Unified team at the Olympics
Unified Team was the name used by the International Olympic Committee for the sports teams of the former republics of the Soviet Union (except the Baltic countries) at the 1992 Albertville Olympics and at the Olympic Games. Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. The official name in French was Équipe Unifiée and the IOC code to identify these athletes is EUN.
The team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona consisted of athletes from twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics. They obtained a total of 112 medals: 45 gold, 38 silver and 29 bronze.
In the Winter Olympic Games he participated in the 1992 Albertville edition, obtaining a total of 23 medals: 9 gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze.
History
During the Winter Olympics, the Olympic flag was used at the opening ceremony and medal ceremonies, and the Olympic anthem was played when a Unified Team athlete won a gold medal. This was repeated in the Summer Olympics except for individual athletes, who despite competing in the same uniform, raised the flag of their country of origin if they won a medal and played their anthem when they reached the gold medal.
The team consisted of athletes from all the former Soviet republics except the Baltic states:
Medallers
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