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Great Britain
Career
1900 - 2026
Best year
2020
Total points
2567
Best results
3x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#8
10-year rank
#5
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | World Swimmer of the Year | Awards | Men | 1 | 2 | Adam Peaty |
| 2015 | World Swimmer of the Year | Awards | Men | 1 | 2 | Adam Peaty |
| 2001 | World Championship | 800m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Graeme Smith |
| 2022 | European Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 5 | Ben Proud |
| 2024 | World Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Ben Proud |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Ben Proud |
| 2023 | European Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 2 | Ben Proud |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 4 | Mark Foster |
| 2003 | World Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | Mark Foster |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | Ben Proud |
| 1991 | European Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Mike Fibbens |
| 1999 | European Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 2021 | World Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 4 | Ben Proud |
| 2018 | European Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 5 | Ben Proud |
| 2023 | World Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Ben Proud |
| 2005 | European Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 1993 | World Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 4 | Mark Foster |
| 2022 | World Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 10 | Ben Proud |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 2020 | European Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Ben Proud |
| 1998 | European Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 2017 | European Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Ben Proud |
| 2004 | World Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 4 | Mark Foster |
| 2017 | World Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Ben Proud |
| 2004 | European Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 1997 | European Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Mark Foster |
| 1996 | European Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 2000 | European Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Mark Foster |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 4 | Mark Foster |
| 2025 | World Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | Ben Proud |
| 2003 | European Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 2016 | European Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Ben Proud |
| 1997 | World Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 2005 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 2 | 1 | Mark Foster |
| 2000 | European Championship | 50m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | Mark Foster |
| 2003 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 1 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | Mark Foster |
| 2001 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 2 | 1 | Mark Foster |
| 2000 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 1 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 1999 | European Championship | 50m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | Mark Foster |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | Mark Foster |
| 2016 | European Championship | 50m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | Ben Proud |
| 1998 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 2 | 1 | Mark Foster |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | Mark Foster |
| 1996 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 1 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 2018 | European Championship | 50m butterfly | Men | 2 | 3 | Ben Proud |
| 2001 | World Championship | 50m butterfly | Men | 3 | 3 | Mark Foster |
| 2014 | European Championship | 50m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | Ben Proud |
| 2004 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 1 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 2004 | World Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 2 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 1992 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 1 | 2 | Mark Foster |
| 2017 | World Championship | 50m butterfly | Men | 1 | 10 | Ben Proud |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 2 | Adam Peaty |
| 2014 | European Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Adam Peaty |
| 2003 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | James Gibson |
| 2015 | European Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 1 | Adam Peaty |
| 2020 | European Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Adam Peaty |
| 2019 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Adam Peaty |
| 2018 | European Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Adam Peaty |
| 2017 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Adam Peaty |
| 2006 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Chris Cook |
| 2016 | European Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Adam Peaty |
| 2015 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Adam Peaty |
| 2016 | European Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Ross Murdoch |
| 2009 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Liam Tancock |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 50m backstroke | Men | 2 | 2 | Liam Tancock |
| 2014 | European Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Chris Walker-Hebborn |
| 2007 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Liam Tancock |
| 2015 | European Championship 25m | 50m backstroke | Men | 2 | 1 | Chris Walker-Hebborn |
| 2006 | European Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Matthew Clay |
| 2005 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Liam Tancock |
| 2010 | European Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 2 | 3 | Liam Tancock |
| 2011 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Liam Tancock |
| 2016 | European Championship Open Water | 5 km | Men | 3 | 1 | Caleb Hughes |
| 2017 | World Championship Open Water | 5 km | Men | 3 | 3 | Timothy Shuttleworth |
| 2004 | European Championship Open Water | 5 km | Men | 2 | 2 | Alan Bircher |
| 2014 | European Championship Open Water | 5 km | Men | 1 | 4 | Daniel Fogg |
| 2001 | European Championship 25m | 4x50m medley | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 2023 | European Championship 25m | 4x50m medley | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 1998 | European Championship 25m | 4x50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 2023 | European Championship 25m | 4x50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1993 | European Championship 25m | 4x50m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 1993 | European Championship 25m | 4x50m backstroke | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 1999 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 9 | - |
| 1975 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | - |
| 1912 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 2015 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | - |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1938 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 90 | - |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 2026 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2025 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | - |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 54 | - |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 2020 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 9 | - |
