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Unified Team

After the break up of the Soviet Union, most of the subsequent independent states competed under the banner of 'The Unified Team' at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

The unified team consisted of twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania competed separately. 

Trivia

• The official French name used was Equipe Unifiée, therefore the abbreviation EUN which appeared in the result listings.

• The Unified Team finished on top of the medal tally with 45 gold, 38 silver, and 29 bronze medals; a total of 112 medals.

• Gymnast Vitaly Scherbo of the Unified Team won six gold medals in gymnastics in Barcelona 1992.

Other 'Unified Teams'

• there are a couple of examples of teams made up of two or more countries competing at the Olympic Games, such as the East and West German teams competing as the Unified Team of Germany at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympic Games. In 2000 and 2004, North and South Korea's teams marched together under one flag in the opening ceremonies, but competed separately.

Related Pages

• list of all countries that have participated at the Olympic Games.