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	420	▼ -36
2	Japan	Japan	Great Britain	China	China	277	▲ +25
3	Great Britain	Great Britain	South Africa	Japan	Italy	222	▲ +16
4	Russia	South Africa	Japan	South Africa	South Africa	212	▲ +3
5	South Africa	Russia	China	Italy	Australia	202	▲ +24
6	Australia	China	Italy	Great Britain	Japan	177	▼ -49
7	China	Australia	Australia	Australia	Great Britain	158	▼ -44
8	Italy	Italy	Russia	Russia	Russia	136	▼ -37
9	Lithuania	Lithuania	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	119	▲ +6
10	England	England	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	85	▼ -1
11	New Zealand	Netherlands	Canada	England	England	63	▲ +6
12	Brazil	New Zealand	England	Germany	Canada	49	▲ +9
13	Netherlands	Brazil	Brazil	Canada	France	30	–
14	Kazakhstan	Canada	Germany	New Zealand	Germany	30	▼ -11
15	Germany	Kazakhstan	New Zealand	Kazakhstan	Brazil	28	▼ -1
16	Jamaica	Jamaica	Sweden	France	Hong Kong	27	–
17	Sweden	Germany	Kazakhstan	Brazil	Sweden	23	▼ -5
18	Canada	Sweden	Jamaica	Sweden	Scotland	22	▲ +14
19	Denmark	Scotland	France	Hong Kong	New Zealand	19	▼ -20
20	Scotland	Denmark	Finland	Belarus	Belarus	18	–
21	Finland	Finland	Belarus	Finland	Finland	17	▼ -1
22	Hungary	Belarus	Fiji	Jamaica	Estonia	14	–
23	Belarus	Fiji	Spain	Fiji	South Korea	14	▲ +6
24	Fiji	Spain	Denmark	Estonia	Turkey	14	–
25	Spain	Slovenia	Switzerland	Spain	Fiji	13	▼ -3
26	Slovenia	Argentina	Turkey	Turkey	Ireland	12	▲ +5
27	Hawaii	Hawaii	Estonia	Switzerland	Jamaica	12	▼ -6
28	South Korea	Hungary	Argentina	Denmark	Switzerland	12	–
29	Switzerland	Iceland	Iceland	Argentina	Jersey	11	▲ +11
30	Iceland	South Korea	Scotland	Iceland	Spain	11	▼ -3
31	Argentina	Switzerland	Slovenia	Scotland	Argentina	8	–
32	Guam	Guam	South Korea	South Korea	Kazakhstan	8	▼ -30
33	Belgium	Mexico	Ireland	Ireland	Kyrgyzstan	7	▲ +4
34	Israel	Belgium	American Samoa	American Samoa	American Samoa	6	–
35	Singapore	Estonia	Guam	Guam	Mexico	6	–
36	France	Israel	Mexico	Mexico	Poland	6	–
37	Hong Kong	Singapore	Poland	Poland	Vietnam	6	–
38	India	Hong Kong	Bulgaria	Slovenia	Bulgaria	5	–
39	Mexico	India	Czech Republic	Vietnam	Czech Republic	5	–
40	Turkey	Turkey	Hong Kong	Bulgaria	Denmark	5	▼ -5
41	Wales	Wales	Israel	Czech Republic	Israel	5	–
42	Estonia	France	Belgium	Israel	Cook Islands	4	–
43	Ireland	Ireland	Cook Islands	Cook Islands	Hawaii	4	–
44			Hawaii	Hawaii	Singapore	4	–
45			Hungary	Singapore	Micronesia	3	–
46			Singapore	Kyrgyzstan	Belgium	2	–
47			Micronesia	Micronesia	Chinese Taipei	2	–
48			Papua New Guinea	Belgium	Northern Ireland	2	▲ +2
49			Wales	Chinese Taipei	Papua New Guinea	2	–
50			Samoa	Papua New Guinea	Qatar	2	–

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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