| 2022 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1997 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2018 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2023 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | - |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 90 | - |
| 2006 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 9 | - |
| 1998 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1920 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1997 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2017 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | - |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 90 | - |
| 1987 | European Championship | 4x100m medley | Men | 2 | 9 | - |
| 1975 | World Championship | 4x100m medley | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 4x100m medley | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 4x100m medley | Men | 2 | 54 | - |
| 2016 | European Championship | 4x100m medley | Men | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2006 | European Championship | 4x100m medley | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1974 | European Championship | 4x100m medley | Men | 2 | 9 | - |
| 2017 | World Championship | 4x100m medley | Men | 2 | 18 | - |
| 1997 | World Championship 25m | 4x100m medley | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2014 | European Championship | 4x100m medley | Men | 1 | 15 | - |
| 1993 | European Championship | 4x100m medley | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2022 | World Championship | 4x100m medley | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 4x100m medley | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 2020 | European Championship | 4x100m medley | Men | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2019 | World Championship | 4x100m medley | Men | 1 | 30 | - |
| 1993 | World Championship 25m | 4x100m medley | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1977 | European Championship | 4x100m medley | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1978 | World Championship | 4x100m medley | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 4x100m medley | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 4x100m medley | Men | 2 | 54 | - |
| 2018 | European Championship | 4x100m medley | Men | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2020 | European Championship | 4x100m freestyle | Men | 2 | 9 | - |
| 1962 | European Championship | 4x100m freestyle | Men | 2 | 9 | - |
| 2022 | European Championship | 4x100m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2015 | European Championship 25m | 400m individual medley | Men | 2 | 1 | Roberto Pavoni |
| 2018 | European Championship | 400m individual medley | Men | 2 | 3 | Max Litchfield |
| 2004 | World Championship 25m | 400m individual medley | Men | 2 | 2 | Robin Francis |
| 2003 | European Championship 25m | 400m individual medley | Men | 2 | 1 | Robin Francis |
| 2014 | European Championship | 400m individual medley | Men | 2 | 3 | Roberto Pavoni |
| 2025 | European Championship 25m | 400m individual medley | Men | 2 | 1 | Max Litchfield |
| 2026 | European Championship | 400m individual medley | Men | 3 | 1 | Max Litchfield |
| 2001 | European Championship 25m | 400m individual medley | Men | 2 | 1 | Robin Francis |
| 2023 | European Championship 25m | 400m individual medley | Men | 2 | 1 | Duncan Scott |
| 2020 | European Championship | 400m individual medley | Men | 3 | 1 | Max Litchfield |
| 2024 | World Championship | 400m individual medley | Men | 2 | 6 | Max Litchfield |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 400m individual medley | Men | 2 | 2 | Max Litchfield |
| 2019 | European Championship 25m | 400m individual medley | Men | 1 | 2 | Max Litchfield |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | James Guy |
| 1993 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Paul Palmer |
| 1998 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Paul Palmer |
| 2019 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Tom Dean |
| 1997 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Paul Palmer |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | Paul Palmer |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Paul Palmer |
| 1999 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 5 | Paul Palmer |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Robert Renwick |
| 2015 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | James Guy |
| 2000 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Paul Palmer |
| 1938 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Norman Wainwright |
| 1912 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Jack Hatfield |
| 1958 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 5 | Ian Black |
| 2014 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Jay Lelliott |
| 1993 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Paul Palmer |
| 2025 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 2 | Jack McMillan |
| 1995 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Paul Palmer |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | Henry Taylor |
| 2000 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Paul Palmer |
| 1912 | Olympic Games | 400m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 6 | Percy Courtman |
| 1900 | Olympic Games | 4 km | Men | 1 | 30 | John Arthur Jarvis |
| 1900 | Olympic Games | 200m obstacle race | Men | 3 | 6 | Peter Kemp |
| 1973 | World Championship | 200m individual medley | Men | 3 | 3 | David Wilkie |
| 2023 | European Championship 25m | 200m individual medley | Men | 1 | 2 | Duncan Scott |
| 1974 | European Championship | 200m individual medley | Men | 1 | 5 | David Wilkie |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | 200m individual medley | Men | 3 | 6 | Neil Cochran |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 200m individual medley | Men | 2 | 2 | James Hickman |
| 2014 | European Championship | 200m individual medley | Men | 3 | 1 | Roberto Pavoni |
| 2023 | World Championship | 200m individual medley | Men | 2 | 6 | Duncan Scott |
| 2008 | European Championship 25m | 200m individual medley | Men | 1 | 2 | James Goddard |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 200m individual medley | Men | 2 | 18 | Duncan Scott |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 200m individual medley | Men | 2 | 2 | James Hickman |
| 2010 | European Championship | 200m individual medley | Men | 3 | 1 | Joe Roebuck |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 200m individual medley | Men | 3 | 1 | James Goddard |
| 1998 | European Championship 25m | 200m individual medley | Men | 1 | 2 | James Hickman |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 200m individual medley | Men | 2 | 18 | Duncan Scott |
| 1993 | World Championship 25m | 200m individual medley | Men | 2 | 2 | Fraser Walker |
| 2023 | World Championship | 200m individual medley | Men | 3 | 3 | Tom Dean |
| 2012 | European Championship | 200m individual medley | Men | 2 | 3 | James Goddard |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 200m individual medley | Men | 2 | 2 | Liam Tancock |
| 2018 | European Championship | 200m individual medley | Men | 3 | 1 | Max Litchfield |
| 2025 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 2 | Duncan Scott |
| 2018 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 5 | Duncan Scott |
| 1975 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Brian Brinkley |
| 2023 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | James Guy |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Duncan Scott |
| 2000 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Paul Palmer |
| 2023 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 2 | Matthew Richards |
