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	7073	▲ +93
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	4447	▲ +155
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	2273	▲ +18
4	Japan	Japan	Japan	China	China	1604	▲ +71
5	China	China	China	Japan	Japan	1549	▲ +20
6	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	1152	–
7	Canada	Canada	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	1002	▲ +40
8	Great Britain	Great Britain	Canada	Canada	Canada	983	▲ +39
9	France	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	705	▲ +18
10	Italy	France	France	France	France	664	▲ +12
11	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	519	–
12	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	480	▲ +21
13	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	427	▲ +2
14	England	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Hungary	423	▲ +19
15	Hungary	England	Hungary	Hungary	England	422	▲ +22
16	Brazil	Hungary	England	England	Brazil	412	▲ +3
17	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	360	▲ +53
18	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	146	–
19	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Romania	Romania	131	▲ +17
20	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Scotland	Scotland	127	▲ +13
21	Romania	Romania	Romania	Philippines	Philippines	112	–
22	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	99	–
23	Singapore	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	93	–
24	Argentina	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	88	–
25	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	Austria	Hong Kong	80	▲ +11
26	Poland	Poland	Poland	South Africa	Austria	78	▲ +1
27	Austria	Austria	Austria	Poland	South Africa	76	–
28	Spain	Spain	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Poland	74	–
29	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Spain	Spain	Spain	60	–
30	Slovakia	Slovakia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	52	–
31	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	51	–
32	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	44	–
33	Indonesia	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	44	–
34	Ireland	Indonesia	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	41	–
35	Mexico	Ireland	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	38	–
36	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	38	–
37	Ukraine	Ukraine	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	37	–
38	Venezuela	Venezuela	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	37	–
39	Thailand	Thailand	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	35	–
40	Greece	Greece	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	34	–
41	Slovenia	Slovenia	Greece	Greece	Greece	30	–
42	Hawaii	Hawaii	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	28	–
43	Belarus	Belarus	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	26	–
44	Wales	Wales	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	24	–
45	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Wales	Lithuania	Lithuania	20	▲ +1
46	Belgium	Belgium	Yugoslavia	Wales	Wales	18	–
47	Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands	Belgium	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	17	–
48	Norway	Lithuania	Czech Republic	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	17	–
49	Serbia	Norway	Lithuania	Belgium	Belgium	16	–
50	Czech Republic	Serbia	Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands	15	–

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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