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Great Britain
Career
1900 - 2026
Best year
2020
Total points
1261
Best results
3x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#6
10-year rank
#4
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
Categories
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 90 | - |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 90 | - |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 90 | - |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 54 | - |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | Tom Dean |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | Henry Taylor |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 30 | Rebecca Adlington |
| 2015 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | - |
| 2017 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | - |
| 2023 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | - |
| 2025 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | - |
| 2001 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 30 | - |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Duncan Scott |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Matthew Richards |
| 1912 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Jack Hatfield |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Paul Palmer |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 18 | Sarah Hardcastle |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 18 | Jazmin Carlin |
| 1912 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1920 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1975 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | - |
| 2024 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 18 | - |
| 1997 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2018 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2026 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2020 | European Championship | Mixed 4x200m freestyle | M/W | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2022 | European Championship | Mixed 4x200m freestyle | M/W | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2026 | European Championship | Mixed 4x200m freestyle | M/W | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2018 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2020 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2026 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 2015 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 10 | James Guy |
| 2023 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 10 | Matthew Richards |
| 2009 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1999 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 9 | - |
| 2006 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 9 | - |
| 2020 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 9 | - |
| 2008 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 9 | - |
| 2022 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 9 | - |
| 1998 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2022 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | - |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | - |
| 2023 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | Tom Dean |
| 2015 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | James Guy |
| 1900 | Olympic Games | 200m obstacle race | Men | 3 | 6 | Peter Kemp |
| 1948 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 6 | Catherine Gibson |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 6 | June Croft |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 6 | Joanne Jackson |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 6 | Rebecca Adlington |
| 2009 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | Joanne Jackson |
| 2011 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | Rebecca Adlington |
| 1997 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 5 | Paul Palmer |
| 2018 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 5 | Duncan Scott |
| 1958 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 5 | Ian Black |
| 1999 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 5 | Paul Palmer |
| 2010 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 5 | Rebecca Adlington |
| 2014 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 5 | Jazmin Carlin |
| 1993 | World Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 4 | Karen Pickering |
| 1999 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Paul Palmer |
| 2020 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Duncan Scott |
| 1993 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Paul Palmer |
| 1995 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Paul Palmer |
| 2022 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 3 | Freya Anderson |
| 1927 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 3 | Marion Laverty |
| 1931 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 3 | Joyce Cooper |
| 1947 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 3 | Catherine Gibson |
| 2006 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 3 | Joanne Jackson |
| 2016 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 3 | Jazmin Carlin |
| 1938 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2018 | European Championship | Mixed 4x200m freestyle | M/W | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1993 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1995 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2010 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1997 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1975 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Brian Brinkley |
| 2019 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Duncan Scott |
| 2022 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Tom Dean |
| 1998 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Paul Palmer |
| 1986 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | Sarah Hardcastle |
| 2005 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | Caitlin McClatchey |
| 2009 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | Rebecca Adlington |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | Paul Palmer |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | James Guy |
| 2023 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 2 | Matthew Richards |
| 2025 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 2 | Duncan Scott |
| 2025 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 2 | Jack McMillan |
| 2003 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 2 | Melanie Marshall |
| 2019 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 2 | Freya Anderson |
| 2023 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 2 | Freya Anderson |
| 2003 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 2 | Joanne Jackson |
| 2004 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 2 | Keri-Anne Payne |
| 2015 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 2 | Jazmin Carlin |
| 2000 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Paul Palmer |
| 2016 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | James Guy |
| 2020 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Tom Dean |
| 2026 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | James Guy |
| 1938 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Norman Wainwright |
| 1997 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Paul Palmer |
| 2000 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Paul Palmer |
| 2014 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Jay Lelliott |
| 1993 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Karen Pickering |
| 1995 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Karen Pickering |
| 2020 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Freya Anderson |
| 2026 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Freya Colbert |
| 1958 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Nan Rae |
| 1981 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Jacquelene Willmott |
| 2006 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Caitlin McClatchey |
| 2018 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Holly Hibbott |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Tom Dean |
| 1993 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Paul Palmer |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Robert Renwick |
| 1996 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Andrew Clayton |
| 2019 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Duncan Scott |
| 2023 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | James Guy |
| 2025 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Jack McMillan |
| 2000 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Paul Palmer |
| 2019 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Tom Dean |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Caitlin McClatchey |
| 1995 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Sarah Hardcastle |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Joanne Jackson |
| 2000 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Karen Pickering |
| 2004 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Melanie Marshall |
| 1998 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Vicky Horner |
| 2003 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Rebecca Cooke |
| 2005 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Joanne Jackson |
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