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| games = Olympics
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| flagcaption = The [[Olympic symbols#Different types of flags|Olympic flag]]
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| rank = 28
| gold = 54
| silver = 44
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| summerappearances = [[Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]
| winterappearances = [[Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]]
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The '''Unified Team''' ({{langx|ru|Объединённая команда}}) was the name used for the [[sports team]] of the former [[Soviet Union]] 
(except the [[Baltic states]]) at the [[1992 Winter Olympics]] in [[Albertville]] and the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympedia.org/countries/EUN |title=Olympedia, Unified team (EUN) |work=Olympedia |access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref> The [[IOC country code]] was '''EUN''', after the French name, '''Équipe unifiée'''.  The Unified Team was sometimes informally called the '''CIS Team''' ([[Commonwealth of Independent States]], as a counterpart of [[CIS national football team]] taking part in [[Euro 1992]] of the same year), although [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] did not join the CIS until 1993.

The team finished second in the medal table at the 1992 Winter Games, and first at the 1992 Summer Games, edging its old rival the US in the latter.

==Ceremonies procedures==
At the 1992 Winter Olympics, the [[National Olympic Committee]]s (NOCs) of the constituent countries had not yet been affiliated to the IOC due to the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] having only taken place little more than two months prior. During the opening ceremony, the team's placard displayed ''Équipe unifiée'' in large print, with the names of the five participating countries displayed in smaller print below, and both the French and English announcers announced only the names of the participating countries without announcing the name "Unified Team". Russian flagbearer [[Valeriy Medvedtsev]] followed, carrying the Olympic Flag, followed by the team's athletes in no particular order, each carrying a small flag representing their individual country.<ref name="barcelona92 opening ceremony">{{cite AV media |title=Barcelona 1992 Opening Ceremony - Full Length |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzGCXdX6gig&t=4688s&ab_channel=Olympics |via=Youtube |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |access-date= 17 May 2024}}</ref>

By the time of the 1992 Summer Olympics, the NOCs had affiliated separately, though they fielded a joint team with a standard uniform as Olympic qualifying rounds had been completed before the final demise of the Soviet Union. During the opening ceremony, the team's four-sided placard displayed "Unified Team" in the four official languages (French, English, Spanish, and [[Catalan language|Catalan]]), followed by Russian flagbearer [[Aleksandr Karelin]] carrying the Olympic Flag, followed by three more four-sided placards displaying the 12 constituent countries in English, followed by 12 flagbearers carrying the national flags of the 12 countries, followed by the athletes, all in no particular order. The announcers announced the name "Unified Team" in multiple languages, followed by the Spanish announcer announcing all 12 countries.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzGCXdX6gig | title=Barcelona 1992 Opening Ceremony - Full Length &#124; Barcelona 1992 Replays | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> During medals ceremonies, where an EUN individual won a medal, the national flag of the medalist's nation was raised rather than the Olympic flag, and a gold medalist's national anthem was played rather than the [[Olympic Hymn]]. In team events, the EUN team continued to use the Olympic flag and the Olympic Hymn, as team members represented different nations.<ref name="barcelona92">{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/barcelona-1992 |title = Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results |website=olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]|access-date=17 May 2024 |quote=...&nbsp;The other ex-Soviet republics participated as a "unified team", although the winners were honoured under the flags of their own republics.&nbsp;...'}}</ref><ref name="Tatiana Gutsu medal ceremony">{{cite AV media |title=Anthem of Ukraine (1992 Summer Olympics, artistic gymnastics, women's all-around, Tatiana Gutsu) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgSPhPLHnn0&ab_channel=AnthemsofUkraine |via=Youtube |publisher=Anthems of Ukraine - Youtube Channel |access-date= 17 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |title=Medal Ceremony Yelena Romanova 1992 Russian Anthem [First Playing] (Barcelona Olympics 1992) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSQMQbdEubk&ab_channel=RSFSR |via=Youtube |publisher=RSFSR - Youtube Channel |access-date= 17 May 2024}}</ref>

