Athletics at the 1960 Olympics
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 Atletik 1960
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1. | Europe | 
| 18 | 23 | 22 | 63 | |
| 2. | America | 
| 12 | 8 | 8 | 28 | |
| 3. | Oceania | 
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 4. | Africa | 
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5. | Asia | 
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 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. | |||||||
| This 1960 olympics Athletics medal count is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||||
