Try and see! This ranking is obtained based on 18 stadium athletics events. Each country's best performance in each of the 18 events is taken, the corresponding result score calculated, and 18 result scores are added and taken average, which is the overall performance score for each country's performance in athletics in the year 2024. If a best performance for a particular events cannot be found, a base score is given. To give you a hint, the first name of the country is given. The results may differ from expectations.
With thanks to BrettC for inspiration and help making this quiz
Good quiz. As you say, some results may surprise. My main surprise was that the USA were not more dominant given their performances seem to be across the board - there is rarely an event without a serious US contender. I was less surprised at the absence of Ethiopia as, even though they are so dominant in long-distance running (both sexes), they are rubbish at the field events.