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	2893	▲ +37
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	1743	▲ +77
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	China	China	1005	▲ +43
4	China	China	China	Germany	Germany	960	▲ +3
5	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	932	▲ +17
6	Sweden	Sweden	Canada	Canada	Canada	605	▲ +13
7	Canada	Canada	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	539	▲ +6
8	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	460	▲ +8
9	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	299	▲ +6
10	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	278	▲ +6
11	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Poland	France	270	▲ +11
12	Poland	Poland	Poland	Netherlands	Poland	266	–
13	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	France	Netherlands	264	–
14	Great Britain	Great Britain	France	New Zealand	New Zealand	262	▲ +9
15	France	France	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	215	▲ +5
16	Brazil	Brazil	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	188	▲ +3
17	Denmark	Denmark	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	178	▲ +2
18	England	England	England	England	England	168	–
19	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	136	▲ +1
20	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	131	–
21	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	128	–
22	Slovakia	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	91	–
23	Suriname	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	73	–
24	Italy	Suriname	Suriname	Suriname	Suriname	73	–
25	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	57	–
26	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	55	▲ +2
27	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	46	–
28	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Switzerland	Switzerland	46	▲ +1
29	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Venezuela	Venezuela	44	–
30	Argentina	Argentina	Greece	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	43	–
31	Croatia	Greece	Switzerland	Greece	Chinese Taipei	35	▲ +7
32	Greece	Mexico	Portugal	Chinese Taipei	Greece	31	▲ +1
33	Hawaii	Croatia	Argentina	Kazakhstan	Belgium	28	▲ +8
34	Mexico	Switzerland	Mexico	Portugal	Kazakhstan	27	–
35	Finland	Hawaii	Croatia	Argentina	Portugal	27	–
36	Scotland	Finland	Hawaii	Mexico	Argentina	23	–
37	Ireland	Scotland	Austria	Belgium	Scotland	23	▲ +8
38	Switzerland	Ireland	Finland	Croatia	Mexico	21	–
39	Belarus	Belarus	Scotland	Hawaii	Croatia	20	–
40	Wales	Wales	Ireland	Austria	Hawaii	18	–
41	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Belarus	Ireland	Austria	17	–
42	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Finland	Ireland	16	–
43	Norway	Norway	Wales	Scotland	Finland	15	–
44	Slovenia	Slovenia	Belgium	India	Belarus	14	▲ +1
45	Ecuador	Ecuador	Chinese Taipei	Belarus	India	14	–
46	Romania	Romania	Hong Kong	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13	–
47	India	India	Norway	Wales	Wales	13	–
48	Indonesia	Indonesia	Slovenia	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	12	▲ +2
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ecuador	Norway	Norway	10	–
50	Kenya	Kenya	Egypt	Slovenia	Slovenia	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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