Athletics at the 1972 Olympics
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Athletics 1972 |
Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
1. | Europe | 15 | 14 | 11 | 40 | ||
2. | America | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | ||
3. | Africa | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||
4. | Oceania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
About the numbers: The composition of nations by continent and their subregions is based on UN's 'macro geographical (continental) regions', which can be found here. | |||||||
These facts about the olympic Athletics gold medal count are based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||||