Unified Team at the Paralympics

Unified Team at the Paralympic Games
The Unified Team used the Paralympic symbol in place of a national flag IPC code   EUN
Paralympic history
Summer Games
1992
Winter Games
1992
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988) Belarus (1994–) Kazakhstan (1994–) Russia (1994–) Armenia (1996–) Azerbaijan (1996–) Kyrgyzstan (1996–) Moldova (1996–) Ukraine (1996–) Turkmenistan (2000–) Tajikistan (2004–) Uzbekistan (2004–)

The Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of 11 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.

Details

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

• Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
• Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Participating countries

The Unified Team's participating countries in the Summer games and the IOC codes used by them in subsequent Paralympics

Country (former Soviet republic)	IOC code (1994–)
Armenia	ARM
Azerbaijan	AZE
Belarus	BLR
Kazakhstan	KAZ
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ
Moldova	MDA
Russia	RUS
Tajikistan	TJK
Turkmenistan	TKM
Ukraine	UKR
Uzbekistan	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.^[4]

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 Afanasiev Bogdanov Nikolai Ilioutchenko Vasily Koczekin Vladimir Kolesnikov Valeriy Kupchinski Sergei Lozhkin Vasily Petrochuk Igor Pustovit Seleznev Andrei Venediktov

Women

Alpine skiing Zinaida Emlina

Cross-country skiing Chirkova Elesina Nazarenko Lubov Paninykii

See also

• Unified Team at the Olympics
• Independent Paralympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
• Korean Unification Flag

References

1. Tigns-Alvertville 1992, Canadian Paralympic Committee
2. 1992 winter paralympics participants
3. Barcelona Paralympics participation
4. Athlete Search Results, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)