Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Σ	Δ pts
1	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	1801	▲ +53
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	1363	▲ +12
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	532	–
4	China	China	China	China	China	415	▲ +9
5	Japan	Japan	Japan	Italy	Italy	394	▲ +8
6	Italy	Italy	Italy	Japan	Japan	362	–
7	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	286	–
8	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	251	–
9	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	209	–
10	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	168	–
11	New Zealand	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	128	–
12	Ukraine	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	102	–
13	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	80	–
14	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Tunisia	80	▲ +20
15	France	France	France	South Korea	Spain	78	–
16	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	France	France	77	▲ +6
17	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	South Korea	74	–
18	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	Brazil	64	▲ +18
19	England	England	England	England	Sweden	63	–
20	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	England	55	–
21	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	45	–
22	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	42	–
23	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	36	–
24	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	29	–
25	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	24	–
26	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Chile	23	▲ +4
27	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Venezuela	23	▲ +6
28	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Norway	Argentina	22	–
29	Wales	Wales	Wales	Singapore	Philippines	22	–
30	Chile	Chile	Chile	Wales	Norway	21	–
31	Austria	Austria	Austria	Chile	Singapore	21	–
32	Greece	Greece	Greece	Austria	Wales	20	–
33	Norway	Norway	Norway	Greece	Austria	18	–
34	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Greece	18	–
35	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	17	–
36	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	12	–
37	Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	11	–
38	Syria	Syria	Syria	Vietnam	Vietnam	10	–
39	Malaysia	Malaysia	Malaysia	Syria	Syria	9	–
40	Vietnam	Vietnam	Vietnam	Malaysia	Malaysia	8	–
41	Myanmar	Myanmar	Myanmar	Myanmar	Ireland	7	▲ +4
42	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Myanmar	7	–
43	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Costa Rica	6	–
44	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	Hawaii	6	–
45	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Jamaica	6	–
46	Cook Islands	Cook Islands	Cook Islands	Cook Islands	Slovenia	6	–
47	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Northern Ireland	Cook Islands	5	–
48	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Puerto Rico	Northern Ireland	4	–
49	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	Scotland	Puerto Rico	4	–
50	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	Thailand	Scotland	4	–

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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