200 yd Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 200 yd swim time?

A good 200 yd time is 03:25. This is the average 200 yd time across all ages and genders.

A good 200 yd time for a man is 03:19. This is the average 200 yd time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	06:19	05:02	03:58	03:08	02:30
15	05:28	04:22	03:26	02:43	02:10
20	05:17	04:13	03:19	02:37	02:05
25	05:17	04:13	03:19	02:37	02:05
30	05:17	04:13	03:19	02:37	02:05
35	05:23	04:17	03:23	02:40	02:07
40	05:34	04:26	03:30	02:45	02:12
45	05:46	04:36	03:38	02:52	02:17
50	06:00	04:47	03:46	02:58	02:22
55	06:14	04:59	03:55	03:06	02:28
60	06:30	05:11	04:05	03:13	02:34
65	06:48	05:25	04:16	03:22	02:41
70	07:08	05:41	04:29	03:32	02:49
75	07:40	06:07	04:49	03:48	03:02
80	08:29	06:46	05:20	04:12	03:21
85	09:46	07:47	06:08	04:51	03:52
90	11:54	09:29	07:29	05:54	04:42

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:28.4	02:46.1	02:11.0	01:43.3	01:22.3
15	03:00.3	02:23.7	01:53.3	01:29.4	01:11.2
20	02:54.2	02:18.9	01:49.5	01:26.4	01:08.8
25	02:54.2	02:18.9	01:49.5	01:26.4	01:08.8
30	02:54.4	02:19.0	01:49.6	01:26.4	01:08.9
35	02:57.2	02:21.3	01:51.4	01:27.8	01:10.0
40	03:03.4	02:26.1	01:55.2	01:30.9	01:12.4
45	03:10.3	02:31.7	01:59.6	01:34.3	01:15.2
50	03:17.7	02:37.6	02:04.3	01:38.0	01:18.1
55	03:25.8	02:44.0	02:09.3	01:42.0	01:21.3
60	03:34.5	02:51.0	02:14.8	01:46.3	01:24.7
65	03:44.0	02:58.6	02:20.8	01:51.0	01:28.5
70	03:55.3	03:07.5	02:27.9	01:56.6	01:32.9
75	04:12.8	03:21.5	02:38.9	02:05.3	01:39.9
80	04:39.8	03:43.0	02:55.8	02:18.7	01:50.5
85	05:22.1	04:16.7	03:22.4	02:39.6	02:07.2
90	06:32.4	05:12.8	04:06.7	03:14.5	02:35.0

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:10.5	02:31.9	01:59.8	01:34.4	01:15.3
15	02:44.9	02:11.4	01:43.6	01:21.7	01:05.1
20	02:39.3	02:07.0	01:40.1	01:19.0	01:02.9
25	02:39.3	02:07.0	01:40.1	01:19.0	01:02.9
30	02:39.5	02:07.1	01:40.2	01:19.0	01:03.0
35	02:42.0	02:09.2	01:41.8	01:20.3	01:04.0
40	02:47.7	02:13.6	01:45.4	01:23.1	01:06.2
45	02:54.0	02:18.7	01:49.3	01:26.2	01:08.7
50	03:00.8	02:24.1	01:53.6	01:29.6	01:11.4
55	03:08.1	02:30.0	01:58.3	01:33.2	01:14.3
60	03:16.1	02:36.3	02:03.3	01:37.2	01:17.5
65	03:24.8	02:43.3	02:08.7	01:41.5	01:20.9
70	03:35.1	02:51.5	02:15.2	01:46.6	01:25.0
75	03:51.1	03:04.2	02:25.3	01:54.6	01:31.3
80	04:15.8	03:23.9	02:40.8	02:06.8	01:41.1
85	04:54.5	03:54.7	03:05.1	02:26.0	01:56.3
90	05:58.8	04:46.0	03:45.5	02:57.8	02:21.8

