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	17987	▲ +288
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	8770	▲ +93
3	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	4939	▲ +6
4	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	4736	–
5	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	4395	▲ +30
6	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	2874	▲ +43
7	China	China	China	China	China	2607	▲ +56
8	Hungary	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	2326	▲ +76
9	Great Britain	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	2120	▲ +25
10	France	France	France	Italy	Italy	2081	▲ +69
11	Brazil	Brazil	Italy	France	France	1879	▲ +59
12	Italy	Italy	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	1797	▲ +96
13	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	1265	–
14	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	England	England	1142	–
15	England	England	England	New Zealand	New Zealand	1080	–
16	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	941	–
17	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	762	▲ +10
18	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	590	▲ +3
19	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	444	–
20	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	332	▲ +6
21	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	312	–
22	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	311	–
23	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	272	▲ +2
24	Greece	Greece	Greece	Greece	Greece	252	–
25	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	241	–
26	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	231	–
27	Argentina	Finland	Finland	Finland	Argentina	211	▲ +8
28	Finland	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Finland	211	–
29	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Tunisia	186	▲ +26
30	Venezuela	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	Kazakhstan	167	–
31	Mexico	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	155	▲ +10
32	Tunisia	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	143	▲ +10
33	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	126	–
34	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	118	–
35	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	110	–
36	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	110	–
37	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Romania	Romania	100	–
38	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	96	–
39	Denmark	Denmark	Norway	Norway	Norway	86	–
40	Norway	Norway	Denmark	Slovenia	Slovenia	84	–
41	Serbia and Montenegro	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Denmark	Denmark	82	–
42	Suriname	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	78	–
43	Israel	Suriname	Suriname	Serbia and Montenegro	Switzerland	77	▲ +10
44	Papua New Guinea	Israel	Israel	Suriname	Serbia and Montenegro	73	–
45	Hong Kong	Papua New Guinea	Romania	Israel	Suriname	73	–
46	India	Romania	Papua New Guinea	Switzerland	Israel	68	–
47	Syria	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	61	–
48	Puerto Rico	India	India	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	60	–
49	Thailand	Syria	Switzerland	India	Lithuania	56	▲ +1
50	Romania	Puerto Rico	Syria	Lithuania	India	55	–

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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