The Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics () in Barcelona, Spain, was a joint team consisting of twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics that chose to compete together; the three other former 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 ). A total of 475 competitors, 310 men and 165 women, took part in 234 events in 27 sports.
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
Medal Name Nationality Sport Event Date Kanstantsin Lukashyk Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol 26 July Yevgeny Sadovyi Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle 26 July Yuri Fedkin Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle 27 July Marina Logvinenko Shooting Women's 25 metre pistol 27 July Aleksey KudryavtsevDmitry LepikovYury MukhinVladimir PyshnenkoYevgeny SadovyiVeniamin Tayanovich (all) Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 27 July David Khakhaleishvili Judo Men's +95 kg 27 July Alexander Popov Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle 28 July Svetlana BoginskayaOksana ChusovitinaRozalia GaliyevaYelena GrudnevaTatiana GutsuTatiana Lysenko (Boginskaya) (Grudneva) (Gutsu and Lysenko) (Galiyeva andChusovitina) Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around 28 July Yevgeny Sadovyi Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle 29 July Yelena Rudkovskaya Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke 29 July Oleg Kutscherenko Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 29 July Mnatsakan Iskandaryan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg 29 July Aleksandr Karelin Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 29 July Israel Militosyan Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg 29 July Valery BelenkyIhor KorobchynskyiHrihoriy MisyutinVitaly ScherboRustam SharipovAleksey Voropayev (Belenky) (Scherbo) (Voropaev) (Korobchynskyi,Misyutin and Sharipov) Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around 29 July Alexander Popov Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle 30 July Tudor Casapu Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 30 July Tatiana Gutsu Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around 30 July Hrachya Petikyan Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 31 July Vitaly Scherbo Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around 31 July Marina Logvinenko Shooting Women's 10 metre air pistol 1 August Valentina Yegorova Athletics Women's marathon 1 August Tatiana Lysenko Gymnastics Women's balance beam 1 August Kakhi Kakhiashvili Weightlifting Men's 90 kg 1 August Andrey Abduvaliyev Athletics Men's hammer throw 2 August Vitaly Scherbo Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 2 August Yelena Romanova Athletics Women's 3000 metres 2 August Viktor Tregubov Weightlifting Men's 100 kg 2 August Vitaly Scherbo Gymnastics Men's rings 2 August Vitaly Scherbo Gymnastics Men's vault 2 August Nazim Huseynov Judo Men's 60 kg 2 August Vitaly Scherbo Gymnastics Men's parallel bars 2 August Aleksandr Kurlovich Weightlifting Men's +110 kg 4 August Arsen Fadzaev Wrestling Men's freestyle 68 kg 5 August Leri Khabelov Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg 5 August Aleksandr MaseykovDmitri Dovgalenok (both) Canoeing Men's C-2 500 metres 7 August Andrey Perlov Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 7 August Maksim Tarasov Athletics Men's pole vault 7 August Svetlana Krivelyova Athletics Women's shot put 7 August Makharbek Khadartsev Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg 7 August Vadym GutzeitGrigory KiriyenkoHeorhiy PohosovStanislav PozdnyakovAleksandr Shirshov (Kiriyenko,Pozdnyakov and Shirshov) (Gutzeit and Pohosov) Fencing Men's team sabre 7 August Unified Team women's basketball team (except those with a flag) Basketball Women's tournament 7 August Alexandra