Athletics at the 1988 Olympics
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 Athletics 1988
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1. | Europe | 
| 12 | 14 | 16 | 42 | |
| 2. | America | 
| 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | |
| 3. | Africa | 
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| 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 | |||||||
