Unified Team at the Paralympics

Unified Team at the Paralympics
The Unified Team used the Paralympic symbol in place of a national flag
IPC code	EUN
Summer appearances
1992
Winter appearances
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:

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

References

Nations that have competed at the Paralympic Games

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Comoros Congo DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Sudan Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Peru Puerto Rico Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands

Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel¹ Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Oceania	Australia Winter Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu

Other	Independent Paralympic Participants Individual Paralympic Athletes Unified Team

Historical	Czechoslovakia East Germany Rhodesia Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

¹ Israel has been a member of the European Paralympic Committees (EOC) since 1994.

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia
Eurasian Economic Union
Union State

Membership

Members	Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Moldova Russia Tajikistan Uzbekistan

Associate members	Turkmenistan Ukraine

Former members	Georgia (1993–2009)

History	Russian Empire Soviet Union Union of Sovereign States Belavezha Accords (Near abroad) Alma-Ata Protocol

Sports

Military

Economics

Organization

Interstate Aviation Committee

Category

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