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	2964	▲ +47
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	1714	▲ +83
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	1026	▲ +6
4	China	China	China	China	China	980	▲ +51
5	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Canada	448	▲ +39
6	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Japan	427	▲ +14
7	France	France	France	France	Great Britain	288	▲ +12
8	Netherlands	Italy	Italy	Italy	Netherlands	287	▲ +21
9	Great Britain	Netherlands	Great Britain	Great Britain	Italy	283	▲ +3
10	Italy	Great Britain	Netherlands	Netherlands	France	282	–
11	England	England	England	England	England	197	▲ +6
12	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	158	▲ +2
13	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Hungary	148	▲ +4
14	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Costa Rica	146	–
15	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	130	–
16	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	103	–
17	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	94	–
18	Spain	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	66	–
19	Brazil	Spain	Spain	Spain	Hong Kong	66	▲ +11
20	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Hong Kong	Spain	59	–
21	Poland	Poland	Hong Kong	Slovakia	Slovakia	51	–
22	Ireland	Ireland	Russia	Russia	Russia	44	–
23	Russia	Russia	Poland	Poland	South Korea	44	▲ +6
24	South Korea	South Korea	Ireland	Ireland	Poland	39	–
25	Hong Kong	Argentina	South Korea	South Korea	Ireland	38	–
26	Ukraine	Hong Kong	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	33	–
27	Slovenia	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	32	–
28	Argentina	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	28	–
29	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	25	–
30	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	24	–
31	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	23	–
32	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	23	–
33	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	20	–
34	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	20	–
35	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	18	–
36	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	17	–
37	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	17	–
38	Wales	Wales	Wales	Wales	Wales	14	–
39	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	11	–
40	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	10	–
41	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	10	–
42	Norway	Norway	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	9	–
43	Malaysia	Malaysia	Norway	Norway	Norway	7	–
44	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Malaysia	Malaysia	Malaysia	6	–
45	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	4	–
46	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	2	–
47	Chile	Chile	Chile	Chile	Chile	2	–
48	Colombia	Colombia	Colombia	Colombia	Colombia	2	–
49	Man of Isle	Man of Isle	Man of Isle	Man of Isle	Man of Isle	2	–
50	Vietnam	Vietnam	Vietnam	Vietnam	Vietnam	2	–

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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