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	2687	▲ +41
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	1616	▲ +31
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	944	▲ +1
4	Japan	Japan	Japan	China	China	911	▲ +47
5	China	China	China	Japan	Japan	894	▲ +33
6	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	502	▲ +21
7	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	480	▲ +37
8	Russia	Russia	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	388	▲ +34
9	Hungary	Hungary	Russia	Russia	Russia	293	–
10	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	Netherlands	South Africa	272	▲ +16
11	Poland	Netherlands	Netherlands	South Africa	Netherlands	258	▲ +1
12	Netherlands	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	244	▲ +1
13	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	236	▲ +9
14	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	200	–
15	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	France	173	▲ +27
16	England	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	168	▲ +10
17	Brazil	England	England	England	Denmark	168	▲ +3
18	France	France	France	France	England	168	▲ +17
19	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	135	–
20	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	131	–
21	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	128	▲ +8
22	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	73	–
23	Suriname	Suriname	Suriname	Suriname	Suriname	73	–
24	Serbia	Serbia	Serbia	Italy	Italy	69	▲ +7
25	Philippines	Philippines	Italy	Serbia	Serbia	57	–
26	South Korea	South Korea	Philippines	Philippines	South Korea	53	▲ +7
27	Venezuela	Venezuela	South Korea	South Korea	Philippines	46	–
28	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	44	–
29	Italy	Italy	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	42	–
30	Croatia	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	23	–
31	Hawaii	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	20	–
32	Mexico	Hawaii	Greece	Greece	Greece	19	–
33	Argentina	Mexico	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	18	–
34	Finland	Finland	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	17	–
35	Scotland	Scotland	Finland	Finland	Finland	15	–
36	Ireland	Ireland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	15	–
37	Wales	Greece	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	14	–
38	Greece	Wales	Wales	Belarus	Switzerland	14	▲ +6
39	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Wales	Belarus	13	–
40	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Wales	13	–
41	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	Chinese Taipei	10	▲ +4
42	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Hong Kong	10	–
43	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	Norway	10	–
44	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Slovenia	10	–
45	India	India	India	India	Ecuador	9	–
46	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Romania	9	–
47	Kenya	Kenya	Kenya	Switzerland	India	8	–
48	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Kenya	Indonesia	8	–
49	Israel	Egypt	Egypt	Trinidad and Tobago	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	▲ +6
50	Austria	Israel	Israel	Chinese Taipei	Kenya	7	–

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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