Can you name the countries/teams from each continent that have won the most Summer Olympic golds? by Flick

Can you name the countries/teams from each continent that have won the most Summer Olympic golds?

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Source: All-time Olympic Games medal table
This list does not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee as official Games.
Some of the countries/teams are not Sporcle standard countries (but are recognised by the IOC)
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North America

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Summer Olympic Golds by Continent Quiz

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Created Oct 26, 2010 in Geography
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	Burtdoggy:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 04:34 GMT		1 point
	You should specify that you are including only gold medals won in the Summer Olympic Games.

	Flick:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 04:52 GMT		6 points
	It is covered in the game's name, but I've added it to the game notes. Thanx Burtdoggy.

	benmarshall:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 05:36 GMT		5 points
	australasia?

	Flick:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 05:50 GMT		5 points
	@benmarshall and what's even more interesting is that one of the medals was for 'Rugby union' (the other two were for swimming)

	bsd987:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 07:16 GMT		8 points
	Need to accept USSR, and considering the majority of the Russian/Soviet population is in Europe, it's more than a little strange to classify those two as Asian.

	bsd987:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 07:18 GMT		2 points
	Also, it needs to be listed somewhere other than the source that this is only Summer Olympics, either in the title question or the note.

	bart122333:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 10:14 GMT		3 points
	Hungary?? Really? And why is USSR a bonus answer for Europe, but a normal answer for Asia? Also, almost every Russian athlete is from the European part of Russia, so it would be more logical to classify Russia as European in this context..

	Flick:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 11:07 GMT		7 points
	I will be signing autographs of my latest book (How to write an iffy quiz and gradually make it worse) outside your local bookshop this weekend. It'll be easy to spot me, as I'll be the person blushing and cringing (~_^). Fixed I think

	joebobs:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 14:08 GMT		2 points
	I think it's a good quiz, but you need to make a note in the instructions that not all of these are standard sporcle countries, and that not all are extant countries. Also, there's the oddity that the Soviet Union appears in Europe and Asia but Russia only appears in Asia. You need to put it in both really.

	joebobs:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 14:09 GMT		2 points
	Oh, and same for Unified Team, which spans Europe and Asia.

	Flick:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 14:28 GMT		4 points
	Thanx joebobs. Russia (and the unified team) appears only in one column, beacause they have won less than the 159 gold medals they would need to qualify for the European column.

	newenglander:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 21:15 GMT		2 points
	i wonder how many of south korea's golds were won in table tennis

	daHOOK:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 21:39 GMT		2 points
	I'm surprised Indonesia hasn't won enough badminton medals to make the list.

	midlifecrisis:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 21:50 GMT		4 points
	How many of Cuba's gold medals are in boxing?

	xander:	Oct 27th, 2010 at 03:28 GMT		3 points
	Oops. I used up all my time trying to think of all the little islands which could be the third country under the Oceania category.

	JakeA:	Oct 27th, 2010 at 03:58 GMT		2 points
	Hungary used to win a lot of fencing medals

	phildm:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 14:00 GMT		2 points
	New Zealand got shafted in the Australasia team name/portmanteau.

	GwynE:	Jun 26th, 2011 at 16:38 GMT		1 point
	good quiz. I think ethipoia have won all their gold (and other) medals in track running, middle and long distance and must hold the record for a single sport.