Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	2434	▲ +32
2	Japan	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	1516	▲ +38
3	Australia	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	1491	▲ +41
4	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	994	▲ +8
5	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	904	–
6	Great Britain	Great Britain	China	China	China	870	▲ +49
7	China	China	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	775	▲ +13
8	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	650	▲ +11
9	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	550	–
10	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	535	▲ +25
11	England	England	Italy	Italy	Italy	415	▲ +18
12	Italy	Italy	England	England	England	358	▲ +6
13	Sweden	Sweden	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	259	▲ +6
14	Netherlands	Netherlands	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	233	–
15	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	182	–
16	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	Lithuania	Lithuania	173	▲ +5
17	Brazil	Brazil	Lithuania	New Zealand	New Zealand	168	–
18	Lithuania	Lithuania	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	143	–
19	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	118	–
20	France	France	France	France	France	116	–
21	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Scotland	89	▲ +14
22	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	Denmark	86	–
23	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Bulgaria	Kazakhstan	Norway	82	–
24	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Kazakhstan	Bulgaria	Kazakhstan	81	–
25	Scotland	Scotland	Belarus	Belarus	Bulgaria	80	–
26	Belarus	Belarus	Scotland	Scotland	Belarus	75	–
27	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	61	▲ +1
28	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	52	–
29	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaica	51	–
30	South Korea	Mexico	Poland	Poland	South Korea	51	▲ +6
31	Finland	South Korea	Finland	Finland	Poland	48	–
32	Philippines	Finland	Mexico	Mexico	Finland	47	–
33	Mexico	Philippines	South Korea	South Korea	Mexico	46	–
34	Poland	Poland	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	43	–
35	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	39	–
36	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	35	–
37	Spain	Spain	Spain	Slovenia	Slovenia	31	–
38	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	Spain	Spain	29	–
39	Romania	Romania	Czech Republic	Switzerland	Switzerland	22	–
40	Fiji	Fiji	Fiji	Czech Republic	Ireland	19	▲ +5
41	Thailand	Thailand	Romania	Estonia	Czech Republic	18	–
42	Cuba	Cuba	Ireland	Fiji	Estonia	16	–
43	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Thailand	Romania	Fiji	16	–
44	Hawaii	Hawaii	Cuba	Ireland	Romania	16	–
45	Singapore	Singapore	Hawaii	Thailand	Thailand	14	–
46	Indonesia	Indonesia	Hong Kong	Turkey	Turkey	14	–
47	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Singapore	Cuba	Cuba	13	–
48	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Estonia	Hawaii	Hawaii	13	–
49	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Indonesia	Singapore	Singapore	13	–
50	Israel	Israel	New Caledonia	Indonesia	Indonesia	12	–

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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