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	2308	▲ +48
2	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Australia	1426	▲ +6
3	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Japan	1426	–
4	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	964	–
5	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	884	–
6	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	740	–
7	China	China	China	China	China	706	▲ +33
8	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	636	▲ +26
9	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	550	–
10	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	459	▲ +16
11	England	England	England	England	England	352	–
12	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	331	▲ +16
13	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	226	–
14	Ukraine	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	213	▲ +15
15	New Zealand	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	182	–
16	Netherlands	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	168	–
17	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	143	▲ +2
18	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Lithuania	Lithuania	142	▲ +20
19	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	Belgium	Belgium	117	–
20	France	France	France	France	France	86	–
21	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	83	▲ +1
22	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	82	–
23	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	77	–
24	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	75	–
25	Scotland	Scotland	Belarus	Scotland	Scotland	75	–
26	Belarus	Belarus	Scotland	Belarus	Belarus	74	–
27	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	60	–
28	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	52	–
29	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	51	–
30	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	South Korea	Mexico	46	▲ +4
31	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Finland	South Korea	45	–
32	Poland	Poland	Poland	Philippines	Finland	44	–
33	Argentina	Finland	Finland	Mexico	Philippines	43	–
34	South Korea	Argentina	Argentina	Poland	Poland	42	–
35	Finland	South Korea	South Korea	Argentina	Argentina	39	▲ +2
36	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	31	–
37	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	23	–
38	Romania	Romania	Romania	Switzerland	Switzerland	18	–
39	Fiji	Fiji	Fiji	Romania	Romania	16	–
40	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	Fiji	Fiji	14	–
41	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Thailand	Thailand	14	–
42	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Cuba	Cuba	13	–
43	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	13	–
44	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Hawaii	Hawaii	13	–
45	Indonesia	Switzerland	Switzerland	Singapore	Singapore	13	–
46	New Caledonia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	12	–
47	Serbia and Montenegro	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	12	–
48	Switzerland	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	11	–
49	Guam	Guam	Israel	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	10	–
50	Tonga	Tonga	Guam	Israel	Israel	10	–

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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