Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	1260	▲ +17
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	840	▲ +6
3	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	594	▲ +5
4	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	566	▲ +19
5	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	China	540	▲ +29
6	China	China	China	China	Germany	523	–
7	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	391	▲ +7
8	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	333	▲ +17
9	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	181	–
10	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	176	▲ +8
11	England	England	Netherlands	Lithuania	Lithuania	162	▲ +5
12	Netherlands	Lithuania	England	Netherlands	Netherlands	152	–
13	Lithuania	Netherlands	Lithuania	England	England	149	▲ +2
14	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	85	–
15	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Italy	Italy	85	▲ +4
16	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Italy	Sweden	Sweden	81	–
17	Italy	Italy	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	75	–
18	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	67	–
19	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	52	–
20	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	50	–
21	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	48	–
22	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	Belgium	Belgium	47	–
23	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Jamaica	Jamaica	47	–
24	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Scotland	44	▲ +14
25	South Korea	South Korea	Poland	Poland	Belarus	41	–
26	Scotland	Scotland	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	35	▲ +4
27	Poland	Poland	Scotland	Scotland	Poland	34	–
28	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	29	–
29	Norway	Norway	Norway	Argentina	Argentina	25	–
30	Spain	Spain	Spain	Norway	Norway	18	–
31	Romania	Romania	Czech Republic	Estonia	Estonia	15	–
32	Hawaii	Hawaii	Finland	Spain	Ireland	15	▲ +5
33	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Romania	Czech Republic	Spain	15	–
34	Finland	Finland	Hawaii	Finland	Czech Republic	13	–
35	France	France	Switzerland	Romania	Finland	13	–
36	Wales	Wales	Estonia	Hawaii	Romania	13	–
37	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Serbia and Montenegro	Switzerland	Hawaii	12	–
38	Indonesia	Indonesia	Ireland	Serbia and Montenegro	Switzerland	12	–
39	Israel	Israel	France	Ireland	Serbia and Montenegro	11	–
40	North Korea	North Korea	Hong Kong	France	France	9	–
41	Switzerland	Switzerland	Wales	Wales	Wales	9	–
42	Iceland	Iceland	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	8	–
43	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Israel	Israel	Israel	8	–
44	Philippines	Philippines	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	8	–
45	Singapore	Singapore	Iceland	Iceland	Iceland	7	–
46	Uruguay	Uruguay	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	6	–
47	Slovenia	Estonia	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	6	–
48	Ireland	Slovenia	Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay	6	–
49	Macao	Ireland	Fiji	Fiji	Fiji	5	–
50	Thailand	Macao	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	5	–

Paris 2026: Records re-written at momentous European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026

EuropeanAquatics.org | 17.08.2026

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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