A good 200 yd time for a woman is 03:34. This is the average 200 yd time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	06:18	05:09	04:10	03:22	02:45
15	05:40	04:38	03:45	03:02	02:28
20	05:23	04:24	03:34	02:53	02:21
25	05:23	04:24	03:34	02:53	02:21
30	05:23	04:24	03:34	02:53	02:21
35	05:25	04:26	03:35	02:54	02:22
40	05:32	04:31	03:40	02:58	02:25
45	05:44	04:41	03:47	03:04	02:30
50	06:02	04:56	03:59	03:14	02:38
55	06:23	05:13	04:13	03:25	02:47
60	06:46	05:32	04:28	03:37	02:57
65	07:12	05:53	04:46	03:51	03:09
70	07:42	06:18	05:06	04:07	03:22
75	08:17	06:46	05:28	04:26	03:37
80	08:58	07:19	05:55	04:48	03:55
85	10:06	08:15	06:40	05:24	04:25
90	12:10	09:56	08:02	06:30	05:19

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:27.9	02:49.9	02:17.4	01:51.2	01:30.8
15	03:06.6	02:32.5	02:03.4	01:39.8	01:21.5
20	02:57.7	02:25.2	01:57.4	01:35.0	01:17.6
25	02:57.7	02:25.2	01:57.4	01:35.0	01:17.6
30	02:57.7	02:25.2	01:57.4	01:35.0	01:17.6
35	02:58.8	02:26.1	01:58.2	01:35.6	01:18.1
40	03:02.5	02:29.1	02:00.7	01:37.6	01:19.8
45	03:09.1	02:34.5	02:05.0	01:41.1	01:22.6
50	03:18.8	02:42.4	02:11.4	01:46.3	01:26.9
55	03:30.3	02:51.8	02:19.0	01:52.4	01:31.9
60	03:43.1	03:02.2	02:27.4	01:59.3	01:37.5
65	03:57.5	03:14.1	02:37.0	02:07.0	01:43.8
70	04:14.0	03:27.5	02:47.9	02:15.8	01:51.0
75	04:33.0	03:43.0	03:00.4	02:26.0	01:59.3
80	04:55.5	04:01.4	03:15.3	02:38.0	02:09.1
85	05:32.7	04:31.8	03:39.9	02:57.9	02:25.4
90	06:41.0	05:27.6	04:25.1	03:34.5	02:55.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:10.1	02:35.3	02:05.7	01:41.7	01:23.1
15	02:50.7	02:19.4	01:52.8	01:31.3	01:14.6
20	02:42.5	02:12.7	01:47.4	01:26.9	01:11.0
25	02:42.5	02:12.7	01:47.4	01:26.9	01:11.0
30	02:42.5	02:12.7	01:47.4	01:26.9	01:11.0
35	02:43.5	02:13.6	01:48.1	01:27.5	01:11.4
40	02:46.9	02:16.4	01:50.3	01:29.3	01:12.9
45	02:52.9	02:21.2	01:54.3	01:32.5	01:15.5
50	03:01.8	02:28.5	02:00.2	01:37.2	01:19.4
55	03:12.3	02:37.1	02:07.1	01:42.8	01:24.0
60	03:24.0	02:46.6	02:14.8	01:49.1	01:29.1
65	03:37.2	02:57.4	02:23.6	01:56.2	01:34.9
70	03:52.3	03:09.8	02:33.5	02:04.2	01:41.5
75	04:09.6	03:23.9	02:45.0	02:13.5	01:49.1
80	04:30.2	03:40.7	02:58.6	02:24.5	01:58.1
85	05:04.3	04:08.6	03:21.1	02:42.7	02:12.9
90	06:06.7	04:59.6	04:02.4	03:16.1	02:40.2

Beginner	Faster than 5% of swimmers. A beginner swimmer has started swimming and has swum for at least a month.
Novice	Faster than 20% of swimmers. A novice swimmer has swum regularly for at least six months.
Intermediate	Faster than 50% of swimmers. An intermediate swimmer has swum regularly for at least two years.
Advanced	Faster than 80% of swimmers. An advanced swimmer has swum for over five years.
Elite	Faster than 95% of swimmers. An elite swimmer has dedicated over five years to become competitive at swimming.