Athletics World Championships
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
1. | America | 18 | 23 | 20 | 61 | ||
2. | Europe | 14 | 9 | 14 | 37 | ||
3. | Africa | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
4. | Oceania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
5. | Asia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
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. | |||||||