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	2204	▼ -468
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	1405	▲ +30
3	Japan	Great Britain	Great Britain	China	China	1057	▼ -52
4	Great Britain	Japan	Italy	Italy	Italy	1008	▼ -65
5	China	Italy	China	Great Britain	Great Britain	903	▼ -160
6	Italy	China	Russia	Russia	Russia	728	▼ -41
7	Russia	Russia	Japan	Japan	Japan	726	▼ -3
8	France	Brazil	France	France	Hungary	549	▲ +4
9	Brazil	France	Hungary	Hungary	France	542	▼ -101
10	Hungary	Hungary	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	379	▲ +5
11	South Africa	South Africa	Germany	Germany	Germany	330	▲ +21
12	New Zealand	New Zealand	South Africa	South Africa	England	245	▲ +60
13	Germany	Germany	New Zealand	New Zealand	South Korea	226	▲ +13
14	England	England	South Korea	South Korea	South Africa	198	▼ -27
15	South Korea	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	New Zealand	173	▼ -48
16	Netherlands	Canada	Canada	England	Canada	161	▲ +26
17	Canada	South Korea	England	Canada	Netherlands	147	▼ -58
18	Scotland	Scotland	Ukraine	Ukraine	Romania	127	▲ +10
19	Ukraine	Ukraine	Greece	Greece	Ukraine	122	▼ -5
20	Poland	Singapore	Poland	Romania	Greece	107	▼ -15
21	Singapore	Kazakhstan	Romania	Poland	Switzerland	99	▲ +1
22	Kazakhstan	Poland	Switzerland	Switzerland	Chinese Taipei	85	▼ -5
23	Greece	Tunisia	Singapore	Chinese Taipei	Poland	85	▼ -13
24	Romania	Greece	Scotland	Tunisia	Tunisia	83	–
25	Tunisia	Switzerland	Ireland	Kazakhstan	Scotland	76	▲ +7
26	Belgium	Romania	Tunisia	Ireland	Ireland	69	–
27	Switzerland	Chinese Taipei	Kazakhstan	Scotland	Lithuania	50	▼ -4
28	Chinese Taipei	Belgium	Lithuania	Singapore	Austria	48	▲ +1
29	Lithuania	Lithuania	Austria	Lithuania	India	46	–
30	Belarus	Argentina	Chinese Taipei	Austria	Vietnam	46	▲ +4
31	Hawaii	Belarus	Belgium	India	Kazakhstan	37	▼ -44
32	Argentina	Mexico	Argentina	Vietnam	Singapore	37	▼ -30
33	Norway	Hawaii	Spain	Spain	Spain	37	▲ +3
34	Fiji	Norway	Portugal	Belgium	Mexico	32	▲ +4
35	Finland	Fiji	Mexico	Portugal	Portugal	28	▼ -1
36	Mexico	Cook Islands	Fiji	Mexico	Fiji	23	▼ -4
37	Cook Islands	Finland	Belarus	Fiji	Turkey	21	–
38	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Norway	Belarus	Belarus	19	▼ -3
39	Trinidad and Tobago	Austria	Samoa	Norway	Norway	19	▼ -3
40	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Serbia and Montenegro	Turkey	Serbia and Montenegro	19	–
41	Vietnam	Trinidad and Tobago	Turkey	Samoa	Samoa	18	▼ -1
42	Austria	Vietnam	Hawaii	Serbia and Montenegro	Wales	18	▲ +14
43	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Cook Islands	Hawaii	Argentina	14	–
44	Slovenia	Hong Kong	Finland	Cook Islands	Finland	14	–
45	Hong Kong	Spain	Papua New Guinea	Argentina	Hawaii	13	▼ -4
46	Spain	Syria	Sweden	Finland	Qatar	13	–
47	Syria	Venezuela	Israel	Papua New Guinea	Sweden	13	–
48	Denmark	Denmark	Trinidad and Tobago	Qatar	Jersey	11	▲ +11
49	Ecuador	Ecuador	Vietnam	Sweden	Hong Kong	10	▲ +4
50	Israel	Portugal	New Caledonia	Israel	Trinidad and Tobago	10	–

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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