| 1997 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 5 | Paul Palmer |
| 2026 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | James Guy |
| 2023 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | Tom Dean |
| 2019 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Duncan Scott |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | Tom Dean |
| 2020 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Duncan Scott |
| 2022 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Tom Dean |
| 2020 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Tom Dean |
| 2023 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 10 | Matthew Richards |
| 1996 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Andrew Clayton |
| 1999 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Paul Palmer |
| 2019 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Duncan Scott |
| 2025 | European Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Jack McMillan |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Matthew Richards |
| 2016 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | James Guy |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Tom Dean |
| 2015 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 10 | James Guy |
| 1962 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 3 | Brian Jenkins |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 18 | Philip Hubble |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | James Hickman |
| 2002 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 2 | Stephen Parry |
| 2000 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 3 | James Hickman |
| 2004 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | James Hickman |
| 1975 | World Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 3 | 3 | Brian Brinkley |
| 1958 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 5 | Ian Black |
| 1968 | Olympic Games | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 18 | Martyn Woodroffe |
| 1997 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | James Hickman |
| 2001 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 2 | James Hickman |
| 1981 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 3 | Philip Hubble |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | James Hickman |
| 2003 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 1 | Stephen Parry |
| 1997 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | Stephen Parry |
| 1999 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 2 | James Hickman |
| 1974 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 3 | Brian Brinkley |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | 200m butterfly | Men | 3 | 6 | Stephen Parry |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | James Hickman |
| 2002 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 1 | James Hickman |
| 1958 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | Graham Symonds |
| 1998 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 2 | James Hickman |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | David Wilkie |
| 1993 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Nick Gillingham |
| 1998 | European Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 2 | Adam Whitehead |
| 1975 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | David Wilkie |
| 1981 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Adrian Moorhouse |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 18 | Nick Gillingham |
| 1974 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | David Wilkie |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 4 | Kristopher Gilchrist |
| 2026 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Filip Nowacki |
| 2013 | European Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 1 | Michael Jamieson |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Frederick Holman |
| 1991 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Nick Gillingham |
| 1973 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | David Wilkie |
| 1974 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | David Leigh |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 18 | David Wilkie |
| 1947 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Roy Romain |
| 1993 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 4 | Nick Gillingham |
| 2022 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | James Wilby |
| 2001 | European Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 1 | Ian Edmond |
| 1991 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Nick Gillingham |
| 2006 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Kristopher Gilchrist |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 6 | Nick Gillingham |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 2 | Andrew Willis |
| 1989 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Nick Gillingham |
| 2018 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 3 | James Wilby |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 18 | William Robinson |
| 2016 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Ross Murdoch |
| 2003 | European Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 2 | Ian Edmond |
| 2003 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Ian Edmond |
| 1987 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Adrian Moorhouse |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 18 | Michael Jamieson |
| 1983 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Adrian Moorhouse |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 2 | Michael Jamieson |
| 2014 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 3 | Ross Murdoch |
| 1995 | European Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Adam Ruckwood |
| 2020 | European Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 3 | Luke Greenbank |
| 2023 | European Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 1 | Luke Greenbank |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 6 | Luke Greenbank |
| 2019 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Luke Greenbank |
| 2002 | European Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 1 | Stephen Parry |
| 2022 | European Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Luke Greenbank |
| 2022 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Luke Greenbank |
| 1998 | European Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 1 | Adam Ruckwood |
| 1974 | European Championship | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | James Carter |
| 2001 | World Championship | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | Graeme Smith |
| 2002 | European Championship 25m | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | David Davies |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | David Davies |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | 1500m freestyle | Men | 3 | 6 | Graeme Smith |
| 2008 | European Championship | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | David Davies |
| 2007 | World Championship | 1500m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | David Davies |
| 2005 | European Championship 25m | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | David Davies |
| 1966 | European Championship | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Alan Kimber |
| 1996 | European Championship 25m | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Ian Wilson |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | Graeme Smith |
| 1912 | Olympic Games | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Jack Hatfield |
| 1995 | European Championship | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Graeme Smith |
| 2005 | World Championship | 1500m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | David Davies |
| 2004 | European Championship 25m | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | David Davies |
