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	15119	▲ +274
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	9250	▲ +385
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	6574	▲ +32
4	China	China	China	China	China	4734	▲ +215
5	Japan	Japan	Canada	Canada	Canada	3363	▲ +176
6	Canada	Canada	Japan	Japan	Japan	3170	▲ +90
7	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	3028	▲ +67
8	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	1656	▲ +37
9	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	1499	▲ +16
10	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	1429	▲ +70
11	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	1292	–
12	England	England	England	England	England	1153	▲ +34
13	Denmark	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	929	▲ +73
14	New Zealand	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	France	795	▲ +50
15	Italy	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	Denmark	786	▲ +3
16	France	France	France	France	New Zealand	767	▲ +4
17	Ukraine	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	532	▲ +33
18	Spain	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	South Africa	440	▲ +36
19	Brazil	Spain	South Africa	South Africa	Ukraine	408	–
20	South Africa	South Africa	Spain	Spain	Spain	394	▲ +2
21	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	325	–
22	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	315	▲ +28
23	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Hong Kong	270	▲ +38
24	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Poland	250	▲ +11
25	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	222	–
26	Slovakia	Slovakia	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	197	–
27	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	194	–
28	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	174	–
29	Singapore	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	172	–
30	Scotland	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	171	–
31	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Scotland	170	▲ +4
32	Ireland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Belarus	168	–
33	Argentina	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	134	–
34	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Lithuania	116	▲ +24
35	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	Mexico	102	–
36	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	90	–
37	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	86	–
38	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	84	–
39	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	84	–
40	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	77	–
41	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Switzerland	77	▲ +5
42	Wales	Wales	Wales	Switzerland	Austria	74	–
43	Jamaica	Jamaica	Switzerland	Wales	Wales	74	▲ +2
44	Belgium	Belgium	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	69	–
45	Switzerland	Switzerland	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	68	–
46	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	65	–
47	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	56	–
48	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	54	–
49	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	51	–
50	Venezuela	Venezuela	Finland	Finland	Finland	46	–

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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