Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sporting event delegation
The Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics (Russian : Объединенная команда на Летних Олимпийских играх 1992 ) in Barcelona , Spain, was a joint team consisting of twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics that chose to compete together; the states of Estonia , Latvia , and Lithuania competed separately. The team has been informally called the Commonwealth of Independent States team, though Georgia was not yet a member of the CIS when it competed as part of the Unified Team. Selected athletes from the Baltic states also competed on the Unified Team. It competed under the IOC country code EUN (from the French Équipe unifiée [ 1] [ 2]
The team finished first in the medal rankings, edging its old rival the USA 45 to 37 in gold medals, and 112 to 108 in total medals.
The Unified Team's only other appearance was at the 1992 Winter Olympics .
Members
Medals by summer sport
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[ 6]
Archery
The women earned two bronze medals, one from Natalia Valeeva 's individual performance and another from the team competition. In the men's competition, however, defending bronze medallist Vladimir Echeev fell in the round of 16 along with one of the other male Unified Team members, while Vadim Chikarev advanced to the quarterfinal before being defeated.
Women's Individual Competition :
Men's Individual Competition :
Women's Team Competition :
Valeeva, Kvrivishvili, and Arzhannikova – Bronze Medal Match (→ Bronze Medal ), 3–1 Men's Team Competition :
Chikarev, Zabrodski, and Echeev – Quarterfinal, 8th place
Athletics
Men's 5.000 metres
Heat – 13:44.67 (→ did not advance) Men's 10.000 metres
Heat – 28:35.97 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m relay
Heat – 3:05.59 (→ did not advance) Men's marathon
Men's 400 m hurdles
Heat – 48.68
Semifinal – 49.11
Final – 48.63 (→ 6th place) Heat – 51.21 (→ did not advance) Men's 20 km walk (all Russia )
Men's 50 km walk
Men's long jump (both Russia )
Qualification – 8.09 m
Final – 7.98 m (→ 7th place) Qualification – 5.97 m (→ did not advance) Men's triple jump
Qualification – 17.21 m
Final – 17.32 m (→ 4th place) Qualification – 16.93 m
Final – 17.06 m (→ 7th place) Qualification – 16.91 m
Final – 16.86 m (→ 9th place) Men's javelin throw
Qualification – 80.22 m
Final – 77.74 m (→ 8th place) Qualification – 79.12 m (→ did not advance) Qualification – 76.40 m (→ did not advance) Men's hammer throw
Qualification – 78.82 m
Final – 82.54 m (→ Gold Medal ) Qualification – 76.50 m
Final – 81.96 m (→ Silver Medal ) Qualification – 79.08 m
Final – 81.38 m (→ Bronze Medal ) Men's shot put
Qualification – 20.24 m
Final – 20.94 m (→ Bronze Medal ) Qualification – 20.16 m
Final – 20.23 m (→ 8th place) Qualification – 18.98 m (→ did not advance) Men's discus throw
Qualification – 61.62 m
Final – 62.04 m (→ 7th place) Qualification – 60.22 m
Final – 61.78 m (→ 8th place) Qualification – 56.94 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 metres
Heat – 2:00.37
Semifinal – 1:58.04
Final – 1:55.99 (→ Silver Medal ) Heat – 1:58.58
Semifinal – 1:58.20
Final – 1:57.20 (→ 4th place) Heat – 2:00.27
Semifinal – 2:00.64
Final – 1:58.13 (→ 8th place) Women's 10.000 metres