| 1938 | European Championship | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Bob Leivers |
| 1962 | European Championship | 1500m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Richard Campion |
| 1998 | European Championship 25m | 1500m freestyle | Men | 1 | 2 | Graeme Smith |
| 1995 | World Championship 25m | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | Ian Wilson |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Thomas Battersby |
| 1991 | European Championship | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Ian Wilson |
| 1975 | World Championship | 1500m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | David Parker |
| 2003 | European Championship 25m | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Graeme Smith |
| 1997 | World Championship 25m | 1500m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Graeme Smith |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | 1500m freestyle | Men | 3 | 6 | David Davies |
| 1958 | European Championship | 1500m freestyle | Men | 1 | 5 | Ian Black |
| 1934 | European Championship | 1500m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Norman Wainwright |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | 1500m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | Henry Taylor |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 100m individual medley | Men | 3 | 1 | James Hickman |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 100m individual medley | Men | 3 | 1 | Liam Tancock |
| 2018 | European Championship | 100m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Duncan Scott |
| 1964 | Olympic Games | 100m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Bob McGregor |
| 1938 | European Championship | 100m freestyle | Men | 2 | 3 | Frederick Dove |
| 1966 | European Championship | 100m freestyle | Men | 1 | 5 | Bob McGregor |
| 2020 | European Championship | 100m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | James Guy |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Men | 2 | 2 | James Hickman |
| 1999 | European Championship | 100m butterfly | Men | 2 | 3 | James Hickman |
| 1998 | European Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Men | 1 | 2 | James Hickman |
| 2018 | European Championship | 100m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | James Guy |
| 2017 | World Championship | 100m butterfly | Men | 3 | 3 | James Guy |
| 1985 | European Championship | 100m butterfly | Men | 2 | 3 | Andy Jameson |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | James Hickman |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | 100m butterfly | Men | 3 | 6 | Andy Jameson |
| 2000 | European Championship | 100m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | James Hickman |
| 1986 | World Championship | 100m butterfly | Men | 3 | 3 | Andy Jameson |
| 1987 | European Championship | 100m butterfly | Men | 1 | 5 | Andy Jameson |
| 2004 | World Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Men | 2 | 2 | James Hickman |
| 1977 | European Championship | 100m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | John Mills |
| 1999 | European Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Men | 2 | 1 | James Hickman |
| 2017 | European Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 2 | Adam Peaty |
| 2019 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 6 | James Wilby |
| 2016 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Adam Peaty |
| 2016 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 3 | Ross Murdoch |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 18 | David Wilkie |
| 2015 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Adam Peaty |
| 1985 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Adrian Moorhouse |
| 2015 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Ross Murdoch |
| 1983 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 3 | Adrian Moorhouse |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Duncan Goodhew |
| 1989 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Nick Gillingham |
| 2003 | European Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 2 | James Gibson |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Adam Peaty |
| 1991 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Adrian Moorhouse |
| 2014 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Adam Peaty |
| 2014 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 3 | Ross Murdoch |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Adam Peaty |
| 1975 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | David Wilkie |
| 2015 | European Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 1 | Adam Peaty |
| 2003 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | James Gibson |
| 2020 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Adam Peaty |
| 1974 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | David Leigh |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 2 | Adam Peaty |
| 2019 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Adam Peaty |
| 1989 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Adrian Moorhouse |
| 1993 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 3 | Nick Gillingham |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Adam Peaty |
| 2001 | European Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 1 | James Gibson |
| 1975 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | David Leigh |
| 2018 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Adam Peaty |
| 2018 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 3 | James Wilby |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 18 | Adam Peaty |
| 2017 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Adam Peaty |
| 2024 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Adam Peaty |
| 1987 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Adrian Moorhouse |
| 1991 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 3 | Adrian Moorhouse |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Adrian Moorhouse |
| 2020 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | James Wilby |
| 1954 | European Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 1 | John Brockway |
| 1993 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 2 | Martin Harris |
| 2014 | European Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 5 | Chris Walker-Hebborn |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 4 | Liam Tancock |
| 2010 | European Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Liam Tancock |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 6 | Herbert Haresnape |
| 1934 | European Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 5 | John Besford |
| 2013 | European Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 1 | Chris Walker-Hebborn |
| 2007 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Liam Tancock |
| 1993 | European Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Martin Harris |
| 1995 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 2 | Neil Willey |
| 1900 | Olympic Games | 1000m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | John Arthur Jarvis |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 10 km | Men | 2 | 18 | David Davies |
| 2016 | European Championship Open Water | 10 km | Men | 2 | 2 | Jack Burnell |
| 2024 | World Championship Open Water | 10 km | Men | 3 | 3 | Hector Pardoe |
Paris 2026: Records re-written at momentous European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026
As the last ripples flow from an outstanding European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 its legacy in terms of world and continental swimming can be partly expressed by the list of records broken during the seven-day programme at the Olympic Aquatic Centre.
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