Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

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#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	205	▼ -30
2	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	153	▼ -37
3	South Africa	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	106	▼ -34
4	Japan	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	France	101	▲ +10
5	Singapore	Singapore	France	France	Australia	72	▲ +29
6	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Italy	Canada	64	▲ +7
7	Australia	France	Canada	Canada	South Africa	62	▼ -30
8	China	Italy	Singapore	Singapore	Italy	59	–
9	Italy	Australia	Italy	Brazil	Brazil	52	▲ +2
10	New Zealand	China	New Zealand	Switzerland	Switzerland	46	▲ +1
11	France	New Zealand	Australia	Australia	New Zealand	42	–
12	Poland	Canada	China	New Zealand	China	30	▼ -3
13	England	England	Switzerland	China	Portugal	27	–
14	Russia	Poland	Portugal	Portugal	Russia	27	▲ +5
15	Ukraine	Russia	Poland	Poland	Chinese Taipei	25	▲ +7
16	Canada	Ukraine	Russia	Russia	Singapore	25	▼ -30
17	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Poland	23	▼ -3
18	Switzerland	Switzerland	Ukraine	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	19	–
19	Denmark	Denmark	England	Chinese Taipei	Great Britain	18	▼ -1
20	South Korea	South Korea	Austria	England	England	17	–
21	Belarus	Belarus	Greece	Ukraine	Austria	12	–
22	Trinidad and Tobago	Portugal	South Korea	Austria	Ukraine	12	▼ -5
23	Kazakhstan	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Greece	Greece	9	▲ +1
24	Germany	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	South Korea	South Korea	9	▲ +2
25	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Trinidad and Tobago	Bahrain	7	▲ +7
26	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	India	Trinidad and Tobago	7	–
27	Guatemala	Germany	Denmark	Germany	India	6	–
28	Papua New Guinea	Guatemala	Germany	Guatemala	Germany	4	–
29	Bulgaria	Papua New Guinea	Guatemala	Papua New Guinea	Guatemala	4	–
30	Greece	Bulgaria	Papua New Guinea	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	3	–
31	Colombia	Greece	Bulgaria	Denmark	Colombia	2	–
32	Scotland	Colombia	Colombia	Colombia	Scotland	2	–
33	Serbia and Montenegro	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Belarus	1	▲ +1
34	Portugal		Belarus	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1	–
35			Czech Republic	Fiji	Fiji	1	–
36			Fiji	Netherlands	Netherlands	1	–
37			Netherlands	Samoa	Samoa	1	–
38			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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