanov Valery Vishnjakov Sergey Zuev
Volleyball
- - - - Gadji Abakarov Igor Bondar A. Gontcharenko Victor Krasnov Alexander Kukatov Murad Makhanov Radjab Mamaev Vladimir Maysak Petr Ostrinsky Iouri Soubbota Peter Zubov

Women

Archery
- Tatiana Grishko
Athletics
- - - - Rimma Batalova Olga Churkina Irina Leontiouk Ljubov Malakhova Olga Nazarenko Tamara Pankova Tamara Sivakova Raisa Zhuravleva
Swimming
- - - Olga Melnikova Natalia Parshina

Winter Games

Men

Alpine skiing
- - - - Alexey Bargojakov Ivan Chaprygin Oleg Krasavin Alexei Moshkine Oleg Vasiljev
Biathlon
- - - - Afanasiev Bogdanov Nikolai Ilioutchenko Vladimir Kolesnikov Sergei Lozhkin Seleznev Andrei Venediktov
Cross-country skiing

Women

Alpine skiing
- Zinaida Emlina
Cross-country skiing

Notes and References

http://www.paralympic.ca/en/Games/Winter/Tigns-Alvertville-1992.html Tigns-Alvertville 1992
http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=participation&games=1992PWG&sport=all 1992 winter paralympics participants
http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=participation&games=1992PG&sport=all Barcelona Paralympics participation
Web site: Opening Ceremony of the Barcelona 1992 Summer Paralympic Games . .
http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=EUN&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Athlete Search Results