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Unified Team at the Paralympics

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The Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of eleven[citation needed] 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.

Medals
Gold
29
Silver
23
Bronze
19
Total
71
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Unified Team at the
Paralympics
The Unified Team used the Paralympic symbol
in place of a national flag
IPC codeEUN
Medals
Gold
29
Silver
23
Bronze
19
Total
71
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1988)
 Estonia (1992–pres.)
 Latvia (1992–pres.)
 Lithuania (1992–pres.)
 Belarus (1994–pres.)
 Kazakhstan (1994–pres.)
 Russia (1994–2014)
 Armenia (1996–pres.)
 Azerbaijan (1996–pres.)
 Kyrgyzstan (1996–pres.)
 Moldova (1996–pres.)
 Ukraine (1996–pres.)
 Turkmenistan (2000–pres.)
 Tajikistan (2004–pres.)
 Uzbekistan (2004–pres.)
 Georgia (2008–pres.)
 Neutral Paralympic Athletes (2018)
 RPC (2020)
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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]

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Participating countries

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The Unified Team's participating countries in the Summer games and the IOC codes used by them in subsequent Paralympics[citation needed]
Country (former
Soviet republic)
IOC code
(1994–)
 ArmeniaARM
 AzerbaijanAZE
BelarusBLR
KazakhstanKAZ
 KyrgyzstanKGZ
 MoldovaMDA
RussiaRUS
TajikistanTJK
TurkmenistanTKM
UkraineUKR
 UzbekistanUZB
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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
Women

Winter Games

Men
  • Alpine skiing
    • Alexey Bargojakov
    • Ivan Chaprygin
    • Oleg Krasavin
    • Alexei Moshkine
    • Oleg Vasiljev
  • Biathlon
    • Artiom Afanasiev
    • Boris Bogdanov
    • Nikolai Ilioutchenko
    • Vladimir Kolesnikov
    • Sergei Lozhkin
    • Lev Seleznev
    • Andrei Venediktov
  • Cross-country skiing
    • Artiom Afanasiev
    • Boris Bogdanov
    • Nikolai Ilioutchenko
    • Vasily Koczekin
    • Vladimir Kolesnikov
    • Valeriy Kupchinski
    • Sergei Lozhkin
    • Vasily Petrochuk
    • Igor Pustovit
    • Lev Seleznev
    • Andrei Venediktov
Women

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