Athletics World Championships
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1. | Europe | 
| 21 | 28 | 21 | 70 | |
| 2. | America | 
| 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 | |
| 3. | Asia | 
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| 4. | Africa | 
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5. | Oceania | 
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 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. | |||||||
