Athletics at the 1972 Olympics
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 Atletik 1972
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1. | Europe | 
| 29 | 25 | 21 | 75 | |
| 2. | America | 
| 6 | 8 | 12 | 26 | |
| 3. | Africa | 
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 4. | Oceania | 
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 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 1972 olympics Athletics medal count is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||||
