Joeron on 26 February 2008
Best athletes, means more world records. Here are the athetics world records per country
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_world_record
Russia/Soviet Union/Unified Team 24
United States 19
Ethiopia 14
United Kingdom 10
Germany 9
Czech Republic/ Slovenia/Chechoslovakia 8
Japan 7
Kenya 7
Morocco 5
China 4
Cuba 4
Denmark 3
Ireland 3
Ukraine 3
Sweden 3
Jamaica 2
Romania 2
Netherlands 2
Canada 2
Bulgaria 2
Lithuania 1
Mozambique 1
Qatar 1
Mecixo 1
Australia 1
Namibia 1
Edit: sorry to lazy to add up the swimming records, Ethiopia will probably fall out of the top 5 =P and make room for China and Australia
