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The Unified Team at the
1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...
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was a joint team consisting of five of the fifteen former
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Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
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Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
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Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
that made a decision to collaborate and created a united team. The Unified Team's only other appearance was at the
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. It competed under the
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EUN (from the
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''Equipe Unifiée''). The team finished second in the medal rankings, narrowly losing to a re-unified Germany.


Members

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Medals by winter sport


Medalists

The Unified Team finished second to
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both in the gold and overall medal tally with 9 gold medals, 6 silver medals, and 8 bronze medals for a total of 23 medals.


Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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Alpine skiing

;Men Men's combined ;Women Women's combined


Biathlon

;Men ;Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay ;Women ;Women's 3 × 7.5 km relay


Bobsleigh


Cross-country skiing

;Men : 1 Starting delay based on 10 km results. : C = Classical style, F = Freestyle ;Men's 4 × 10 km relay ;Women : 2 Starting delay based on 5 km results. : C = Classical style, F = Freestyle ;Women's 4 × 5 km relay


Figure skating

;Men ;Women ;Pairs ;Ice Dancing


Freestyle skiing

;Men ;Women


Ice hockey


First round

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.


Final round

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final


Luge

;Men (Men's) Doubles ;Women


Nordic combined

Men's individual Events: * normal hill ski jumping * 15 km cross-country skiing Men's Team Three participants per team. Events: * normal hill ski jumping * 10 km cross-country skiing


Short track speed skating

;Men ;Women


Ski jumping

;Men's team large hill : 1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.


Speed skating

;Men ;Women


See also

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CIS national football team The Commonwealth of Independent States national football team (russian: Сборная СНГ по футболу, ''Sbornaya SNG po futbolu'') was a transitional national team of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union in 1992. It was acc ...
, a football team created in a similar fashion for UEFA Euro 1992


References


Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com
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