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	15414	▲ +295
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	9422	▲ +172
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	6607	▲ +33
4	China	China	China	China	China	4791	▲ +52
5	Japan	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	3519	▲ +156
6	Canada	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	3172	–
7	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	3048	▲ +20
8	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	1671	▲ +15
9	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	1499	–
10	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	1466	▲ +37
11	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	1292	–
12	England	England	England	England	England	1153	–
13	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	951	▲ +22
14	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	France	France	807	▲ +12
15	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	Denmark	Denmark	788	▲ +2
16	France	France	France	New Zealand	New Zealand	770	▲ +3
17	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	583	▲ +51
18	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	South Africa	South Africa	456	▲ +16
19	Spain	South Africa	South Africa	Ukraine	Ukraine	408	–
20	South Africa	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	394	–
21	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	325	–
22	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	315	–
23	Poland	Poland	Poland	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	276	▲ +6
24	Zimbabwe	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Poland	Poland	250	–
25	Costa Rica	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	222	–
26	Slovakia	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	197	–
27	Hong Kong	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	194	–
28	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Argentina	174	▲ +2
29	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Philippines	174	–
30	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	171	–
31	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Scotland	Scotland	170	–
32	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Belarus	Belarus	168	–
33	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	Lithuania	136	▲ +20
34	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Lithuania	Ireland	134	–
35	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	Mexico	Mexico	112	▲ +10
36	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hawaii	90	–
37	Bulgaria	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	87	▲ +1
38	Chinese Taipei	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	84	–
39	Czech Republic	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	84	–
40	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	77	–
41	Austria	Austria	Austria	Switzerland	Switzerland	77	–
42	Wales	Wales	Switzerland	Austria	Austria	74	–
43	Jamaica	Switzerland	Wales	Wales	Wales	74	–
44	Belgium	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	69	–
45	Switzerland	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	68	–
46	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	65	–
47	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	56	–
48	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	54	–
49	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	51	–
50	Venezuela	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	46	–

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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