Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	United States	Australia	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	427	▼ -39
2	Australia	Great Britain	United States	Australia	Australia	393	–
3	Great Britain	United States	Australia	United States	United States	297	▼ -89
4	China	China	China	China	China	217	▼ -23
5	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	148	▼ -15
6	Japan	Japan	Brazil	South Korea	Japan	113	▲ +9
7	Brazil	Brazil	South Korea	Japan	South Korea	111	▼ -12
8	South Korea	South Korea	Japan	Brazil	Brazil	92	–
9	Italy	Italy	Germany	Romania	Romania	69	▲ +5
10	Germany	Germany	Romania	Germany	Germany	64	▲ +4
11	Scotland	Tunisia	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	48	▲ +3
12	England	Scotland	Italy	Italy	England	46	▲ +16
13	New Zealand	England	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	36	–
14	South Africa	New Zealand	England	England	Italy	29	▼ -14
15	Tunisia	South Africa	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	28	▲ +1
16	Hungary	Canada	Netherlands	Netherlands	Scotland	21	–
17	Canada	Hungary	Canada	Scotland	France	17	▲ +14
18	Netherlands	Netherlands	Scotland	South Africa	India	16	–
19	Lithuania	Lithuania	South Africa	India	Austria	13	–
20	Romania	Romania	New Zealand	New Zealand	Mexico	10	–
21	France	Serbia and Montenegro	Austria	Austria	Wales	10	▲ +10
22	Serbia and Montenegro	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Switzerland	9	–
23	Belgium	Singapore	Cook Islands	Cook Islands	Hawaii	8	▼ -1
24	Singapore	Cook Islands	Mexico	Mexico	Malaysia	8	–
25	Cook Islands	Mexico	Hawaii	Hawaii	Canada	6	–
26	Hawaii	Hawaii	Switzerland	Switzerland	Cook Islands	6	▼ -4
27	Austria	Austria	Norway	Malaysia	Greece	6	–
28	Norway	Norway	Chinese Taipei	Norway	New Zealand	6	▼ -8
29	Switzerland	Switzerland	Greece	Canada	Palau	6	–
30	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Palau	Chinese Taipei	Singapore	6	–
31	Mexico	New Caledonia	Singapore	Greece	Vietnam	6	–
32	New Caledonia	Ukraine	Ukraine	Palau	Norway	5	▼ -3
33	Ukraine	Argentina	Argentina	Singapore	Ukraine	5	–
34	Argentina	France	Venezuela	Vietnam	Venezuela	4	–
35	Vietnam	Venezuela	Fiji	Ukraine	Fiji	3	–
36	Wales	Ireland	France	Venezuela	Netherlands	3	▼ -20
37	Papua New Guinea	Vietnam	New Caledonia	Fiji	Ireland	2	–
38		Wales	Serbia and Montenegro	France	Belgium	1	▼ -9
39		Papua New Guinea	Ireland	New Caledonia	Micronesia	1	–
40			Vietnam	Serbia and Montenegro			–
41			Micronesia	Ireland			–
42			Papua New Guinea	Micronesia			–
43				Papua New Guinea			–

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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