Athletics at the 1956 Olympics
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 Athletics 1956
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1. | America | 
| 17 | 11 | 5 | 33 | |
| 2. | Europe | 
| 11 | 21 | 22 | 54 | |
| 3. | Oceania | 
| 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |
| 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 olympics Athletics medal count is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||||
