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	241	▼ -53
2	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	180	▼ -7
3	Australia	Australia	Australia	China	China	130	▼ -28
4	China	China	China	Australia	Australia	88	▼ -26
5	Japan	Japan	Italy	Italy	Italy	81	▲ +3
6	France	France	Hungary	Hungary	South Africa	73	▲ +25
7	Poland	Poland	France	Japan	Hungary	64	▲ +2
8	Italy	Italy	Greece	Greece	Japan	58	▲ +5
9	New Zealand	New Zealand	Japan	South Africa	Greece	56	▲ +7
10	Great Britain	Great Britain	Poland	France	France	31	▼ -12
11	South Africa	South Africa	New Zealand	Poland	England	25	▲ +14
12	England	England	South Africa	New Zealand	Poland	25	▼ -9
13	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Great Britain	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	24	–
14	Romania	Hungary	Spain	Great Britain	New Zealand	22	▼ -10
15	Brazil	Romania	Chinese Taipei	Spain	Canada	21	▲ +13
16	Germany	Brazil	Switzerland	Switzerland	Great Britain	20	–
17	Greece	Germany	Romania	Romania	Spain	20	–
18	South Korea	Greece	Brazil	England	South Korea	18	▲ +8
19	Hungary	South Korea	England	South Korea	Switzerland	17	–
20	Canada	Canada	South Korea	Canada	Romania	13	–
21	Hawaii	Argentina	Canada	Germany	Germany	8	–
22	Israel	Hawaii	Germany	India	India	8	–
23	Spain	Israel	Ukraine	Brazil	Brazil	6	–
24	Indonesia	Spain	Argentina	Ireland	Czech Republic	6	▲ +5
25	Ireland	Switzerland	Israel	Ukraine	Ireland	5	–
26	Papua New Guinea	Indonesia	Ireland	Argentina	Ukraine	5	–
27	Trinidad and Tobago	Ireland	Tonga	Israel	Argentina	4	–
28	Belarus	Papua New Guinea	Indonesia	Tonga	Tonga	3	–
29	Fiji	Trinidad and Tobago	Papua New Guinea	Estonia	Estonia	2	–
30	Lithuania	Belarus	Trinidad and Tobago	Indonesia	Trinidad and Tobago	2	–
31	Northern Marianas	Fiji	Belarus	Papua New Guinea	Samoa	1	–
32	Switzerland	Lithuania	Hawaii	Trinidad and Tobago			–
33		Northern Marianas	Lithuania	Belarus			–
34			Samoa	Czech Republic			–
35				Hawaii			–
36				Lithuania			–
37				Samoa			–

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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