Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Σ	Δ pts
1	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	955	▲ +9
2	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	771	▲ +15
3	Japan	Japan	Germany	Italy	Italy	256	–
4	Germany	Germany	Japan	Germany	Germany	251	–
5	Canada	Italy	Italy	Japan	Japan	241	–
6	Italy	Canada	Canada	China	China	209	–
7	China	China	China	Canada	Canada	203	–
8	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	187	–
9	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	165	–
10	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	119	–
11	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	108	–
12	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	South Korea	Tunisia	80	▲ +20
13	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	Sweden	South Korea	68	–
14	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	Tunisia	Sweden	63	–
15	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	58	▲ +14
16	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	41	–
17	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	38	–
18	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	36	–
19	France	France	France	France	France	33	▲ +2
20	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	England	England	23	–
21	England	England	England	Philippines	Philippines	22	–
22	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Venezuela	19	▲ +6
23	Greece	Greece	Greece	Greece	Austria	18	–
24	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Greece	18	–
25	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Yugoslavia	17	–
26	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Singapore	14	–
27	Wales	Wales	Wales	Wales	Wales	13	–
28	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	12	–
29	Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	11	–
30	Syria	Syria	Syria	Norway	Norway	11	–
31	Norway	Norway	Norway	Syria	Syria	9	–
32	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Vietnam	Vietnam	8	–
33	Myanmar	Myanmar	Myanmar	Denmark	Denmark	7	–
34	Romania	Romania	Romania	Myanmar	Myanmar	7	–
35	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Romania	Romania	7	–
36	Spain	Spain	Spain	Argentina	Argentina	6	–
37	Vietnam	Vietnam	Vietnam	Spain	Spain	6	–
38	Cook Islands	Cook Islands	Cook Islands	Cook Islands	Cook Islands	5	–
39	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	4	–
40	Malaysia	Malaysia	Malaysia	Malaysia	Ireland	4	▲ +4
41	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Northern Ireland	Malaysia	4	–
42	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Puerto Rico	Northern Ireland	4	–
43	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	Scotland	Puerto Rico	4	–
44	Colombia	Colombia	Colombia	Thailand	Scotland	4	–
45	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Colombia	Thailand	4	–
46	Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay	Cuba	Colombia	2	–
47	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Uruguay	Cuba	2	–
48				Slovenia	Uruguay	2	–
49					Slovenia	1	–

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.

Read article