Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	406	▼ -29
2	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	238	▼ -41
3	Japan	Japan	Canada	Canada	Australia	230	▲ +36
4	China	China	Japan	China	China	222	▲ +12
5	Australia	Australia	China	Japan	Canada	214	▼ -5
6	Sweden	Canada	Australia	Australia	Japan	154	▼ -56
7	South Africa	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	France	139	▲ +10
8	Canada	South Africa	France	France	Sweden	115	▼ -34
9	Singapore	France	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	72	▼ -24
10	Brazil	Singapore	Brazil	Italy	Italy	64	▼ -1
11	Denmark	Brazil	Italy	New Zealand	Brazil	53	▲ +2
12	France	New Zealand	Singapore	Singapore	New Zealand	48	▼ -8
13	Spain	Italy	New Zealand	Brazil	Switzerland	46	▲ +1
14	New Zealand	Denmark	Denmark	Switzerland	Russia	37	▲ +6
15	England	Spain	Spain	Spain	Netherlands	35	–
16	Italy	England	Netherlands	Denmark	Great Britain	34	▲ +3
17	Netherlands	Netherlands	Germany	Netherlands	Chinese Taipei	29	▲ +7
18	Russia	Russia	Great Britain	Great Britain	Denmark	29	▼ -10
19	Poland	Germany	Russia	Russia	Germany	28	▼ -2
20	Great Britain	Great Britain	Switzerland	Germany	Belgium	27	▲ +8
21	Ukraine	Poland	Portugal	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	27	–
22	Germany	Ukraine	Poland	Portugal	Portugal	27	–
23	Hawaii	Switzerland	England	Poland	Singapore	25	▼ -30
24	Switzerland	Hawaii	Greece	Chinese Taipei	Poland	23	▼ -3
25	Argentina	Argentina	Ukraine	England	England	21	–
26	South Korea	Greece	Hawaii	Greece	Greece	21	▲ +1
27	Belarus	South Korea	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Belgium	Hawaii	14	–
28	Greece	Belarus	Austria	Ukraine	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13	–
29	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Argentina	Hawaii	Austria	12	–
30	Trinidad and Tobago	Portugal	Belgium	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ukraine	12	▼ -5
31	Wales	Trinidad and Tobago	Egypt	Austria	South Korea	11	▲ +2
32	Egypt	Wales	South Korea	Egypt	Spain	11	▼ -30
33	Kazakhstan	Egypt	Trinidad and Tobago	South Korea	Scotland	10	▲ +8
34	Bahamas	Kazakhstan	Wales	Argentina	Egypt	9	–
35	Chinese Taipei	Bahamas	Kazakhstan	Trinidad and Tobago	Argentina	7	–
36	Guatemala	Chinese Taipei	Papua New Guinea	Wales	Bahrain	7	▲ +7
37	Hong Kong	Guatemala	Belarus	India	Trinidad and Tobago	7	–
38	Papua New Guinea	Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	Papua New Guinea	Wales	7	–
39	Bulgaria	Mexico	Guatemala	Guatemala	India	6	–
40	Colombia	Papua New Guinea	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Belarus	4	▲ +1
41	Scotland	Bulgaria	Mexico	Mexico	Guatemala	4	–
42	Serbia and Montenegro	Colombia	Bulgaria	Belarus	Mexico	4	–
43	Belgium	Scotland	Colombia	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	3	–
44	Portugal	Belgium	Scotland	Colombia	Colombia	2	–
45			Czech Republic	Ireland	Hong Kong	2	▼ -2
46			Fiji	Scotland	Ireland	2	–
47			Samoa	Thailand	Thailand	2	–
48				Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1	–
49				Fiji	Fiji	1	–
50				Samoa	Papua New Guinea	1	▼ -4

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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