Please read the following table in Markdown format and then answer the question according to the table. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
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Table:
| Event | Meeting Gaz de France\nParis | Golden Gala\nRome | Bislett Games\nOslo | Weltklasse Zürich | Memorial van Damme\nBrussels | ISTAF\nBerlin |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 100 m | Christine Arron (FRA)\n11.03 | Christine Arron (FRA)\n11.03 | Christine Arron (FRA)\n11.06 | Veronica Campbell (JAM)\n10.85 | Christine Arron (FRA)\n10.97 | Christine Arron (FRA)\n11.01 |
| 200 m | - | - | - | - | Cydonie Mothersille (CAY)\n22.94 | - |
| 400 m | Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH)\n49.69 | Sanya Richards (USA)\n49.82 | - | Sanya Richards (USA)\n48.92 | - | - |
| 800 m | Svetlana Cherkasova (RUS)\n1:57.52 | Hasna Benhassi (MAR)\n1:58.41 | Tatyana Andrianova (RUS)\n1:56.91 | Zulia Calatayud (CUB)\n1:59.16 | Mayte Martínez (ESP)\n2:00.66 | Zulia Calatayud (CUB)\n1:59.25 |
| 1500 m | Olga Yegorova (RUS)\n4:01.85 | Mestawat Tadesse (ETH)\n4:04.95 | - | - | - | - |
| 3000 m / 5000 m | Edith Masai (KEN)\n8:31.27 | - | Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)\n8:28.87 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)\n8:29.45 | - | - |
| 3000 m / 5000 m | - | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)\n14:32.57 | - | - | Meseret Defar (ETH)\n14:28.98 | Berhane Adere (ETH)\n14:47.56 |
| 100 m hurdles | Joanna Hayes (USA)\n12.60 | Anjanette Kirkland (USA)\n12.57 | - | Michelle Perry (USA)\n12.55 | - | Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM)\n12.63 |
| 400 m hurdles | Lashinda Demus (USA)\n53.85 | Lashinda Demus (USA)\n53.68 | Sandra Glover (USA)\n53.93 | Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)\n53.30 | Lashinda Demus (USA)\n53.61 | Sandra Glover (USA)\n54.17 |
| Long jump | - | - | - | - | Tatyana Kotova (RUS)\n6.87 | - |
| Triple jump | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)\n15.11 | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)\n15.03 | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)\n14.89 | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)\n14.94 | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)\n14.94 | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)\n14.85 |
| High jump | - | - | Amy Acuff (USA)\n1.93 | - | - | - |
| Pole vault | - | - | - | - | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)\n4.93 | - |
| Discus throw | - | - | - | - | - | Natalya Sadova (RUS)\n64.20 |
| Shot put | - | - | - | - | - | Nadine Kleinert (GER)\n19.19 |
Question:
how many total athletes were from the us?
Answer:
7