Unified_Team_at_the_Paralympics

Unified Team at the Paralympics

Unified Team at the Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

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.

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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]

Details

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

Participating countries

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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
Women

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Tigns-Alvertville 1992 Archived 2010-05-25 at the Wayback Machine, Canadian Paralympic Committee
  2. [2]
    1992 winter paralympics participants
  3. [3]
    Barcelona Paralympics participation
  4. [4]
    "Opening Ceremony of the Barcelona 1992 Summer Paralympic Games". YouTube.
  5. [5]
    Athlete Search Results, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
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