Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Σ	Δ pts
1	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	3796	▲ +33
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	2294	▲ +116
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Netherlands	1724	▲ +13
4	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Germany	1720	–
5	China	China	China	China	China	1000	▲ +36
6	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	888	▲ +27
7	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	628	▲ +30
8	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	518	▲ +12
9	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	492	▲ +17
10	England	England	England	England	England	281	▲ +12
11	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	231	–
12	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	167	–
13	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	138	–
14	France	France	France	France	France	125	▲ +3
15	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Hong Kong	123	▲ +19
16	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Brazil	108	–
17	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	77	–
18	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	72	–
19	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	65	–
20	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	57	–
21	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Russia	Russia	45	–
22	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	Argentina	Argentina	42	–
23	Russia	Russia	Russia	South Korea	South Korea	40	–
24	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	36	–
25	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	35	–
26	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	32	–
27	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	28	–
28	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	22	–
29	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	20	–
30	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	18	–
31	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	18	–
32	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	18	–
33	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	17	–
34	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Poland	17	▲ +11
35	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Romania	16	–
36	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Indonesia	12	–
37	Bahamas	Bahamas	Bahamas	Bahamas	Puerto Rico	12	–
38	Fiji	Fiji	Fiji	Fiji	Bahamas	10	–
39	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Fiji	10	–
40	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	Hawaii	9	–
41	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	Thailand	8	–
42	Panama	Panama	Panama	Panama	Norway	6	–
43	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Poland	Panama	6	–
44	Greece	Greece	Greece	Belgium	Belgium	3	–
45	Switzerland	Switzerland	Poland	Greece	Greece	3	–
46	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	3	–
47	Israel	Israel	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	3	–
48	Wales	Wales	Israel	Israel	Israel	2	–
49	Estonia	Estonia	Wales	Wales	Wales	2	–
50	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Estonia	Estonia	Estonia	1	–

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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