Soviets Will Have One Team in ’92

The Soviet Olympic Committee and sports representatives from the remaining 12 republics voted unanimously Thursday to send a joint Soviet team to the 1992 Olympic Winter Games at Albertville, France, and to Barcelona, Spain, for the Summer Games.

Eight Soviet republics have declared independence, raising questions about their participation in events to which the Soviet Union has been invited.

The three Baltic republics, whose sovereignty officially was recognized this month, are expected to field their own teams.

While Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia accounted for only about 4% of the Soviet Union’s population, Lithuanians provided several members of the Soviet basketball team, and all three nations have been strong in the biathlon.