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	583	▼ -138
2	Japan	Japan	Great Britain	China	China	277	▼ -19
3	Great Britain	Great Britain	China	Great Britain	Japan	237	▼ -3
4	Australia	Australia	Japan	Japan	Great Britain	207	▼ -70
5	China	China	Australia	Russia	Italy	180	▲ +11
6	Italy	Italy	Italy	France	Russia	176	▼ -3
7	Russia	Russia	Russia	Italy	France	172	▼ -6
8	Brazil	Brazil	France	Australia	Australia	149	▼ -9
9	France	France	Brazil	New Zealand	New Zealand	57	▼ -7
10	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	Brazil	England	51	▲ +14
11	Hungary	England	Hungary	Hungary	Brazil	45	–
12	England	Hungary	Canada	England	Hungary	41	▼ -4
13	Scotland	Scotland	England	Canada	Canada	34	▲ +2
14	Germany	Canada	Switzerland	Switzerland	Scotland	30	▲ +7
15	South Africa	South Africa	Scotland	Scotland	Switzerland	27	–
16	Switzerland	Switzerland	Austria	Austria	Austria	22	–
17	Canada	Germany	Netherlands	Chinese Taipei	Netherlands	18	–
18	South Korea	South Korea	Greece	Netherlands	South Korea	18	▲ +6
19	Greece	Greece	Germany	Greece	South Africa	17	▲ +6
20	Argentina	Argentina	South Korea	South Korea	Chinese Taipei	16	▼ -6
21	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	South Africa	Germany	Greece	11	▼ -5
22	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Samoa	South Africa	Spain	11	▲ +3
23	Spain	Spain	Poland	Samoa	Germany	9	▼ -2
24	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Israel	Poland	Poland	9	–
25	Israel	Austria	Argentina	Spain	Samoa	9	▼ -1
26	Samoa	Israel	Chinese Taipei	Argentina	Argentina	6	–
27	Austria	Samoa	Fiji	Fiji	Fiji	6	–
28	Belarus	Belarus	Kazakhstan	India	India	6	–
29	Fiji	Fiji	Spain	Israel	Kazakhstan	6	–
30	Hawaii	Hawaii	Belarus	Kazakhstan	Vietnam	6	–
31	Norway	Norway	Norway	Vietnam	Israel	3	▼ -3
32	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Belarus	Norway	3	–
33	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Norway	Ukraine	3	–
34	Portugal	Portugal	Ukraine	Papua New Guinea	Guam	2	–
35	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Guam	Slovakia	Northern Marianas	1	–
36	Sweden		Portugal	Ukraine	Portugal	1	▼ -1
37			New Caledonia	Guam	Turkey	1	–
38			Northern Marianas	Portugal			–
39			Turkey	New Caledonia			–
40				Northern Marianas			–
41				Turkey			–

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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