Heat – 33:23.02 (→ did not advance) Heat – did not finish (→ did not advance) Heat – did not finish (→ did not advance) Women's 400 m hurdles
Heat – 55.03
Semifinal – 54.53
Final – 54.31 (→ 4th place) Heat – 55.25
Semifinal – 54.37
Final – 54.83 (→ 5th place) Heat – 55.36
Semifinal – 53.98
Final – 54.83 (→ 6th place) Women's 10 km walk (all Russia )
Final – 44:33 (→ Silver Medal ) Final – 45:23 (→ 8th place) Final – DSQ (→ no ranking) Women's marathon
Women's long jump
Heat – 6.79 m
Final – 7.12 m (→ Silver Medal ) Heat – 6.86 m
Final – 6.68 m (→ 5th place) Women's high jump
Qualification – 1.92 m
Final – 1.83 m (→ 13th place) Qualification – 1.92 m
Final – 1.83 m (→ 16th place) Qualification – 1.83 m (→ did not advance) Women's javelin throw
Heat – 67.36m
Final – 68.26m (→ Silver Medal ) Heat – 60.44m
Final – 57.32m (→ 9th place) Heat – 57.96 (→ 20th place) Women's discus throw
Heat – 67.62m
Final – 65.52m (→ 4th place) Heat – 64.68m
Final – 64.02m (→ 5th place) Heat – 61.60m
Final – 63.74m (→ 7th place)
Badminton
Basketball
Preliminary round (group B) Defeated Venezuela (78–64)
Defeated Australia (85–63)
Defeated PR China (100–84)
Defeated Lithuania (92–80)
Lost to Puerto Rico (70–82) Lost to Lithuania (78–82) → 4th place
Preliminary round (group A) Lost to Cuba (89–91)
Defeated Italy (79–67)
Defeated Brazil (76–64) Defeated United States (79–73) Defeated PR China (76–66) → Gold Medal
Boxing
Men's Light-Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
First round – Bye
Second round – Lost to Larry Donald (USA), RSCI-3 (00:02)
Canoeing
Cycling
Nineteen cyclists, fifteen men and four women, represented the Unified Team in 1992.
Men's road race Men's team time trial Men's sprint Men's 1 km time trial Men's individual pursuit Men's team pursuit Men's points race Women's road race Women's sprint Women's individual pursuit
Diving
Men's 3 m Springboard
Preliminary round – 384.42 points
Final – 627.78 points (→ Bronze Medal ) Preliminary round – 388.26 points
Final – 577.92 points (→ 8th place) Men's 10 m Platform
Preliminary round – 389.28 points
Final – 565.95 points (→ 6th place) Preliminary round – 361.47 (→ did not advance, 16th place) Women's 3 m Springboard
Preliminary round – 334.89 points
Final – 514.14 points (→ Silver Medal ) Preliminary round – 290.46 points
Final – 470.67 points (→ 6th place) Women's 10 m Platform
Final – 411.63 points (→ Silver Medal ) Final – 398.43 points (→ 5th place)
Equestrian
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented the Unified Team in 1992.
Men's foil Men's team foil Men's épée Men's team épée Men's sabre Men's team sabre Women's foil Women's team foil
Gymnastics
Handball
Preliminary round (group B) Unified team – Germany 25–15
Unified team – France 23–22
Unified team – Egypt 22–18
Unified team – Spain 24–18
Unified team – Romania 27–25 Unified team – Iceland 23–19 Unified team – Sweden 22–20 (→ Gold Medal )
Preliminary round (group A) Unified team – United States 23–16
Unified team – Nigeria 26–18
Unified team – Germany 28–22 Unified team – Norway 20–23 Unified team – Germany 24–20 (→ Bronze Medal )
Hockey
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented the Unified Team in 1992. They won silver in the team event and Eduard Zenovka won an individual bronze.
