Athletics at the 2016 Olympics
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 Athletics 2016
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1. | America | 
| 13 | 8 | 9 | 30 | |
| 2. | Europe | 
| 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |
| 3. | Africa | 
| 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | |
| 4. | Asia | 
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 5. | Oceania | 
| 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 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 | |||||||
