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#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Sarah Sjöström	Sarah Sjöström	Sarah Sjöström	Sarah Sjöström	Zhang Yufei	133	▲ +6
2	Zhang Yufei	Zhang Yufei	Zhang Yufei	Zhang Yufei	Sarah Sjöström	94	▼ -35
3	Maggie Mac Neil	Maggie Mac Neil	Maggie Mac Neil	Maggie Mac Neil	Maggie Mac Neil	72	–
4	Mireia Belmonte García	Mireia Belmonte García	Summer McIntosh	Summer McIntosh	Summer McIntosh	64	–
5	Jeanette Ottesen	Emma McKeon	Torri Huske	Gretchen Walsh	Gretchen Walsh	63	▲ +14
6	Emma McKeon	Rikako Ikee	Regan Smith	Torri Huske	Torri Huske	49	–
7	Rikako Ikee	Jeanette Ottesen	Mireia Belmonte García	Regan Smith	Regan Smith	47	–
8	Lu Ying	Hali Flickinger	Rikako Ikee	Mireia Belmonte García	Emma McKeon	37	–
9	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Kelsi Dahlia	Emma McKeon	Rikako Ikee	Alexandria Perkins	27	▲ +16
10	Hali Flickinger	Lu Ying	Gretchen Walsh	Emma McKeon	Hali Flickinger	27	–
11	Kelsi Dahlia	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Hali Flickinger	Hali Flickinger	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	27	–
12	Katinka Hosszú	Madeline Groves	Kelsi Dahlia	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Roos Vanotterdijk	26	▲ +8
13	Madeline Groves	Natsumi Hoshi	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Madeline Groves	Rikako Ikee	25	▼ -14
14	Natsumi Hoshi	Katinka Hosszú	Jeanette Ottesen	Boglárka Kapás	Elizabeth Dekkers	24	▲ +6
15	Boglárka Kapás	Regan Smith	Madeline Groves	Gong Zhenqi	Boglárka Kapás	21	–
16	Marie Wattel	Boglárka Kapás	Boglárka Kapás	Katinka Hosszú	Gong Zhenqi	21	–
17	Penny Oleksiak	Summer McIntosh	Katinka Hosszú	Kelsi Dahlia	Helena Rosendahl Bach	20	▲ +3
18	Regan Smith	Torri Huske	Marie Wattel	Elizabeth Dekkers	Marie Wattel	18	–
19	Franziska Hentke	Marie Wattel	Penny Oleksiak	Marie Wattel	Mélanie Henique	17	–
20	Torri Huske	Penny Oleksiak	Mélanie Henique	Penny Oleksiak	Angelina Köhler	16	▲ +3
21	Audrey Lacroix	Franziska Hentke	Helena Rosendahl Bach	Roos Vanotterdijk	Brittany Castelluzzo	14	▲ +14
22	Brianna Throssell	Audrey Lacroix	Natsumi Hoshi	Helena Rosendahl Bach	Kelsi Dahlia	14	▼ -6
23	Alicia Coutts	Brianna Throssell	Elizabeth Dekkers	Mélanie Henique	Laura Stephens	14	–
24	Cammile Adams	Elizabeth Dekkers	Franziska Hentke	Laura Stephens	Louise Hansson	14	–
25	Grace Monahan	Cammile Adams	Laura Stephens	Louise Hansson	Keanna Macinnes	13	▲ +13
26	Helena Gasson	Grace Monahan	Louise Hansson	Angelina Köhler	Lana Pudar	13	–
27	Kendyl Stewart	Dakota Luther	Angelina Köhler	Franziska Hentke	Grace Monahan	12	–
28	Mélanie Henique	Helena Gasson	Lana Pudar	Lana Pudar	Jessica Cole	12	–
29	Holly Barratt	Kendyl Stewart	Grace Monahan	Grace Monahan	Katinka Hosszú	12	▼ -8
30	Liu Zige	Louise Hansson	Jessica Cole	Jessica Cole	Dakota Luther	11	–
31	Summer McIntosh	Mélanie Henique	Dakota Luther	Alexandria Perkins	Yu Yiting	11	▲ +7
32	Dana Vollmer	Holly Barratt	Helena Gasson	Dakota Luther	Erin Gallagher	10	▲ +6
33	Katerine Savard	Katerine Savard	Holly Barratt	Helena Gasson	Holly Barratt	10	–
34	Louise Hansson	Svetlana Chimrova	Lu Ying	Holly Barratt	Mireia Belmonte García	10	▼ -30
35	Svetlana Chimrova	Zhou Yilin	Anna Ntountounaki	Jeanette Ottesen	Anna Ntountounaki	9	–
36	Zhou Yilin	Alys Thomas	Farida Osman	Anna Ntountounaki	Farida Osman	9	–
37	Alys Thomas	Anna Ntountounaki	Kendyl Stewart	Farida Osman	Kendyl Stewart	9	–
38	Elizabeth Dekkers	Sachi Mochida	Svetlana Chimrova	Kendyl Stewart	Svetlana Chimrova	9	–
39	Sachi Mochida	Alicia Coutts	Zhou Yilin	Svetlana Chimrova	Alys Thomas	8	–
40	Cate Campbell	Cate Campbell	Alys Thomas	Zhou Yilin	Claire Curzan	8	–
41	Chen Xinyi	Chen Xinyi	Claire Curzan	Alys Thomas	Franziska Hentke	8	▼ -5
42	Fran Halsall	Fran Halsall	Roos Vanotterdijk	Claire Curzan	Sachi Mochida	8	–
43	Jiao Liuyang	Jiao Liuyang	Sachi Mochida	Sachi Mochida	Cate Campbell	7	–
44	Lana Pudar	Lana Pudar	Audrey Lacroix	Cate Campbell	Sara Junevik	7	▲ +1
45	Virginia Bardach	Virginia Bardach	Cate Campbell	Virginia Bardach	Virginia Bardach	7	–
46	Alice Stuart	Alice Stuart	Virginia Bardach	Alice Stuart	Yu Zidi	7	▲ +7
47	Anna Ntountounaki	Dana Vollmer	Alice Stuart	Brianna Throssell	Brianna Throssell	6	–
48	Farida Osman	Farida Osman	Brianna Throssell	Dana Vollmer	Kelly Pash	6	–
49	Samantha Lee	Kelly Pash	Cammile Adams	Kelly Pash	Madeline Groves	6	▼ -18
50	Tao Li	Samantha Lee	Dana Vollmer	Natsumi Hoshi	Taylor Ruck	6	▲ +6

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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