Individual Team Eduard Zenovka, Anatoly Starostin, Dmitry Svatkovsky
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Rowing events, results, and competitors:[ 7]
Men's single sculls – 17th placeIhor Mohylniy Men's double sculls – 12th placeOleksandr Slobodeniuk , Leonid Shaposhnykov Men's coxless pair – 15th placeYury Pimenov , Nikolay Pimenov Men's coxed pair – 11th placeValery Belodedov , Dmitry Nos , Anatoly Korbut Men's quadruple sculls – 7th placeValeriy Dosenko , Sergey Kinyakin , Mykola Chupryna , Girts Vilks Men's coxless four – 10th placeViktor Pitirimov , Roman Monchenko , Vladimir Sokolov , Vadim Yunash Men's coxed four – 6th placeVeniamin But , Igor Bortnitsky , Vladimir Romanishin , Gennadi Kryuçkin , Pyotr Petrinich Men's eight – 10th placeVitaliy Raievskiy , Alexandru Britov , Yevgeny Kislyakov , Aleksandr Anikeyev , Sergey Korotkikh , Oleg Sveshnikov , Vasily Tikhonov , Stepan Dmitriyevsky , Igor Shkaberin Women's double sculls – 6th placeSariya Zakyrova , Inna Frolova Women's coxless pair – 8th placeHanna Motrechko , Olena Ronzhyna-Morozova Women's quadruple sculls – 3rd place (Yekaterina Khodatovich-Karsten , Antonina Makhina-Dumcheva-Zelikovich , Tetiana Ustiuzhanina , Yelena Khloptseva Women's eight – 4th placeSvitlana Fil , Marina Znak , Irina Gribko , Sarmīte Stone , Marina Suprun , Nataliya Stasyuk , Nataliya Grigoryeva , Yekaterina Kotko , Yelena Medvedeva
Sailing
Women's 470 Class
Final Ranking — 43.0 points (→ 4th place)
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Men's 200 m Backstroke
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Women's 200 m Backstroke
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Synchronized swimming
Three synchronized swimmers represented the Unified Team in 1992.
Women's solo Women's duet
Table tennis
Tennis
Men's singles competition
Athlete
Event
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Rank
Opposition
Opposition
Opposition
Opposition
Opposition
Opposition
Andrei Cherkasov
Singles
R. Smith (BAH ) W 6–1, 6–0, 3–6, 6–1
Goran Prpić (CRO ) W 6–4, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
P. Sampras (USA ) W 6–7, 1–6, 7–5, 6–0, 6–3
J. Oncins (BRA ) W 6–1, 6–4, 6–7, 4–6, 6–2
J. Arrese (ESP ) L 4–6, 6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Did not advance
Andrei Chesnokov
Singles
S. Edberg (SWE ) W 6–0, 6–4, 6–4
R. Furlan (ITA ) L 6–7, 4–6, 4–6
Did not advance
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Women's singles competition
Volleyball
Preliminary round (group B) Defeated Spain (3–0)
Lost to United States (2-3)
Defeated Japan (3–0) Lost to Cuba (1–3) → Silver Medal
Water polo
Weightlifting
Weightlifting events, results, and competitors:[ 8]
Men's Lightweight (– 67.5 kg) Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 82.5 kg) Men's Middle-Heavyweight (– 90 kg) Men's Heavyweight I (– 100 kg) Men's Heavyweight II (– 110 kg) Men's Super-Heavyweight (+110 kg)
Wrestling
Wrestling events (Freestyle and Greco-Roman ), results, and competitors:[ 9]
Freestyle
Men's freestyle 48 kg (light-flyweight) Men's freestyle 52 kg (flyweight) Men's freestyle 57 kg (bantamweight) Men's freestyle 62 kg (featherweight) Men's freestyle 68 kg (lightweight) Men's freestyle 74 kg (welterweight) Men's freestyle 82 kg (middleweight) Men's freestyle 90 kg (light-heavyweight) Men's freestyle 100 kg (heavyweight) Men's freestyle 130 kg (super-heavyweight)
Greco-Roman
Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg (light-flyweight) Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg (flyweight) Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg (bantamweight) Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg (featherweight) Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg (lightweight) Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg (welterweight) Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg (middleweight) Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg (light-heavyweight) Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg (heavyweight) Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg (super-heavyweight)
References
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Unified Team at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-28 . ^ "The Role of Sports in the Soviet Union | Guided History" .^ "Olympedia – Anatoly Asrabayev" .^ "Olympedia – Elmadi Zhabrailov" .^ "Olympedia – Ramazan Paliani" .^ Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Unified Team Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2015-06-17 . ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Unified Team Weightlifting at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2015-06-17 . ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Unified Team Wrestling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2015-06-17 .
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