Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

Year

Number of years

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	291	–
2	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	232	–
3	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	202	–
4	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	198	–
5	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	98	–
6	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	74	–
7	Romania	Romania	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	70	▲ +4
8	Denmark	Denmark	Romania	Romania	Portugal	65	▲ +11
9	Australia	Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	Romania	57	–
10	France	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	40	–
11	Portugal	France	France	France	France	38	–
12	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	35	–
13	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	35	–
14	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	34	–
15	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	33	–
16	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	31	–
17	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	29	–
18	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	23	–
19	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	22	–
20	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	South Africa	8	▲ +4
21	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Spain	8	–
22	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	Belgium	7	–
23	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Iran	6	–
24	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	Netherlands	6	–
25	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	New Zealand	6	–
26	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	South Africa	Uzbekistan	6	▲ +2
27	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Uzbekistan	Argentina	4	–
28	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	3	▲ +1
29				Slovakia	Slovakia	3	▲ +1

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Dostal proves even himself wrong - he can still win Olympic gold

PaddleWorldwide.com | 10.08.2024

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Carrington cements legend status - and is already looking to LA

PaddleWorldwide.com | 10.08.2024

Lisa Carrington on Friday stared down one of biggest challenges to her paddling supremacy, and in doing so locked away an eighth Olympic gold to move alongside the biggest name in the sport’s history for most Games victories.

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