This article is about the "Unified Team" that competed in the 1992 Winter and Summer Olympics. For the "Unified Team" that competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympics, see United Team of Germany. For the Unified Korean Team, see Korea at the Olympics.
At the 1992 Winter Olympics, the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the constituent countries had not yet been affiliated to the IOC due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union having only taken place little more than two months prior. During the opening ceremony, the team's placard displayed Équipe unifiée in large print, with the names of the five participating countries displayed in smaller print below, and both the French and English announcers announced only the names of the participating countries without announcing the name "Unified Team". Russian flagbearer Valeriy Medvedtsev followed, carrying the Olympic Flag, followed by the team's athletes in no particular order, each carrying a small flag representing their individual country.[2] At medals ceremonies, the Olympic Flag was used and the Olympic Hymn was played for gold medalists.
By the time of the Summer Olympics, the NOCs had affiliated separately, though they fielded a joint team with a standard uniform as Olympic qualifying rounds had been completed before the final demise of the Soviet Union. During the opening ceremony, the team's four-sided placard displayed "Unified Team" in the four official languages (French, English, Spanish, and Catalan), followed by Russian flagbearer Aleksandr Karelin carrying the Olympic Flag, followed by three more four-sided placards displaying the 12 constituent countries in English, followed by 12 flagbearers carrying the national flags of the 12 countries, followed by the athletes in no particular order. The announcers announced the name "Unified Team" in multiple languages, followed by the Spanish announcer announcing all 12 countries.[3] During medals ceremonies, where an EUN individual won a medal, the national flag of the medalist's nation was raised rather than the Olympic flag, and a gold medalist's national anthem was played rather than the Olympic Hymn. In team events, the EUN team continued to use the Olympic flag and the Olympic Hymn, as team members represented different nations.[4]
Participating countries
While only five of the EUN countries took part in the 1992 Winter Olympics, all twelve participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics. At the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics, the nations that were part of the Unified Team started to make their Olympic debuts as independent countries.
The Unified Team's participating countries in the Summer games and the IOC codes used by them in subsequent Olympics
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External links
"Olympic Results". International Olympic Committee.
"Unified Team". Olympedia.com.
"Olympic Analytics/EUN". olympanalyt.com.
January 26, 2023
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This article is about the Unified Team that competed in the 1992 Winter and Summer Olympics For the Unified Team that competed in the 1956 1960 and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympics see United Team of Germany For the Unified Korean Team see Korea at the Olympics This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Unified Team at the Olympics news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Unified Team Russian Obedinyonnaya komanda was the name used for the sports team of the former Soviet Union except the Baltic states at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona 1 The IOC country code was EUN after the French name Equipe unifiee The Unified Team was sometimes informally called the CIS Team Commonwealth of Independent States as a counterpart of CIS national football team taking part in Euro 1992 of the same year although Georgia did not join the CIS until 1993 Unified Team at theOlympicsThe Olympic flagIOC codeEUNMedalsRanked 27thGold 54 Silver 44 Bronze 37 Total 135Summer appearances1992Winter appearances1992Other related appearances Russian Empire 1900 1912 Estonia 1920 1936 1992 Latvia 1924 1936 1992 Lithuania 1924 1928 1992 Soviet Union 1952 1988 Armenia 1994 Belarus 1994 Georgia 1994 Kazakhstan 1994 Kyrgyzstan 1994 Moldova 1994 Russia 1994 2016 Ukraine 1994 Uzbekistan 1994 Azerbaijan 1996 Tajikistan 1996 Turkmenistan 1996 Olympic Athletes from Russia 2018 ROC 2020 2022 The team finished second in the medal table at the 1992 Winter Games and first at the 1992 Summer Games edging its old rival the US in the latter Contents 1 Ceremony procedures 2 Participating countries 2 1 Timeline of participation 3 Medal tables 3 1 Medals by Summer Games 3 2 Medals by Winter Games 3 3 Medals by summer sport 3 4 Medals by winter sport 4 Flag bearers 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksCeremony procedures EditAt the 1992 Winter Olympics the National Olympic