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	2732	▲ +45
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	1622	▲ +6
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	947	▲ +3
4	Japan	Japan	China	China	China	927	▲ +16
5	China	China	Japan	Japan	Japan	897	▲ +3
6	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	514	▲ +12
7	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	509	▲ +29
8	Russia	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	389	▲ +1
9	Hungary	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	293	–
10	South Africa	South Africa	Netherlands	South Africa	South Africa	272	–
11	Netherlands	Netherlands	South Africa	Netherlands	Netherlands	260	▲ +2
12	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	250	▲ +6
13	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	236	–
14	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	200	–
15	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	France	France	197	▲ +24
16	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	176	▲ +8
17	England	England	England	Denmark	Denmark	169	▲ +1
18	France	France	France	England	England	168	–
19	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	135	–
20	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	131	–
21	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	128	–
22	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Italy	80	▲ +11
23	Suriname	Suriname	Suriname	Suriname	Slovakia	73	–
24	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Italy	Italy	Suriname	73	–
25	Philippines	Italy	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	57	–
26	South Korea	Philippines	Philippines	South Korea	South Korea	53	–
27	Venezuela	South Korea	South Korea	Philippines	Philippines	46	–
28	Papua New Guinea	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	44	–
29	Italy	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	42	–
30	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	23	–
31	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Greece	21	▲ +2
32	Hawaii	Greece	Greece	Greece	Mexico	21	▲ +4
33	Mexico	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Croatia	20	–
34	Finland	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Switzerland	20	▲ +6
35	Scotland	Finland	Finland	Finland	Hawaii	18	–
36	Ireland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Finland	15	–
37	Greece	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	Scotland	15	–
38	Wales	Wales	Belarus	Switzerland	Ireland	14	–
39	Belarus	Belarus	Wales	Belarus	Belarus	13	–
40	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Wales	Wales	13	–
41	Norway	Norway	Norway	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	10	–
42	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	10	–
43	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	Norway	Norway	10	–
44	Romania	Romania	Romania	Slovenia	Slovenia	10	–
45	India	India	India	Ecuador	Ecuador	9	–
46	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Romania	Romania	9	–
47	Kenya	Kenya	Switzerland	India	India	8	–
48	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Kenya	Indonesia	Indonesia	8	–
49	Egypt	Egypt	Trinidad and Tobago	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	–
50	Israel	Israel	Chinese Taipei	Kenya	Kenya	7	–

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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