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#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Sarah Sjöström	Sarah Sjöström	Sarah Sjöström	Sarah Sjöström	Sarah Sjöström	213	▲ +5
2	Petria Thomas	Petria Thomas	Petria Thomas	Petria Thomas	Petria Thomas	164	–
3	Susie O'Neill	Susie O'Neill	Susie O'Neill	Susie O'Neill	Zhang Yufei	141	▲ +11
4	Mary T. Meagher	Mary T. Meagher	Zhang Yufei	Zhang Yufei	Susie O'Neill	135	–
5	Otylia Jędrzejczak	Otylia Jędrzejczak	Mary T. Meagher	Mary T. Meagher	Mary T. Meagher	123	–
6	Jessicah Schipper	Jessicah Schipper	Otylia Jędrzejczak	Otylia Jędrzejczak	Otylia Jędrzejczak	121	–
7	JIAO Liuyang	Zhang Yufei	Jessicah Schipper	Jessicah Schipper	Jessicah Schipper	119	–
8	Zhang Yufei	JIAO Liuyang	JIAO Liuyang	JIAO Liuyang	JIAO Liuyang	111	–
9	Andrea Pollack	Andrea Pollack	Andrea Pollack	Andrea Pollack	Andrea Pollack	83	–
10	Mireia Belmonte García	Mireia Belmonte García	Mireia Belmonte García	Mireia Belmonte García	Mireia Belmonte García	83	–
11	Jenny Thompson	Jenny Thompson	Jenny Thompson	Jenny Thompson	Jenny Thompson	78	–
12	Qian Hong	Qian Hong	Qian Hong	Qian Hong	Qian Hong	75	–
13	Lu Ying	Lu Ying	Lu Ying	Lu Ying	Lu Ying	74	–
14	Martina Moravcová	Martina Moravcová	Martina Moravcová	Martina Moravcová	Martina Moravcová	73	–
15	Inge de Bruijn	Maggie Mac Neil	Maggie Mac Neil	Maggie Mac Neil	Maggie Mac Neil	72	–
16	Liu Limin	Inge de Bruijn	Inge de Bruijn	Inge de Bruijn	Inge de Bruijn	70	–
17	Ines Geissler	Liu Limin	Liu Limin	Liu Limin	Liu Limin	68	–
18	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Ines Geissler	Ines Geissler	Summer McIntosh	Summer McIntosh	64	–
19	Jeanette Ottesen	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Ines Geissler	Gretchen Walsh	63	▲ +14
20	Maggie Mac Neil	Jeanette Ottesen	Jeanette Ottesen	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Ines Geissler	62	–
21	Ada Kok	Ada Kok	Ada Kok	Jeanette Ottesen	Anna-Karin Kammerling	60	–
22	LIU Zige	LIU Zige	LIU Zige	Ada Kok	Jeanette Ottesen	60	–
23	Dana Vollmer	Dana Vollmer	Dana Vollmer	LIU Zige	Ada Kok	58	–
24	Kornelia Ender	Kornelia Ender	Summer McIntosh	Dana Vollmer	LIU Zige	58	–
25	Therese Alshammar	Therese Alshammar	Kornelia Ender	Kornelia Ender	Dana Vollmer	57	–
26	Birte Weigang	Birte Weigang	Therese Alshammar	Therese Alshammar	Kornelia Ender	50	–
27	Mette Jacobsen	Mette Jacobsen	Torri Huske	Gretchen Walsh	Therese Alshammar	50	–
28	Rosemarie Kother	Rosemarie Kother	Birte Weigang	Torri Huske	Torri Huske	49	–
29	Summer Sanders	Summer Sanders	Mette Jacobsen	Birte Weigang	Birte Weigang	48	–
30	Katinka Hosszú	Katinka Hosszú	Rosemarie Kother	Mette Jacobsen	Mette Jacobsen	48	–
31	Wang Xiaohong	Wang Xiaohong	Summer Sanders	Rosemarie Kother	Rosemarie Kother	48	–
32	Kathleen Nord	Kathleen Nord	Katinka Hosszú	Regan Smith	Regan Smith	47	–
33	Kristin Otto	Kristin Otto	Wang Xiaohong	Summer Sanders	Summer Sanders	47	–
34	Inge Dekker	Inge Dekker	Kathleen Nord	Katinka Hosszú	Katinka Hosszú	45	–
35	Mayumi Aoki	Mayumi Aoki	Kristin Otto	Wang Xiaohong	Wang Xiaohong	44	–
36	Emma McKeon	Emma McKeon	Regan Smith	Kathleen Nord	Kathleen Nord	41	–
37	Misty Hyman	Misty Hyman	Inge Dekker	Kristin Otto	Kristin Otto	41	–
38	Rikako Ikee	Rikako Ikee	Mayumi Aoki	Inge Dekker	Rikako Ikee	41	▲ +2
39	TAO Li	TAO Li	Emma McKeon	Mayumi Aoki	Inge Dekker	40	–
40	Alicia Coutts	Alicia Coutts	Misty Hyman	Emma McKeon	Mayumi Aoki	40	–
41	Amy Van Dyken	Amy Van Dyken	Rikako Ikee	Misty Hyman	Emma McKeon	39	–
42	Ellie Daniel	Ellie Daniel	TAO Li	Rikako Ikee	Misty Hyman	39	–
43	Madeline Groves	Madeline Groves	Alicia Coutts	TAO Li	TAO Li	39	–
44	Natsumi Hoshi	Natsumi Hoshi	Amy Van Dyken	Alicia Coutts	Alicia Coutts	38	–
45	Audrey Lacroix	Audrey Lacroix	Ellie Daniel	Amy Van Dyken	Amy Van Dyken	37	–
46	Shelley Mann	Shelley Mann	Madeline Groves	Ellie Daniel	Ellie Daniel	37	–
47	Caren Metschuck	Caren Metschuck	Natsumi Hoshi	Madeline Groves	Madeline Groves	36	–
48	Carolyn Schuler	Carolyn Schuler	Audrey Lacroix	Natsumi Hoshi	Natsumi Hoshi	34	–
49	Karen Moe	Karen Moe	Shelley Mann	Audrey Lacroix	Audrey Lacroix	32	–
50	Libby Lenton	Libby Lenton	Caren Metschuck	Shelley Mann	Shelley Mann	32	–

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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