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	17699	▲ +247
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	8677	▲ +218
3	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	4933	▲ +85
4	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	4736	–
5	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	4365	▲ +40
6	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	2831	▲ +29
7	China	China	China	China	China	2545	▲ +164
8	Hungary	Hungary	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	2250	▲ +55
9	Great Britain	Great Britain	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	2095	▲ +82
10	France	France	France	France	Italy	2012	▲ +283
11	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Italy	France	1820	▲ +72
12	Italy	Italy	Italy	Brazil	Brazil	1701	▲ +13
13	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	1265	▲ +6
14	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	England	1142	▲ +112
15	England	England	England	England	New Zealand	1080	▲ +25
16	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	941	▲ +30
17	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	752	▲ +9
18	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	586	▲ +108
19	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	444	▲ +11
20	Philippines	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	326	▲ +5
21	Poland	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	312	–
22	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	311	▲ +34
23	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	270	▲ +4
24	Singapore	Greece	Greece	Greece	Greece	252	▲ +9
25	Greece	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	241	▲ +8
26	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	231	–
27	Argentina	Argentina	Finland	Finland	Finland	211	▲ +3
28	Finland	Finland	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	203	–
29	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	167	▲ +4
30	Venezuela	Venezuela	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	160	–
31	Tunisia	Mexico	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	145	–
32	Belgium	Tunisia	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	133	–
33	Croatia	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	126	–
34	Mexico	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	118	–
35	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	110	–
36	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	110	–
37	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Romania	100	▲ +36
38	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	New Caledonia	96	–
39	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Norway	Norway	86	▲ +3
40	Norway	Norway	Norway	Denmark	Slovenia	84	–
41	Serbia	Serbia	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Denmark	82	–
42	Suriname	Suriname	Serbia	Serbia	Chinese Taipei	78	▲ +4
43	Israel	Israel	Suriname	Suriname	Serbia	73	–
44	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Israel	Israel	Suriname	73	–
45	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Papua New Guinea	Romania	Israel	68	–
46	India	India	Romania	Papua New Guinea	Switzerland	67	▲ +12
47	Syria	Syria	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Papua New Guinea	61	–
48	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	India	India	Hong Kong	60	▲ +4
49	Thailand	Thailand	Syria	Switzerland	India	55	–
50	Romania	Romania	Puerto Rico	Syria	Lithuania	55	▲ +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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