Athletics World Championships
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1. | Africa | 
| 20 | 23 | 17 | 60 | |
| 2. | Europe | 
| 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | |
| 3. | Asia | 
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 4. | America | 
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 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. | |||||||
