| Total number of athletes in the top lists per nation | |||||
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| RANK | NATION | ABBR. | MEN | WOMEN | TOTAL |
| 1 | Turkey | TUR | 304 | 214 | 518 |
| 2 | Ukraine | UKR | 27 | 39 | 66 |
| 3 | Romania | ROM | 21 | 36 | 57 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | BUL | 15 | 25 | 40 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 24 | 12 | 36 |
| 6 | Russia | RUS | 11 | 21 | 32 |
| 7 | Great Britain & Northern Ireland | GBR | 22 | 9 | 31 |
| 8 | Egypt | EGY | 19 | 9 | 28 |
| 9 | Greece | GRE | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 10= | Algeria | ALG | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| 10= | Slovenia | SLO | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| 12 | Armenia | ARM | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 13 | Israel | ISR | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 14= | Albania | ALB | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 14= | Morocco | MAR | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 16= | Belarus | BLR | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 16= | Turkmenistan | TKM | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 18= | Hungary | HUN | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 18= | Kenya | KEN | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 20= | Azerbaijan | AZE | 8 | - | 8 |
| 20= | Poland | POL | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 22 | Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus* | KTC | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 23= | Cuba | CUB | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 23= | Denmark | DEN | 6 | - | 6 |
| 23= | Moldova | MDA | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 23= | Nigeria | NGR | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 23= | Serbia & Montenegro | SCG | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 28 | Sweden | SWE | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 29= | Bosnia & Herzigovina | BIH | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 29= | Bahrain | BRN | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 29= | Canada | CAN | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 29= | Georgia | GEO | - | 4 | 4 |
| 33= | Belgium | BEL | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 33= | Czech Republic | CZE | 3 | - | 3 |
| 33= | France | FRA | 3 | - | 3 |
| 33= | Germany | GER | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 33= | Ghana | GHA | 3 | - | 3 |
| 33= | Portugal | POR | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 39= | Spain | ESP | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 39= | Iran | IRI | 2 | - | 2 |
| 39= | Jamaica | JAM | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 39= | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 2 | - | 2 |
| 39= | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | MKD | 2 | - | 2 |
| 39= | Senegal | SEN | 2 | - | 2 |
| 39= | Syria | SYR | 2 | - | 2 |
| 39= | Tunisia | TUN | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 39= | Uganda | UGA | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 39= | United States of America | USA | - | 2 | 2 |
| 49= | Australia | AUS | - | 1 | 1 |
| 49= | Ivory Coast | CIV | 1 | - | 1 |
| 49= | Cameroon | CMR | 1 | - | 1 |
| 49= | Comoros | COM | 1 | - | 1 |
| 49= | Federal Republic of Germany | FRG | 1 | - | 1 |
| 49= | Guyana | GUY | 1 | - | 1 |
| 49= | Hong Kong | HKG | - | 1 | 1 |
| 49= | Republic of Ireland | IRL | - | 1 | 1 |
| 49= | Lebanon | LIB | - | 1 | 1 |
| 49= | Mexico | MEX | 1 | - | 1 |
| 49= | Mauritius | MRI | 1 | - | 1 |
| 49= | Slovakia | SVK | 1 | - | 1 |
| 49= | Tadjikistan | TJK | 1 | - | 1 |
| 49= | Soviet Socialist Republics | URS | 1 | - | 1 |
| 49= | Uzbekistan | UZB | - | 1 | 1 |
| Note: Nations in Italic are no longer present | |||||
| * : Not IAAF members | |||||
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