Athletics at the 1997 Athletics World Championships | |||||
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 Athletics 1997
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1. | Europe | 
| 21 | 27 | 21 | 69 | |
| 2. | America | 
| 13 | 9 | 15 | 37 | |
| 3. | Africa | 
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | |
| 4. | Oceania | 
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 5. | Asia | 
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 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. | |||||||
