Under what name did the former Soviet Union gymnastic team compete in the 1992 Olympics? What was their flag, and what was their anthem?

tamarindgh

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gtho4

Unified Team (Commonwealth of Independent States), Barcelona 1992 At the 1992 Olympic Games of Barcelona, the Commonwealth of Independent States took part as one team, under the Olympic flag. At the Opening Ceremony, though, the "Unified Team" (as it was called officially) paraded behind all the flags of the states of its members. For Tajikistan this still was its "Soviet" flag! Since this team was really the team entered by the NOC of the former Soviet Union, it also included Georgia, even though at the time Georgia was not a member of CIS. At another sports event in the same year, the European Football Championships, the CIS took part under a different flag. In this case a white flag with in black letters C.I.S. was used. I have dug through a box of old videotapes, and located my tape of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic opening ceremony. I made a few notes, most of them not very important, but I have solved the question of what flag the Unified Team marched with: Answer: the Olympic Rings and the flags of the 12 Republics. A wrestler named Aleksandr Karelin carried in the Olympic flag accompanied by the sign "Unified Team" in at least 3 languages (English, French, Spanish), then he was followed by 12 more flagbearers, marching together, then the team members. oly@nna.html#cis">http://www.nationalflaggen.de/flags-of-the-world/flags/oly@nna.html#cis There's not much around about the anthem that was played .. probably the anthem of the athlete's country, Russia, Georgia etc. Mar 30 05, 11:44 PM

mamaw#1

thank you Mar 31 05, 9:22 AM