List of world champions in athletics / national rankings

World champion in athletics

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This list is part of the list of world champions in athletics . It contains the national rankings or medal table and is divided into three separate lists for men, women and mixed competitions and an overall list. All individual lists are sorted according to the number of medals won.

• Place: order of countries. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals.
• Country: Name of the country. In individual cases, the respective predecessor states are also included.
• Gold: Number of gold medals won.
• Silver: Number of silver medals won.
• Bronze: Number of bronze medals won.
• Total: Number of all medals won.

Status: October 7, 2019

total

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	168	116	93	377
02	Germany (incl. Federal Republic of Germany ) (incl. German Democratic Republic )	62 (3) (21)	59 (6) (19)	65 (3) (16)	186 (12) (56)
03	Kenya	60	47	43	150
04th	Russia	53	60	57	170
05	Jamaica	36	51	43	130
06th	United Kingdom	30th	35	35	100
07th	Ethiopia	29	30th	26th	85
08th	Soviet Union	23	27	27	77
09	Cuba	22nd	24	14th	60
10	Poland	18th	15th	22nd	55
11	People's Republic of China	16	24	21st	61
12	Czech Republic	14th	6th	5	25th
13	France	13	19th	21st	53
14th	Australia	12	12	12	36
15th	Italy	11	15th	15th	41
16	Belarus	11	14th	10	35
17th	Ukraine	11	13	13	37
18th	South Africa	11	7th	9	27
19th	Morocco	10	12	8th	30th
20th	Sweden	9	6th	6th	21st
21st	Bahamas	8th	9	8th	25th
22nd	Norway	8th	5	4th	17th
23	Spain	7th	15th	17th	39
24	Finland	7th	8th	7th	22nd
25th	Bahrain	7th	3	3	13
26th	Canada	6th	14th	16	36
27	Japan	6th	7th	16	29
28	Portugal	6th	7th	7th	20th
29	Algeria	6th	1	3	10
30th	New Zealand	6th	-	2	8th
31	Romania	5	8th	10	23
32	Greece	5	6th	11	22nd
33	Netherlands	5	5	9	19th
34	Bulgaria	5	3	8th	16
35	Czechoslovakia	4th	4th	3	11
36	Croatia	4th	3	2	9
37	Qatar	4th	2	3	9
38	Uganda	4th	2	2	8th
39	Switzerland	4th	-	4th	8th
40	Authorized Neutral Athletes	3	8th	1	12
41	Mexico	3	5	8th	16
41	Trinidad and Tobago	3	5	8th	16
43	Ireland	3	3	-	6th
44	Colombia	3	2	3	8th
45	Lithuania	3	2	1	6th
46	Ecuador	3	1	1	5
46	Mozambique	3	1	1	5
48	Denmark	3	-	1	4th
49	Estonia	2	6th	2	10
50	Dominican Republic	2	1	1	4th
51	Tajikistan	2	1	-	3
52	Venezuela	2	-	1	3
53	Brazil	1	6th	6th	13
54	Namibia	1	4th	1	6th
55	Turkey	1	3	1	5
56	Belgium	1	2	5	8th
57	Zambia	1	2	-	3
58	Slovenia	1	1	2	4th
59	Botswana	1	1	-	2
59	Eritrea	1	1	-	2
59	Panama	1	1	-	2
62	St. Kitts and Nevis	1	-	3	4th
62	Slovakia	1	-	3	4th
64	Syria	1	-	2	3
65	Grenada	1	-	1	2
65	Senegal	1	-	1	2
65	Somalia	1	-	1	2
68	Barbados	1	-	-	1
68	Grenada	1	-	-	1
68	North Korea	1	-	-	1
71	Hungary	-	7th	7th	14th
72	Nigeria	-	4th	5	9
73	Ivory Coast	-	4th	1	5
74	Kazakhstan	-	3	5	8th
75	Burundi	-	2	1	3
75	Djibouti	-	2	1	3
75	Israel	-	2	1	3
75	Tunisia	-	2	1	3
79	Cameroon	-	2	-	2
79	Puerto Rico	-	2	-	2
81	Austria	-	1	3	4th
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	1	1	2
82	Ghana	-	1	1	2
82	Sri Lanka	-	1	1	2
82	Suriname	-	1	1	2
82	Tanzania	-	1	1	2
82	Cyprus	-	1	1	2
88	Egypt	-	1	-	1
88	Bermuda	-	1	-	1
88	Sudan	-	1	-	1
91	Serbia	-	-	3	3
92	Latvia	-	-	2	2
93	American Samoa	-	-	1	1
93	Burkina Faso	-	-	1	1
93	Dominica	-	-	1	1
93	Haiti	-	-	1	1
93	India	-	-	1	1
93	Iran	-	-	1	1
93	Cayman Islands	-	-	1	1
93	Saudi Arabia	-	-	1	1
93	Zimbabwe	-	-	1	1

