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	1462	▼ -292
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	826	▼ -27
3	Japan	Japan	China	China	China	730	▲ +79
4	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Japan	498	▼ -16
5	China	China	Japan	Japan	Canada	450	▲ +46
6	Hungary	Canada	Canada	Canada	Great Britain	415	▼ -107
7	Russia	Hungary	Hungary	Russia	Russia	308	▲ +3
8	Canada	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	256	▼ -1
9	Italy	Russia	Russia	Hungary	France	212	▲ +9
10	New Zealand	New Zealand	France	France	Hungary	145	▼ -90
11	Brazil	Brazil	New Zealand	New Zealand	Netherlands	122	▲ +9
12	France	France	Brazil	Netherlands	New Zealand	105	▼ -48
13	England	England	Netherlands	Brazil	England	85	▲ +20
14	Netherlands	Netherlands	Sweden	Sweden	Brazil	80	▼ -6
15	Sweden	Sweden	England	England	Sweden	80	–
16	Denmark	Denmark	Israel	Israel	South Korea	67	▲ +18
17	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	Scotland	54	▲ +25
18	Scotland	Scotland	Denmark	Denmark	Israel	53	▼ -3
19	Germany	Hong Kong	Poland	Poland	South Africa	39	▲ +28
20	Spain	Germany	Germany	Hong Kong	Poland	35	▲ +1
21	Hong Kong	Spain	Scotland	Switzerland	Switzerland	30	–
22	Hawaii	Hawaii	Switzerland	Scotland	Hong Kong	24	▼ -6
23	Switzerland	Switzerland	Hong Kong	Vietnam	Austria	22	–
24	Israel	South Africa	Fiji	Fiji	Argentina	18	▲ +2
25	South Africa	Israel	Austria	Austria	Germany	18	▼ -2
26	Argentina	Argentina	Spain	Chinese Taipei	Spain	18	▼ -3
27	Fiji	Fiji	Argentina	Spain	Fiji	17	▼ -6
28	Greece	Greece	Greece	Germany	Chinese Taipei	16	▼ -6
29	Vietnam	Vietnam	Hawaii	Argentina	Vietnam	16	▼ -9
30	Poland	Poland	Samoa	Greece	Denmark	15	▼ -21
31	Belarus	Austria	South Africa	Hawaii	Ireland	13	▲ +10
32	Chinese Taipei	Belarus	Papua New Guinea	Samoa	Samoa	12	▼ -1
33	Kazakhstan	Chinese Taipei	Vietnam	South Africa	Greece	11	▼ -5
34	Papua New Guinea	Kazakhstan	Belarus	Papua New Guinea	Hawaii	11	▼ -3
35	Singapore	Mexico	Chinese Taipei	Belarus	India	6	–
36	Uzbekistan	Papua New Guinea	Kazakhstan	India	Kazakhstan	6	–
37	Wales	Singapore	Mexico	Kazakhstan	Mexico	6	–
38	Austria	Uzbekistan	Micronesia	Mexico	Micronesia	6	–
39	New Caledonia	Wales	Singapore	Micronesia	Singapore	6	–
40	Samoa	New Caledonia	Wales	Singapore	Wales	6	–
41	Czech Republic	Samoa	New Caledonia	Wales	Papua New Guinea	4	▼ -6
42	Finland	Finland	Finland	New Caledonia	Belarus	3	▼ -3
43	Norway	Norway	Norway	Finland	Norway	3	–
44	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Ireland	Tonga	3	–
45	Ireland	Ireland	Tonga	Norway	Turkey	3	–
46	Jamaica	Jamaica	Turkey	Slovakia	Ukraine	3	–
47	Lithuania	Portugal	Ukraine	Tonga	Belgium	2	▲ +1
48	Portugal	Turkey	Guam	Turkey	Guam	2	–
49	Turkey	Serbia and Montenegro	Ireland	Ukraine	Czech Republic	1	–
50	Serbia and Montenegro		Jamaica	Guam	Jamaica	1	▼ -1

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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