Athletics at the 2008 Olympics
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Atletik 2008 |
Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
1. | America | 17 | 18 | 18 | 53 | ||
2. | Europe | 17 | 13 | 16 | 46 | ||
3. | Africa | 11 | 11 | 8 | 30 | ||
4. | Oceania | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
5. | Asia | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
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. | |||||||
This 2008 olympics Athletics medal count is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||||