Men

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	107	65	57	229
02	Kenya	41	32	25th	98
03	Germany (incl. Federal Republic of Germany ) (incl. German Democratic Republic )	26 (2) (6)	18 (4) (5)	30 (2) (4)	74 (8) (15)
04th	United Kingdom	19th	19th	23	61
05	Ethiopia	15th	19th	11	45
06th	Russia	14th	21st	18th	53
07th	Jamaica	14th	17th	13	44
08th	Poland	13	10	18th	41
09	Soviet Union	10	12	13	35
10	France	8th	12	12	32
11	Italy	8th	9	8th	25th
12	Morocco	8th	8th	7th	23
13	Czech Republic	8th	3	3	14th
14th	Cuba	7th	14th	7th	28
15th	South Africa	7th	6th	6th	19th
16	Spain	6th	13	10	29
17th	Canada	5	9	16	30th
18th	Finland	5	8th	5	18th
19th	Bahamas	5	4th	4th	13
20th	Ukraine	5	2	6th	13
21st	Belarus	4th	6th	4th	14th
22nd	Australia	4th	5	8th	17th
23	Japan	4th	2	11	17th
24	Qatar	4th	2	3	9
25th	Algeria	4th	1	2	7th
26th	Switzerland	4th	-	2	6th
27	Trinidad and Tobago	3	5	5	13
28	Norway	3	5	2	10
29	Sweden	3	4th	2	9
30th	Lithuania	3	2	-	5
31	Bahrain	3	1	1	5
31	Ecuador	3	1	1	5
33	Denmark	3	-	-	3
34	Estonia	2	6th	2	10
35	Mexico	2	2	6th	10
36	Uganda	2	2	2	6th
37	Dominican Republic	2	1	1	4th
38	Tajikistan	2	1	-	3
39	Ireland	2	-	-	2
40	People's Republic of China	1	7th	3	11
41	Netherlands	1	4th	4th	9
42	Namibia	1	4th	-	5
43	Portugal	1	3	4th	8th
44	Czechoslovakia	1	2	3	6th
45	Zambia	1	2	-	3
46	Greece	1	1	3	5
47	Slovenia	1	1	2	4th
48	Bulgaria	1	1	1	3
48	Colombia	1	1	1	3
50	Eritrea	1	1	-	2
50	Panama	1	1	-	2
50	Turkey	1	1	-	2
53	St. Kitts and Nevis	1	-	3	4th
54	Slovakia	1	-	2	3
55	Grenada	1	-	1	2
55	New Zealand	1	-	1	2
55	Somalia	1	-	1	2
58	Barbados	1	-	-	1
58	Grenada	1	-	-	1
60	Authorized Neutral Athletes	-	7th	1	8th
61	Hungary	-	6th	7th	13
62	Brazil	-	5	6th	11
63	Nigeria	-	2	3	5
64	Djibouti	-	2	1	3
65	Puerto Rico	-	2	-	2
66	Belgium	-	1	4th	5
67	Kazakhstan	-	1	2	3
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	1	1	2
68	Burundi	-	1	1	2
68	Israel	-	1	1	2
68	Cyprus	-	1	1	2
72	Egypt	-	1	-	1
72	Bermuda	-	1	-	1
72	Ghana	-	1	-	1
72	Sudan	-	1	-	1
72	Tanzania	-	1	-	1
77	Burkina Faso	-	-	1	1
77	Dominica	-	-	1	1
77	Haiti	-	-	1	1
77	Iran	-	-	1	1
77	Croatia	-	-	1	1
77	Austria	-	-	1	1
77	Romania	-	-	1	1
77	Saudi Arabia	-	-	1	1
77	Serbia	-	-	1	1
77	Syria	-	-	1	1
77	Zimbabwe	-	-	1	1
77	Tunisia	-	-	1	1

