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	5310	▼ -946
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	4484	▼ -3
3	China	China	China	China	China	2675	▲ +79
4	Japan	Japan	Italy	Italy	Italy	1664	▼ -107
5	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Canada	1454	▲ +49
6	Italy	Italy	Canada	Canada	Great Britain	1402	▼ -211
7	Russia	Canada	Japan	Japan	Japan	1306	▼ -90
8	Canada	Russia	Hungary	Russia	Russia	1079	▼ -60
9	Hungary	Brazil	Russia	Hungary	Hungary	924	▼ -184
10	Brazil	Hungary	France	France	France	866	▼ -85
11	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	779	▼ -111
12	France	France	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	691	▼ -11
13	New Zealand	New Zealand	Germany	Germany	Germany	677	▲ +48
14	Germany	Sweden	Sweden	New Zealand	Sweden	435	▼ -68
15	Sweden	Germany	New Zealand	Sweden	South Africa	422	▲ +26
16	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	England	386	▲ +106
17	England	England	England	England	New Zealand	364	▼ -153
18	Denmark	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	311	▲ +45
19	South Korea	Denmark	Poland	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	257	▲ +14
20	Spain	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Poland	Poland	175	▼ -7
21	Hong Kong	Spain	Denmark	Denmark	Lithuania	133	▼ -4
22	Poland	Scotland	Greece	Greece	Scotland	128	▲ +51
23	Scotland	Poland	Ukraine	Lithuania	Romania	127	▲ +10
24	Ukraine	Ukraine	Lithuania	Ukraine	Greece	125	▼ -15
25	Lithuania	Lithuania	Spain	Spain	Ukraine	124	▼ -10
26	Singapore	Singapore	Romania	Romania	Switzerland	114	▲ +1
27	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Switzerland	Switzerland	Chinese Taipei	107	▼ -5
28	Greece	Hawaii	Argentina	Chinese Taipei	Ireland	104	▲ +15
29	Hawaii	Argentina	Ireland	Kazakhstan	Vietnam	88	▲ +5
30	Argentina	Greece	Israel	Ireland	Tunisia	83	–
31	Switzerland	Switzerland	Singapore	Tunisia	Denmark	77	▼ -75
32	Romania	Tunisia	Scotland	Vietnam	Spain	77	▼ -50
33	Wales	Romania	Fiji	Israel	Israel	73	▼ -6
34	Belgium	Wales	Hawaii	Scotland	Argentina	66	▲ +2
35	Fiji	Fiji	Tunisia	Singapore	Singapore	59	▼ -18
36	Tunisia	Jamaica	Kazakhstan	Fiji	Hawaii	58	▼ -9
37	Jamaica	Mexico	Austria	Hawaii	Kazakhstan	55	▼ -46
38	Belarus	Belarus	Belgium	Argentina	Fiji	52	▼ -21
39	Chinese Taipei	Belgium	Mexico	Belgium	Austria	50	▲ +1
40	Finland	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Austria	India	48	–
41	Israel	Finland	Portugal	India	Mexico	48	▲ +4
42	Vietnam	Vietnam	Belarus	Mexico	Wales	43	▲ +20
43	Mexico	Israel	Papua New Guinea	Portugal	Czech Republic	41	▲ +10
44	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Samoa	Belarus	Portugal	41	▲ +2
45	Norway	Norway	Jamaica	Papua New Guinea	Belgium	35	▼ -21
46	Ecuador	Venezuela	Finland	Samoa	Samoa	32	▼ -5
47	Serbia and Montenegro	Ecuador	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Belarus	28	▼ -9
48	Cook Islands	Austria	Turkey	Turkey	Turkey	28	–
49	Trinidad and Tobago	Cook Islands	Vietnam	Finland	Papua New Guinea	24	▼ -13
50	Austria	Bahamas	Wales	Thailand	Finland	23	▼ -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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