Athletics World Championships
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
1. | America | 16 | 13 | 15 | 44 | ||
2. | Africa | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
3. | Europe | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||
4. | Asia | 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. | |||||||