Independent Paralympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Independent Paralympic participants were athletes from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona. Athletes from the parts of Yugoslavia still terming themselves "Yugoslavia" had competed as "independent Olympic participants" at the 1992 Summer Olympics, also hosted by Barcelona. They were not permitted to participate as "Yugoslavia", due to United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 placing sanctions on the country.[1] The International Paralympic Committee thus recognises Yugoslavia's participation in the Paralympics from 1972 to 1988 and from 1996 to 2000 inclusive, but not in 1992, where its athletes officially belonged to no national delegation.[2]

Independent Paralympic Participants at the
1992 Summer Paralympics
Former logo of the Paralympics (1988-1994).
IPC codeIPP
in Barcelona
Competitors16 in 4 sports
Flag bearerNone
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
8
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Yugoslavia (1972–2000)
 Serbia and Montenegro (2004)
 Serbia (2008–)
 Montenegro (2008–)

There were sixteen "independent Paralympic participants" at the 1992 Games, competing in athletics, shooting, swimming and table tennis. They won a total of eight medals, of which four gold.[3]

Medallists

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
  Gold Nada Vuksanovic 1992 Barcelona Athletics Women's discus B2
  Gold Ruzica Aleksov 1992 Barcelona Shooting Mixed air pistol SH1>3
  Gold Branimir Jovanovski 1992 Barcelona Shooting Mixed air pistol SH1
  Gold Nenad Krisanovic 1992 Barcelona Swimming Men's 50 m breaststroke SB2
  Silver Nada Vuksanovic 1992 Barcelona Athletics Women's shot put B2
  Silver Radomir Rakonjac 1992 Barcelona Shooting Mixed air pistol SH1
  Silver Nenad Krisanovic 1992 Barcelona Swimming Men's 50 m butterfly S3-4
  Bronze Zlatko Kesler 1992 Barcelona Table tennis Men's singles 3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Countries and Nationalities at the Olympics" Archived 2010-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, Sports Reference
  2. ^ Yugoslavia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  3. ^ Independent Paralympic Participants at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee