Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

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#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	China	164	▲ +10
2	Japan	United States	United States	China	Australia	151	▲ +25
3	Australia	Japan	Australia	United States	Italy	142	▲ +12
4	United States	Australia	Italy	Italy	United States	141	▼ -9
5	South Africa	China	China	Australia	Great Britain	137	▼ -46
6	Brazil	Italy	Japan	Japan	Japan	97	▼ -7
7	China	South Africa	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	89	▲ +6
8	Italy	Netherlands	Russia	Russia	Russia	57	▼ -6
9	England	Brazil	South Africa	England	England	46	▲ +4
10	Kazakhstan	England	Brazil	South Africa	France	30	–
11	Netherlands	Kazakhstan	England	Kazakhstan	South Africa	28	▼ -14
12	Russia	Russia	Germany	France	Brazil	26	▼ -1
13	Germany	New Zealand	Kazakhstan	Brazil	Belarus	18	–
14	New Zealand	Germany	France	Germany	Turkey	14	–
15	Hungary	Scotland	Belarus	Belarus	Sweden	13	–
16	Scotland	Belarus	New Zealand	New Zealand	Germany	11	▼ -11
17	Belarus	Fiji	Sweden	Turkey	Jersey	11	▲ +11
18	Finland	Canada	Turkey	Sweden	Fiji	10	▼ -1
19	Fiji	Finland	Fiji	Fiji	New Zealand	10	▼ -8
20	Slovenia	Slovenia	Canada	Finland	Finland	9	–
21	Sweden	Hungary	Finland	Scotland	Canada	8	▲ +4
22	Lithuania	Sweden	Scotland	American Samoa	Kazakhstan	8	▼ -30
23	Canada	Lithuania	Slovenia	Guam	Scotland	8	–
24	Guam	Guam	American Samoa	Mexico	Kyrgyzstan	7	▲ +4
25	South Korea	Mexico	Guam	Slovenia	American Samoa	6	–
26	France	South Korea	Mexico	Spain	Mexico	6	–
27	India	India	Bulgaria	Vietnam	South Korea	6	▲ +2
28	Mexico	Turkey	Hungary	Bulgaria	Spain	6	–
29	Turkey	France	South Korea	Canada	Vietnam	6	–
30		Iceland	Spain	South Korea	Bulgaria	5	–
31			Lithuania	Kyrgyzstan	Micronesia	3	–
32			Micronesia	Lithuania	Hong Kong	2	–
33			Papua New Guinea	Micronesia	Lithuania	2	▼ -1
34			Iceland	Hong Kong	Papua New Guinea	2	–
35			Israel	Papua New Guinea	Qatar	2	–
36			Poland	Qatar	Austria	1	▲ +1
37			Samoa	Iceland	Iceland	1	–
38				Israel	Israel	1	–
39				Poland	Poland	1	–
40				Samoa	Samoa	1	–
41					Slovenia	1	▼ -5

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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