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	1183	▲ +15
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	819	–
3	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	578	–
4	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	534	–
5	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	511	–
6	China	China	China	China	China	458	–
7	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	381	▲ +22
8	Hungary	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	265	▲ +16
9	South Africa	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	181	–
10	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	167	–
11	England	England	England	England	England	147	–
12	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Lithuania	132	▲ +20
13	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	Netherlands	130	▲ +5
14	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	82	▲ +1
15	Bulgaria	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	79	–
16	Sweden	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	75	–
17	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	Italy	Italy	75	▲ +6
18	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	New Zealand	New Zealand	67	–
19	Austria	Austria	Austria	Ukraine	Ukraine	52	–
20	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Austria	Austria	50	–
21	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	48	–
22	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Jamaica	Jamaica	47	–
23	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belgium	Belgium	46	–
24	Scotland	Italy	Italy	Belarus	Belarus	41	–
25	Poland	Scotland	Scotland	South Korea	South Korea	31	–
26	South Korea	Poland	Poland	Scotland	Scotland	30	–
27	Argentina	South Korea	South Korea	Poland	Poland	29	–
28	Italy	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	25	▲ +2
29	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	18	–
30	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	15	–
31	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	13	–
32	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	12	–
33	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	11	–
34	France	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	10	–
35	Wales	France	France	France	France	9	–
36	Czech Republic	Wales	Wales	Wales	Wales	9	–
37	Indonesia	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	8	–
38	North Korea	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	8	–
39	Finland	North Korea	Israel	Israel	Israel	8	–
40	Iceland	Iceland	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	8	–
41	Philippines	Philippines	Iceland	Switzerland	Switzerland	8	–
42	Singapore	Singapore	Philippines	Iceland	Iceland	7	–
43	Uruguay	Uruguay	Singapore	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	6	–
44	Slovenia	Slovenia	Uruguay	Philippines	Philippines	6	–
45	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Slovenia	Singapore	Singapore	6	–
46	Israel	Israel	Hong Kong	Uruguay	Uruguay	6	–
47	Macao	Macao	Ireland	Slovenia	Estonia	5	▲ +3
48	Thailand	Thailand	Macao	Ireland	Slovenia	5	–
49	Fiji	Fiji	Thailand	Macao	Ireland	4	–
50	Guam	Guam	Fiji	Thailand	Macao	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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