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#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Katie Ledecky	Katie Ledecky	Ariarne Titmus	Ariarne Titmus	Ariarne Titmus	177	–
2	Ariarne Titmus	Ariarne Titmus	Katie Ledecky	Katie Ledecky	Katie Ledecky	78	▼ -56
3	Federica Pellegrini	Federica Pellegrini	Siobhán Haughey	Li Bingjie	Mollie O'Callaghan	67	▲ +7
4	Li Bingjie	Li Bingjie	Mollie O'Callaghan	Mollie O'Callaghan	Li Bingjie	61	–
5	Siobhán Haughey	Siobhán Haughey	Li Bingjie	Siobhán Haughey	Siobhán Haughey	61	▲ +7
6	Jazmin Carlin	Jazmin Carlin	Federica Pellegrini	Summer McIntosh	Summer McIntosh	51	▲ +4
7	Leah Smith	Leah Smith	Summer McIntosh	Federica Pellegrini	Erika Fairweather	31	▲ +10
8	Sarah Sjöström	Sarah Sjöström	Leah Smith	Leah Smith	Lani Pallister	31	▲ +25
9	Emma McKeon	Emma McKeon	Jazmin Carlin	Erika Fairweather	Federica Pellegrini	24	▼ -9
10	Chihiro Igarashi	Mollie O'Callaghan	Erika Fairweather	Jazmin Carlin	Simona Quadarella	23	▲ +5
11	Simona Quadarella	Simona Quadarella	Sarah Sjöström	Sarah Sjöström	Barbora Seemanová	20	▲ +5
12	Taylor Ruck	Chihiro Igarashi	Simona Quadarella	Simona Quadarella	Isabel Marie Gose	15	▲ +3
13	Shen Duo	Summer McIntosh	Barbora Seemanová	Barbora Seemanová	Leah Smith	15	▼ -10
14	Yang Junxuan	Taylor Ruck	Taylor Ruck	Taylor Ruck	Taylor Ruck	14	▼ -1
15	Missy Franklin	Shen Duo	Emma McKeon	Emma McKeon	Yang Junxuan	14	–
16	Lauren Boyle	Yang Junxuan	Yang Junxuan	Yang Junxuan	Marrit Steenbergen	13	▲ +3
17	Summer McIntosh	Emily Overholt	Emily Overholt	Isabel Marie Gose	Mary-Sophie Harvey	10	–
18	Emily Overholt	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Isabel Marie Gose	Marrit Steenbergen	Ajna Késely	9	–
19	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Femke Heemskerk	Mary-Sophie Harvey	Mary-Sophie Harvey	Wang Jianjiahe	9	–
20	Femke Heemskerk	Lauren Boyle	Ajna Késely	Ajna Késely	Emma McKeon	8	▼ -6
21	Mollie O'Callaghan	Wang Jianjiahe	Chihiro Igarashi	Chihiro Igarashi	Freya Anderson	8	–
22	Charlotte Bonnet	Zhang Yuhan	Wang Jianjiahe	Wang Jianjiahe	Maria Fernanda Costa	8	–
23	Wang Jianjiahe	Acacia Wildin-Snedden	Acacia Wildin-Snedden	Acacia Wildin-Snedden	Paige Madden	8	–
24	Zhang Yuhan	Boglárka Kapás	Boglárka Kapás	Boglárka Kapás	Charlotte Bonnet	7	▼ -1
25	Acacia Wildin-Snedden	Bronte Barratt	Charlotte Bonnet	Charlotte Bonnet	Claire Rasmus	7	–
26	Boglárka Kapás	Charlotte Bonnet	Femke Heemskerk	Femke Heemskerk	Delfina Pignatiello	7	–
27	Bronte Barratt	Freya Anderson	Freya Anderson	Freya Anderson	Luo Mingyu	7	–
28	Katinka Hosszú	Katinka Hosszú	Maria Fernanda Costa	Maria Fernanda Costa	Tanimoto Haruno	7	–
29	Marrit Steenbergen	Maria Fernanda Costa	Marrit Steenbergen	Paige Madden	New Zealand	6	▲ +6
30	Mireia Belmonte García	Marrit Steenbergen	Paige Madden	Claire Rasmus	Penny Oleksiak	6	–
31	Allison Schmitt	Paige Madden	Allison Schmitt	Delfina Pignatiello	Femke Heemskerk	5	▼ -3
32	Claire Rasmus	Allison Schmitt	Claire Rasmus	Luo Mingyu	Holly Hibbott	5	–
33	Delfina Pignatiello	Barbora Seemanová	Delfina Pignatiello	Shen Duo	Amelie Smith	4	–
34	Isabel Marie Gose	Claire Rasmus	Shen Duo	Tanimoto Haruno	Anna Egorova	4	–
35	Barbora Seemanová	Delfina Pignatiello	Lani Pallister	Lani Pallister	Chihiro Igarashi	4	▼ -5
36	Freya Anderson	Isabel Marie Gose	Penny Oleksiak	Penny Oleksiak	Claire Weinstein	4	–
37	Melanie Costa	Mary-Sophie Harvey	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Holly Hibbott	Danica Ludlow	4	–
38	Penny Oleksiak	Mireia Belmonte García	Holly Hibbott	Ai Yanhan	Gan Ching Hwee	4	▲ +4
39	Holly Hibbott	Penny Oleksiak	Ai Yanhan	Amelie Smith	Li Jiaping	4	▲ +4
40	Ai Yanhan	Erika Fairweather	Amelie Smith	Anna Egorova	Lillie McPherson	4	–
41	Ajna Késely	Holly Hibbott	Andreina Pinto	Claire Weinstein	Liu Yaxin	4	▲ +2
42	Ami Matsuo	Ai Yanhan	Anna Egorova	Danica Ludlow	Ma Yonghui	4	–
43	Andreina Pinto	Ajna Késely	Danica Ludlow	Lillie McPherson	Marseleima Moss	4	–
44	Anna Egorova	Ami Matsuo	Lillie McPherson	Ma Yonghui	Meghan Raab	4	–
45	Bi Yirong	Andreina Pinto	Ma Yonghui	Marseleima Moss	Minna Ábrahám	4	–
46	Cierra Runge	Anna Egorova	Marseleima Moss	Meghan Raab	Nguyễn Khả Nhi	4	–
47	Danica Ludlow	Bi Yirong	Meghan Raab	Minna Ábrahám	Phoebe Hines	4	–
48	Lani Pallister	Cierra Runge	Phoebe Hines	Nguyễn Khả Nhi	Rebecca Jacobson	4	–
49	Ma Yonghui	Danica Ludlow	Rebecca Jacobson	Phoebe Hines	Rebecca Smith	4	–
50	Meghan Raab	Lani Pallister	Rebecca Smith	Rebecca Jacobson	Rikako Ikee	4	–

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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