Athletics World Championships
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1. | Europe | 
| 16 | 18 | 21 | 55 | |
| 2. | Asia | 
| 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 | |
| 3. | America | 
| 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |
| 4. | Oceania | 
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5. | Africa | 
| 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. | |||||||