== Participating countries ==
While only five of the EUN countries took part in the 1992 Winter Olympics, all twelve participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics. At the [[1994 Winter Olympics]] and the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], the nations that were part of the Unified Team started to make their Olympic debuts as independent countries.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ The Unified Team's participating countries in the Summer games and the [[list of IOC country codes|IOC code]]s used by them in subsequent Olympics
!  align="center"| Country (former<br />Soviet republic)
!  align="center"| IOC code<br />(1994&ndash;)
|- align="center"
|  align="left" | {{flag|Armenia}} || ARM
|- align="center"
|  align="left" | {{flag|Azerbaijan}} || AZE
|- align="center"
|  align="left" | {{flag|Belarus|1991}}<nowiki>*</nowiki> || BLR
|- align="center"
|  align="left" | {{flag|Georgia|1990}} || GEO
|- align="center"
|  align="left" | {{flag|Kazakhstan|1992}}<nowiki>*</nowiki> || KAZ
|- align="center"
|  align="left" | {{flag|Kyrgyzstan|name=Kirghizia}}<nowiki>**</nowiki> || KGZ
|- align="center"
|  align="left" | {{flag|Moldova}} || MDA
|- align="center"
|  align="left" | {{flag|Russia|1991}}<nowiki>*</nowiki> || RUS
|- align="center"
|  align="left" | {{flag|Tajikistan|1992}} || TJK
|- align="center"
|  align="left" | {{flag|Turkmenistan|1992|name=Turkmenia}}<nowiki>**</nowiki> || TKM
|- align="center"
|  align="left" | {{flag|Ukraine}}<nowiki>*</nowiki> || UKR
|- align="center"
|  align="left" | {{flag|Uzbekistan}}<nowiki>*</nowiki> || UZB
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Unified Team participant in the Winter Olympic Games.<br/>
<nowiki>**</nowiki> [[Kyrgyzstan]] paraded under its former name Kirghizia, and [[Turkmenistan]] paraded under its former name Turkmenia.

=== Timeline of participation ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%; width:80%"
|-
! Date !! colspan="8" | Team
|- 
| 1900–1912 || colspan="8" | {{flagIOCteam|RU1}}
|- 
| 1920 || rowspan=2| {{flagIOCteam|EST}} || colspan=3 style="background:darkgray"|  || colspan="5" rowspan="2" style="background:darkgray" |
|-
| 1924–1936 || {{flagIOCteam|LAT}} || {{flagIOCteam|LTU}} || ''as part of {{Nowrap|{{flagIOC|ROU}}}}''
|- 
| 1952–1988 || colspan="8" | '''{{flagIOCteam|URS}}'''
|-
| 1992 || rowspan="6" | {{flagIOCteam|EST}} || rowspan="6" | {{flagIOCteam|LAT}} || rowspan="6" | {{flagIOCteam|LTU}} || colspan="5" style="background:moccasin" | {{flagIOCteam|EUN}}
|-
| 1994 || rowspan=5 | {{flagIOCteam|MDA}}
| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCteam|RUS}}  
| rowspan="4" |{{flagIOCteam|BLR}}|| rowspan="5" style="width:400px" |  {{nowrap|{{flagIOCteam|ARM}}, {{flagIOCteam|GEO}}}}, {{Nowrap|{{flagIOCteam|KAZ}}, {{flagIOCteam|KGZ}}}}, {{Nowrap|{{flagIOCteam|UKR}}, {{flagIOCteam|UZB}}}}|| style="background:darkgray" |
|-
| 1996–2016 || rowspan="4" | {{nowrap|{{flagIOCteam|AZE}}, {{flagIOCteam|TJK}}}}, {{Nowrap|{{flagIOCteam|TKM}}}}
|-
| 2018 || {{flagIOCteam|OAR|2018 Winter}}
|-
| 2020–2022 || [[File:Russian_Olympic_Committee_flag.png|link=|alt=|24x24px]] [[Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the Olympics|Russian Olympic Committee]] <small>(ROC)</small>
|-
|2024–
| colspan="2" |{{flagIOCteam|AIN|2024 Summer}}
|}

== Medal tables ==
{{See also|All-time Olympic Games medal table}}
{{col-begin}}
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=== Medals by Summer Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
|-
!Games
!Athletes
|style="background:gold; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Gold
|style="background:silver; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver
|style="background:#cc9966; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze
!style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Total
!style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|[[Olympic medal table|Rank]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1992}} || [[Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics|475]] || 45 || 38 || 29 || '''112''' || [[1992 Summer Olympics medal table|1]]
|-
!colspan=2| Total !! 45 !! 38 !! 29 !! 112 || [[All-time Olympic Games medal table|30]]
|}
{{col-2}}

