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	3640	▲ +96
2	Germany	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	1412	▲ +30
3	Australia	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	1297	▲ +1
4	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	1001	–
5	China	Canada	Canada	China	China	681	▲ +6
6	Canada	China	Russia	Canada	Canada	673	▲ +6
7	Russia	Russia	China	Russia	Russia	620	–
8	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	524	▲ +10
9	France	France	France	France	Great Britain	330	▲ +8
10	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	France	329	▲ +5
11	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	259	–
12	England	England	England	England	England	246	–
13	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	235	▲ +4
14	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	198	–
15	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	140	–
16	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	137	▲ +2
17	Austria	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	126	–
18	Romania	Austria	Austria	Austria	Italy	123	▲ +8
19	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Italy	Austria	118	–
20	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	100	–
21	Poland	Poland	Poland	Denmark	Denmark	99	–
22	Cuba	Italy	Italy	Poland	Poland	88	–
23	Italy	Cuba	Cuba	South Korea	South Korea	78	–
24	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	Cuba	Cuba	69	–
25	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	62	–
26	Ukraine	Ukraine	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	51	▲ +1
27	Wales	Wales	Ukraine	Wales	Wales	49	–
28	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Wales	Ukraine	Ukraine	47	–
29	Sweden	Sweden	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	45	–
30	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Greece	Greece	38	–
31	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Philippines	Philippines	36	–
32	Greece	Greece	Greece	Scotland	Scotland	34	–
33	Iceland	Iceland	Iceland	Iceland	Iceland	23	–
34	Malaysia	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	22	–
35	Belarus	Malaysia	Malaysia	Malaysia	Malaysia	21	–
36	Costa Rica	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	20	–
37	Israel	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	20	–
38	Singapore	Israel	Israel	Israel	Israel	20	–
39	Hawaii	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	14	–
40	Indonesia	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Argentina	12	▲ +4
41	Papua New Guinea	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Hawaii	12	–
42	Slovenia	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Indonesia	10	–
43	Argentina	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Papua New Guinea	10	–
44	Belgium	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Slovenia	10	–
45	Kazakhstan	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Switzerland	9	▲ +3
46	Lithuania	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Belgium	8	–
47	Mexico	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	Kazakhstan	8	–
48	Samoa	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Lithuania	8	–
49	Finland	Samoa	Samoa	Samoa	Mexico	8	–
50	Trinidad and Tobago	Finland	Finland	Finland	Samoa	8	–

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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