Timoshenko Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around 8 August Unified Team men's handball team (except those with a flag) Handball Men's tournament 8 August Olha Bryzhina Lyudmyla DzhyhalovaOlga NazarovaLiliya NurutdinovaYelena RuzinaMarina Shmonina (all exceptBryzhina and Dzhyhalova) Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 8 August Yelena Miroshina Diving Women's 10 metre platform 27 July Sergei Pyzhianov Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol 28 July Vladimir Selkov Swimming Men's 200 metre backstroke 28 July Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg 28 July Islam Dugushiev Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg 28 July Anatoli StarostinDmitri SvatkovskiyEduard Zenovka (all) Modern pentathlon Men's team 29 July Yuri BashkatovPavlo KhnykinAlexander PopovGennadiy PrigodaVladimir PyshnenkoVeniamin Tayanovich (Bashkatov) (Prigoda, Popov,Pyshnenko and Tayanovich) (Khnykin) Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 29 July Sergey Martynov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg 30 July Vasily Ivanov Pavlo KhnykinVladislav KulikovAlexander PopovVladimir PyshnenkoVladimir SelkovDmitry Volkov (all except Khnykin) Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 31 July Sergei Golubitsky Fencing Men's foil 31 July Hrihoriy Misyutin Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around 31 July Anatoly Asrabayev Shooting Men's 10 metre running target 1 August Natalya Shikolenko Athletics Women's javelin throw 1 August Pavel Kolobkov Fencing Men's épée 1 August Sergey Syrtsov Weightlifting Men's 90 kg 1 August Tatiana Gutsu Gymnastics Women's uneven bars 1 August Irina Lashko Diving Women's 3 metre springboard 2 August Igor Astapkovich Athletics Men's hammer throw 2 August Hrihoriy Misyutin Gymnastics Men's floor 2 August Tetyana Dorovskikh Athletics Women's 3000 metres 2 August Irina Belova Athletics Women's heptathlon 2 August Timur Taymazov Weightlifting Men's 100 kg 2 August Hrihoriy Misyutin Gymnastics Men's vault 2 August Hrihoriy Misyutin Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 2 August Liliya Nurutdinova Athletics Women's 800 metres 3 August Yelena Nikolayeva Athletics Women's 10 kilometres walk 3 August Artur Akoyev Weightlifting Men's 110 kg 3 August Leonid Taranenko Weightlifting Men's +110 kg 4 August Olha Bryzhina Athletics Women's 400 metres 5 August Mykhaylo Slyvynsky Canoeing Men's C-1 500 metres 7 August Igor Trandenkov Athletics Men's pole vault 7 August Inessa Kravets Athletics Women's long jump 7 August Sergey Smal Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 7 August Elmadi Zhabrailov Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg 7 August Unified Team women's volleyball team (all except Chebukina) Volleyball Women's tournament 7 August Olga BogoslovskayaGalina MalchuginaIrina PrivalovaMarina Trandenkova (all) Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 8 August Lyudmila Rogachova Athletics Women's 1500 metres 8 August Rostyslav Zaulychnyi Boxing Light heavyweight 9 August Sergey Demyashkevich Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg 28 July Dmitri Sergeyev Judo Men's 95 kg 28 July Eduard Zenovka Modern pentathlon Men's individual 29 July Dmitri Sautin Diving Men's 3 metre springboard 29 July Vladimir Vokhmyanin Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 30 July Olga KirichenkoNatalya MeshcheryakovaYelena RudkovskayaYelena ShubinaNina Zhivanevskaya (Rudkovskaya) (Meshcheryakova,Shubina and Zhivanevskaya) (Kirichenko) Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 30 July Daulet Turlykhanov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg 30 July Gogi Koguashvili Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg 30 July Tatyana Sadovskaya Fencing Women's foil 30 July Yelena Petrova Judo Women's 61 kg 31 July Vyacheslav Lykho Athletics