=== Medals by Winter Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
|-
!Games
!Athletes
|style="background:gold; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Gold
|style="background:silver; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver
|style="background:#cc9966; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze
!style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Total
!style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|[[Olympic medal table|Rank]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1992}} || [[Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics|129]] || 9 || 6 || 8 || '''23''' || [[1992 Winter Olympics medal table|2]]
|-
!colspan=2| Total !! 9 !! 6 !! 8 !! 23 || [[All-time Olympic Games medal table|21]]
|}
{{col-end}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
=== Medals by summer sport ===
{{Medals table
 | caption    = 
 | team       = Sport
 | hide_rank  = yes
 | gold_1 = 9 | silver_1 = 5 | bronze_1 = 4 | name_1 = {{GamesSport|Artistic gymnastics|Format=d}} 
 | gold_2 = 7 | silver_2 = 11 | bronze_2 = 3 | name_2 = {{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}} 
 | gold_3 = 6 | silver_3 = 5 | bronze_3 = 5 | name_3 = {{GamesSport|Wrestling|Format=d}} 
 | gold_4 = 6 | silver_4 = 3 | bronze_4 = 1 | name_4 = {{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}} 
 | gold_5 = 5 | silver_5 = 4 | bronze_5 = 0 | name_5 = {{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Format=d}} 
 | gold_6 = 5 | silver_6 = 2 | bronze_6 = 1 | name_6 = {{GamesSport|Shooting|Format=d}} 
 | gold_7 = 2 | silver_7 = 0 | bronze_7 = 2 | name_7 = {{GamesSport|Judo|Format=d}} 
 | gold_8 = 1 | silver_8 = 2 | bronze_8 = 2 | name_8 = {{GamesSport|Fencing|Format=d}} 
 | gold_9 = 1 | silver_9 = 1 | bronze_9 = 0 | name_9 = {{GamesSport|Canoeing|Format=d}} 
 | gold_10 = 1 | silver_10 = 0 | bronze_10 = 1 | name_10 = {{GamesSport|Handball|Format=d}} 
 | gold_11 = 1 | silver_11 = 0 | bronze_11 = 1 | name_11 = {{GamesSport|Rhythmic gymnastics|Format=d}} 
 | gold_12 = 1 | silver_12 = 0 | bronze_12 = 0 | name_12 = {{GamesSport|Basketball|Format=d}} 
 | gold_13 = 0 | silver_13 = 2 | bronze_13 = 1 | name_13 = {{GamesSport|Diving|Format=d}} 
 | gold_14 = 0 | silver_14 = 1 | bronze_14 = 1 | name_14 = {{GamesSport|Boxing|Format=d}} 
 | gold_15 = 0 | silver_15 = 1 | bronze_15 = 1 | name_15 = {{GamesSport|Modern pentathlon|Format=d}} 
 | gold_16 = 0 | silver_16 = 1 | bronze_16 = 0 | name_16 = {{GamesSport|Volleyball|Format=d}} 
 | gold_17 = 0 | silver_17 = 0 | bronze_17 = 2 | name_17 = {{GamesSport|Archery|Format=d}} 
 | gold_18 = 0 | silver_18 = 0 | bronze_18 = 2 | name_18 = {{GamesSport|Tennis|Format=d}} 
 | gold_19 = 0 | silver_19 = 0 | bronze_19 = 1 | name_19 = {{GamesSport|Rowing|Format=d}} 
 | gold_20 = 0 | silver_20 = 0 | bronze_20 = 1 | name_20 = {{GamesSport|Water polo|Format=d}} 
}}
{{col-2}}
=== Medals by winter sport ===
{{Medals table
 | caption    = 
 | team       = Sport
 | hide_rank  = yes
 | gold_1 = 3 | silver_1 = 2 | bronze_1 = 4 | name_1 = {{GamesSport|Cross country skiing|Format=d}} 
 | gold_2 = 3 | silver_2 = 1 | bronze_2 = 1 | name_2 = {{GamesSport|Figure skating|Format=d}} 
 | gold_3 = 2 | silver_3 = 2 | bronze_3 = 2 | name_3 = {{GamesSport|Biathlon|Format=d}} 
 | gold_4 = 1 | silver_4 = 0 | bronze_4 = 0 | name_4 = {{GamesSport|Ice hockey|Format=d}} 
 | gold_5 = 0 | silver_5 = 1 | bronze_5 = 0 | name_5 = {{GamesSport|Freestyle skiing|Format=d}} 
 | gold_6 = 0 | silver_6 = 0 | bronze_6 = 1 | name_6 = {{GamesSport|Short track speed skating|Format=d}} 
}}
{{col-end}}

== Flag bearers ==

* {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville Winter Olympics]] - [[Valeriy Medvedtsev]] (Biathlon)
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics]] - [[Aleksandr Karelin]] (Wrestling)

== See also==
*[[Unified Team at the Paralympics]]
*[[Unified Team of Germany]]
*[[Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
*[[CIS national football team]]
*[[Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics]]
*[[Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the Olympics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Olympic Results |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=https://www.olympic.org/olympic-results }}
* {{cite web |title=Unified Team |publisher=Olympedia.com |url=http://www.olympedia.org/countries/EUN }}
* {{cite web |title=Olympic Analytics/EUN |publisher=olympanalyt.com |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByGames&param_country=EUN }}

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