Committees NOCs of the constituent countries had not yet been affiliated to the IOC due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union having only taken place little more than two months prior During the opening ceremony the team s placard displayed Equipe unifiee in large print with the names of the five participating countries displayed in smaller print below and both the French and English announcers announced only the names of the participating countries without announcing the name Unified Team Russian flagbearer Valeriy Medvedtsev followed carrying the Olympic Flag followed by the team s athletes in no particular order each carrying a small flag representing their individual country 2 At medals ceremonies the Olympic Flag was used and the Olympic Hymn was played for gold medalists By the time of the Summer Olympics the NOCs had affiliated separately though they fielded a joint team with a standard uniform as Olympic qualifying rounds had been completed before the final demise of the Soviet Union During the opening ceremony the team s four sided placard displayed Unified Team in the four official languages French English Spanish and Catalan followed by Russian flagbearer Aleksandr Karelin carrying the Olympic Flag followed by three more four sided placards displaying the 12 constituent countries in English followed by 12 flagbearers carrying the national flags of the 12 countries followed by the athletes in no particular order The announcers announced the name Unified Team in multiple languages followed by the Spanish announcer announcing all 12 countries 3 During medals ceremonies where an EUN individual won a medal the national flag of the medalist s nation was raised rather than the Olympic flag and a gold medalist s national anthem was played rather than the Olympic Hymn In team events the EUN team continued to use the Olympic flag and the Olympic Hymn as team members represented different nations 4 Participating countries EditWhile only five of the EUN countries took part in the 1992 Winter Olympics all twelve participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics At the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics the nations that were part of the Unified Team started to make their Olympic debuts as independent countries The Unified Team s participating countries in the Summer games and the IOC codes used by them in subsequent Olympics Country formerSoviet republic IOC code 1994 Armenia ARM Azerbaijan AZE Belarus BLR Georgia GEO Kazakhstan KAZ Kyrgyzstan KGZ Moldova MDA Russia RUS Tajikistan TJK Turkmenistan TKM Ukraine UKR Uzbekistan UZB Unified Team participant in Winter games Timeline of participation Edit Date Team1900 1912 Russian Empire RU1 1920 as part of Romania ROU Estonia EST 1924 1936 Latvia LAT Lithuania LTU 1952 1988 Soviet Union URS 1992 Unified Team EUN Estonia EST Latvia LAT Lithuania LTU 1994 Armenia ARM Belarus BLR Georgia GEO Kazakhstan KAZ Kyrgyzstan KGZ Russia RUS Ukraine UKR Uzbekistan UZB Moldova MDA 1996 2016 Azerbaijan AZE Tajikistan TJK Turkmenistan TKM 2018 Olympic Athletes from Russia OAR 2020 2022 ROC ROC Medal tables EditSee also All time Olympic Games medal table Medals by Summer Games Edit Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1992 Barcelona 475 45 38 29 112 1Total 45 38 29 112 29 Medals by Winter Games Edit Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1992 Albertville 129 9 6 8 23 2Total 9 6 8 23 21 Medals by summer sport Edit SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Artistic gymnastics95418 Athletics711321 Wrestling65516 Swimming63110 Weightlifting5409 Shooting5218 Judo2024 Fencing1225 Canoeing1102 Handball1012 Rhythmic gymnastics1012 Basketball1001 Diving0213 Boxing0112 Modern pentathlon0112 Volleyball0101 Archery0022 Tennis0022 Rowing0011 Water polo0011Totals 20 entries 453829112 Medals by winter sport Edit SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Cross country skiing3249 Figure skating3115 Biathlon2226 Ice hockey1001 Freestyle skiing0101 Short track speed skating0011Totals 6 entries 96823Flag bearers Edit 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics Valeriy Medvedtsev Biathlon 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics Aleksandr Karelin Wrestling See also EditUnified Team at the Paralympics Unified Team of Germany Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics CIS national football team Olympic Athletes from RussiaReferences Edit Olympedia Unified team EUN Olympedia Retrieved 31 December 2021 1992 Olympics Opening Ceremony Albertville Part 2 YouTube Barcelona 1992 Opening Ceremony Full Length Barcelona 1992 Replays YouTube The Role of Sports in the Soviet Union Guided History External links Edit Olympic Results International Olympic Committee Unified Team Olympedia com Olympic Analytics EUN olympanalyt com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Unified Team at the Olympics amp oldid 1131151744, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
