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	3478	▲ +70
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	2110	▲ +21
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	1439	–
4	China	China	China	China	Canada	960	▲ +58
5	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	China	944	▲ +3
6	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	776	–
7	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	393	–
8	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	306	–
9	England	England	England	England	England	292	–
10	Ukraine	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	276	▲ +5
11	Great Britain	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	256	–
12	Netherlands	Netherlands	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	236	▲ +6
13	Sweden	Sweden	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	205	–
14	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	135	–
15	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	119	–
16	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	100	–
17	Romania	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	97	▲ +3
18	Italy	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	88	–
19	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	82	–
20	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	75	–
21	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	71	–
22	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Brazil	60	▲ +2
23	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Spain	59	–
24	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	France	54	▲ +4
25	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	France	Philippines	53	–
26	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	48	–
27	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Mexico	Mexico	48	▲ +6
28	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Slovakia	Slovakia	42	–
29	Argentina	Argentina	France	Singapore	Singapore	40	–
30	France	France	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	38	–
31	South Africa	South Africa	Poland	Poland	Poland	37	–
32	Poland	Poland	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	36	–
33	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	27	–
34	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	26	–
35	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	25	–
36	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Israel	Israel	20	–
37	Finland	Finland	Finland	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	18	–
38	Belgium	Belgium	Israel	Finland	Finland	15	–
39	Vietnam	Vietnam	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	14	–
40	Slovenia	Slovenia	Vietnam	Vietnam	Vietnam	13	–
41	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	12	–
42	Belarus	Israel	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	9	–
43	Bulgaria	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	7	–
44	Bahamas	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	7	–
45	Costa Rica	Bahamas	Bahamas	Bahamas	Bahamas	6	–
46	Jamaica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	6	–
47	Uruguay	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	6	–
48	Venezuela	Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay	6	–
49	Wales	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	6	–
50	Israel	Wales	Wales	Wales	Wales	6	–

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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