Athletics World Championships
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1. | America | 
| 24 | 24 | 29 | 77 | |
| 2. | Europe | 
| 7 | 10 | 6 | 23 | |
| 3. | Africa | 
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| 4. | Oceania | 
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 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. | |||||||