Women

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	60	51	36	147
02	Russia	39	39	39	117
03	Germany (incl. Federal Republic of Germany ) (incl. German Democratic Republic )	36 (1) (15)	41 (2) (14)	35 (1) (12)	112 (4) (41)
04th	Jamaica	20th	29	30th	79
05	Kenya	19th	15th	18th	52
06th	People's Republic of China	15th	17th	18th	50
07th	Cuba	15th	10	7th	32
08th	Ethiopia	14th	11	15th	40
09	Soviet Union	13	15th	14th	42
10	United Kingdom	11	16	12	39
11	Australia	8th	7th	4th	19th
12	Belarus	7th	8th	7th	22nd
13	Ukraine	6th	11	7th	24
14th	Czech Republic	6th	3	3	11
15th	Sweden	6th	2	4th	12
16	Romania	5	8th	9	22nd
17th	France	5	7th	9	21st
18th	Poland	5	5	7th	17th
19th	Portugal	5	4th	3	12
20th	Norway	5	-	2	7th
21st	New Zealand	5	-	1	6th
22nd	Greece	4th	5	8th	17th
23	Croatia	4th	3	1	8th
24	Bulgaria	4th	2	7th	13
25th	Bahrain	4th	2	1	7th
26th	Netherlands	4th	1	5	10
27	South Africa	4th	1	3	8th
28	Italy	3	6th	7th	16
29	Bahamas	3	5	4th	12
30th	Czechoslovakia	3	2	-	5
31	Mozambique	3	1	1	5
32	Authorized Neutral Athletes	3	1	-	4th
33	Japan	2	5	5	12
34	Morocco	2	4th	1	7th
35	Colombia	2	1	2	5
36	Finland	2	-	2	4th
37	Algeria	2	-	1	3
38	Venezuela	2	-	1	3
39	Uganda	2	-	-	2
40	Canada	1	5	-	6th
41	Ireland	1	3	-	4th
42	Spain	1	2	7th	10
43	Mexico	1	1	2	4th
44	Belgium	1	1	1	3
45	Botswana	1	1	-	2
45	Brazil	1	1	-	2
47	Senegal	1	-	1	2
47	Syria	1	-	1	2
49	North Korea	1	-	-	1
50	Ivory Coast	-	4th	1	5
51	Kazakhstan	-	2	2	4th
51	Nigeria	-	2	2	4th
53	Turkey	-	2	1	3
54	Cameroon	-	2	-	2
54	Tunisia	-	2	-	2
56	Austria	-	1	2	3
57	Hungary	-	1	1	2
57	Sri Lanka	-	1	1	2
57	Suriname	-	1	1	2
60	Burundi	-	1	-	1
60	Israel	-	1	-	1
62	Trinidad and Tobago	-	-	3	3
63	Latvia	-	-	2	2
63	Switzerland	-	-	2	2
63	Serbia	-	-	2	2
66	American Samoa	-	-	1	1
66	Denmark	-	-	1	1
66	Ghana	-	-	1	1
66	Cayman Islands	-	-	1	1
66	India	-	-	1	1
66	Lithuania	-	-	1	1
66	Namibia	-	-	1	1
66	Slovakia	-	-	1	1

Mixed

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	1	-	-	1
02	Jamaica	-	1	-	1
03	Bahrain	-	-	1	1