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	1180	▲ +24
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	1043	▲ +6
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	China	China	683	▲ +16
4	China	China	China	Germany	Germany	649	▲ +3
5	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	376	–
6	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	360	▲ +12
7	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	320	▲ +23
8	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	249	▲ +2
9	Poland	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	127	▲ +1
10	Denmark	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	122	–
11	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	115	–
12	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	98	–
13	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	France	France	78	–
14	England	England	England	England	England	76	–
15	France	France	France	Slovakia	Slovakia	73	–
16	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	51	–
17	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	50	–
18	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	29	–
19	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	27	–
20	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	25	–
21	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	21	–
22	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	17	–
23	Brazil	Brazil	Russia	Russia	Russia	16	–
24	Ireland	Ireland	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	15	–
25	Russia	Russia	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	14	–
26	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	10	–
27	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	10	–
28	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	South Africa	South Africa	10	–
29	Wales	Wales	Wales	Argentina	Argentina	9	–
30	Egypt	Egypt	Egypt	Wales	Wales	9	–
31	Scotland	Scotland	Greece	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Greece	8	▲ +2
32	South Africa	South Africa	Scotland	Egypt	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	–
33	Bahamas	Greece	South Africa	Greece	Egypt	6	–
34	Belarus	Bahamas	Belarus	Scotland	Mexico	6	▲ +4
35	Estonia	Belarus	Bahamas	Belarus	Scotland	6	–
36	New Caledonia	Estonia	Estonia	Bahamas	Belarus	5	–
37	Yugoslavia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Estonia	Bahamas	4	–
38	Austria	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	New Caledonia	Estonia	4	–
39	Belgium	Austria	Austria	Yugoslavia	New Caledonia	4	–
40	Indonesia	Belgium	Belgium	Austria	Yugoslavia	3	–
41	Israel	Indonesia	Indonesia	Belgium	Austria	2	–
42	Mexico	Israel	Israel	Indonesia	Belgium	2	–
43	Romania	Mexico	Mexico	Israel	Indonesia	2	–
44	Czech Republic	Romania	Romania	Mexico	Israel	2	–
45	Finland	Czech Republic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Romania	Romania	2	–
46		Finland	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1	–
47			Finland	Finland	Finland	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.

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