Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

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#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	572	▼ -126
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	445	▼ -19
3	France	France	Italy	Italy	Italy	252	▼ -14
4	Russia	Italy	France	China	China	181	▼ -2
5	Italy	Russia	China	France	Brazil	131	▲ +4
6	Brazil	Brazil	Russia	Russia	Russia	128	▼ -11
7	China	China	Brazil	Brazil	Japan	95	▲ +15
8	Japan	Japan	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	86	▼ -1
9	England	Great Britain	Japan	Japan	England	58	▲ +12
10	New Zealand	England	England	England	France	49	▼ -99
11	Great Britain	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	South Korea	48	▲ +14
12	South Korea	Canada	Canada	Romania	Hungary	46	▲ +16
13	Canada	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	Romania	41	▲ +5
14	Belgium	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	New Zealand	32	▼ -9
15	Hungary	Belgium	Romania	Belgium	Greece	22	–
16	South Africa	South Africa	Belgium	Greece	Canada	21	–
17	Netherlands	Netherlands	Greece	Canada	Poland	21	–
18	Romania	Romania	Netherlands	Poland	Chinese Taipei	20	–
19	Scotland	Scotland	Poland	Chinese Taipei	Serbia and Montenegro	19	▲ +3
20	Greece	Greece	Serbia and Montenegro	Netherlands	Ukraine	17	▲ +2
21	Argentina	Argentina	Scotland	Serbia and Montenegro	South Africa	16	▲ +6
22	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Ukraine	Scotland	Scotland	15	–
23	Poland	Poland	Argentina	Ukraine	Netherlands	12	▼ -7
24	Hawaii	Hawaii	South Africa	Qatar	Qatar	11	–
25	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Cayman Islands	South Africa	Cayman Islands	9	–
26	Finland	Finland	Chinese Taipei	Cayman Islands	Hong Kong	8	▲ +4
27	Mexico	Mexico	Fiji	India	India	8	–
28	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Mexico	Fiji	Croatia	6	▲ +3
29	Singapore	Singapore	New Caledonia	Mexico	Mexico	6	–
30	Trinidad and Tobago	Lithuania	Samoa	New Caledonia	Samoa	6	–
31	Lithuania	Cayman Islands	Singapore	Samoa	Singapore	6	–
32	Cayman Islands	Fiji	Finland	Singapore	Finland	5	–
33	Fiji	Trinidad and Tobago	Hawaii	Finland	Hawaii	5	–
34	Ukraine	Ukraine	Lithuania	Hawaii	Kazakhstan	4	–
35	Papua New Guinea	Bahamas	Hong Kong	Lithuania	Wales	4	▲ +4
36		Papua New Guinea	Trinidad and Tobago	Hong Kong	Fiji	3	▼ -3
37			Bahamas	Kazakhstan	Bahamas	2	–
38			Papua New Guinea	Croatia	Belgium	1	▼ -21
39				Bahamas	Papua New Guinea	1	–
40				Papua New Guinea	Trinidad and Tobago	1	–
41				Trinidad and Tobago			–

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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