Athletics World Championships
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
1. | Africa | 15 | 17 | 10 | 42 | ||
2. | Europe | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | ||
3. | Asia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
4. | America | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
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. | |||||||