Men's shot put 31 July Valery Belenky Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around 31 July Irina Privalova Athletics Women's 100 metres 1 August Tatiana Lysenko Gymnastics Women's vault 1 August Tatiana Gutsu Gymnastics Women's floor 1 August Ekaterina KhodotovichYelena KhloptsevaTetiana UstiuzhaninaAntonina Zelikovich (Khodotovich andKhloptseva) (Zelikovich) (Ustiuzhanina) Rowing Women's quadruple sculls 2 August Natalia Valeeva Archery Women's individual 2 August Igor Nikulin Athletics Men's hammer throw 2 August Ihor Korobchynskyi Gymnastics Men's parallel bars 2 August Lyudmila ArzhannikovaKhatuna KvrivishviliNatalia Valeeva (Kvirivishvili) (Valeeva) (Arzhannikova) Archery Women's team 4 August Andrei Cherkasov Tennis Men's singles 6 August Leila MeskhiNatasha Zvereva (Meskhi) (Zvereva) Tennis Women's doubles 6 August Vugar Orujov Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 6 August David Gobejishvili Wrestling Men's freestyle 130 kg 6 August Pavel KolobkovSergey Kostarev Serhiy KravchukAndrey ShuvalovValery Zakharevich (all except Kravchuk) Fencing Men's team épée 6 August Ramaz Paliani Boxing Featherweight 7 August Unified Team women's handball team (all exceptBazanova and Horb) Handball Women's tournament 8 August Oksana Skaldina Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around 8 August Unified Team men's water polo team (all exceptBelofastov and Kovalenko) Water polo Men's tournament 9 August
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 3 6Athletics 50 49 99Badminton 1 1 2Basketball 12 12 24Boxing 12 – 12Canoeing 15 4 19Cycling 15 4 19Diving 3 4 7Equestrian 5 3 8Fencing 15 5 20Field hockey 15 0 15Gymnastics 6 8 14Handball 12 13 25Judo 7 6 13Modern pentathlon 3 – 3Rowing 30 17 47Sailing 12 2 14Shooting 17 5 22Swimming 18 11 29Synchronized swimming – 3 3Table tennis 2 4 6Tennis 2 3 5Volleyball 12 8 20Water polo 13 – 13Weightlifting 10 – 10Wrestling 20 – 20 Total 310 165 475
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: Natalia Valeeva () – Bronze Medal Match (→ Bronze Medal), 4–1 Khatouna Kvrivishvili () – Quarterfinal, 6th place (2–1) Lyudmila Arzhannikova () – Round of 32, 27th place (0–1)
Men's Individual Competition: Vadim Chikarev () – Quarterfinal, 7th place (2–1) Stanislav Zabrodski () – Round of 16, 10th place (1–1) Vladimir Echeev () – Round of 16, 11th place (1–1)
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 competition Men's 5.000 metres Andrey Tikhonov () Heat – 13:44.67 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10.000 metres Oleg Strizhakov () Heat – 28:35.97 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m relay Dmitry Kosov, Dmitry Kliger, Dmitry Golovastov (3 – ), and Oleh Tverdokhlib () Heat – 3:05.59 (→ did not advance)
Men's marathon Yakov Tolstikov () — 2:17.04 (→ 22nd place)
Men's 400 m hurdles Oleh Tverdokhlib () Heat – 48.68 Semifinal – 49.11 Final – 48.63 (→ 6th place) Vadim Zadoynov () Heat – 51.21 (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km walk (all ) Mikhail Shchennikov — 1:27:17 (→ 12th place) Vladimir Andreyev — 1:28:25 (→ 13th place) Oleg Trochin — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 km walk Andrey Perlov () — 3:50:13 (→ Gold Medal) Valeriy Spitsyn () — 3:54:39 (→ 4th place) Aleksandr Potashev () — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's long jump (both ) Dmitriy Bagryanov Qualification – 8.09 m Final – 7.98 m (→ 7th place) Vadim Ivanov Qualification – 5.97 m (→ did not advance)
Men's triple jump Leonid Voloshin () Qualification – 17.21 m Final – 17.32 m (→ 4th place) Aleksandr Kovalenko () Qualification – 16.93 m Final – 17.06 m (→ 7th place) Vasiliy Sokov () Qualification – 16.91 m Final – 16.86 m (→ 9th place)
Men's javelin throw Andrey Shevchuk () Qualification – 80.22 m Final – 77.74 m (→ 8th place) Viktor Zaitsev () Qualification – 79.12 m (→ did not advance)