Athletics World Championships
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1. | Europe | 
| 27 | 25 | 29 | 81 | |
| 2. | America | 
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| 3. | Asia | 
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| 4. | Africa | 
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| - | Oceania | 
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 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. | |||||||
