200 yd Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 200 yd swim time?

A good 200 yd time is 03:26. This is the average 200 yd time across all ages and genders.

A good 200 yd time for a man is 03:20. This is the average 200 yd time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	06:21	05:04	04:00	03:09	02:31
15	05:30	04:23	03:27	02:43	02:10
20	05:19	04:14	03:20	02:38	02:06
25	05:19	04:14	03:20	02:38	02:06
30	05:19	04:14	03:20	02:38	02:06
35	05:24	04:18	03:24	02:41	02:08
40	05:35	04:27	03:31	02:46	02:12
45	05:48	04:37	03:39	02:52	02:17
50	06:02	04:48	03:47	02:59	02:23
55	06:16	05:00	03:57	03:07	02:29
60	06:32	05:13	04:07	03:14	02:35
65	06:50	05:27	04:18	03:23	02:42
70	07:10	05:43	04:30	03:33	02:50
75	07:42	06:09	04:51	03:49	03:03
80	08:32	06:48	05:22	04:14	03:22
85	09:49	07:50	06:10	04:52	03:53
90	11:58	09:32	07:31	05:56	04:44

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:28.4	02:46.1	02:11.0	01:43.3	01:22.3
15	03:00.4	02:23.8	01:53.4	01:29.4	01:11.2
20	02:54.3	02:18.9	01:49.5	01:26.4	01:08.8
25	02:54.3	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	02:26.2	01:55.3	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	03:07.6	02:27.9	01:56.6	01:33.0
75	04:12.8	03:21.5	02:38.9	02:05.3	01:39.9
80	04:39.8	03:43.0	02:55.9	02:18.7	01:50.5
85	05:22.1	04:16.8	03:22.5	02:39.6	02:07.2
90	06:32.5	05:12.9	04:06.7	03:14.5	02:35.0

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:10.6	02:31.9	01:59.8	01:34.4	01:15.3
15	02:44.9	02:11.5	01:43.7	01:21.7	01:05.2
20	02:39.3	02:07.0	01:40.2	01:19.0	01:02.9
25	02:39.3	02:07.0	01:40.2	01:19.0	01:02.9
30	02:39.5	02:07.1	01:40.2	01:19.0	01:03.0
35	02:42.1	02:09.2	01:41.9	01:20.3	01:04.0
40	02:47.7	02:13.7	01:45.4	01:23.1	01:06.2
45	02:54.0	02:18.7	01:49.4	01:26.2	01:08.7
50	03:00.8	02:24.1	01:53.6	01:29.6	01:11.4
55	03:08.2	02:30.0	01:58.3	01:33.3	01:14.3
60	03:16.2	02:36.4	02:03.3	01:37.2	01:17.5
65	03:24.9	02:43.3	02:08.8	01:41.5	01:20.9
70	03:35.2	02:51.5	02:15.2	01:46.6	01:25.0
75	03:51.2	03:04.3	02:25.3	01:54.6	01:31.3
80	04:15.9	03:23.9	02:40.8	02:06.8	01:41.1
85	04:54.5	03:54.8	03:05.1	02:26.0	01:56.4
90	05:58.9	04:46.1	03:45.6	02:57.9	02:21.8

A good 200 yd time for a woman is 03:35. This is the average 200 yd time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	06:20	05:11	04:11	03:23	02:46
15	05:41	04:39	03:46	03:03	02:29
20	05:25	04:26	03:35	02:54	02:22
25	05:25	04:26	03:35	02:54	02:22
30	05:25	04:26	03:35	02:54	02:22
35	05:27	04:27	03:36	02:55	02:23
40	05:34	04:33	03:41	02:59	02:26
45	05:46	04:43	03:49	03:05	02:31
50	06:04	04:57	04:00	03:14	02:39
55	06:25	05:14	04:14	03:26	02:48
60	06:48	05:33	04:30	03:38	02:58
65	07:14	05:55	04:47	03:52	03:10
70	07:45	06:20	05:07	04:08	03:23
75	08:19	06:48	05:30	04:27	03:38
80	09:00	07:22	05:57	04:49	03:56
85	10:09	08:17	06:42	05:25	04:26
90	12:13	09:59	08:05	06:32	05:20

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:28.0	02:49.9	02:17.5	01:51.2	01:30.9
15	03:06.7	02:32.5	02:03.4	01:39.8	01:21.6
20	02:57.7	02:25.2	01:57.5	01:35.0	01:17.6
25	02:57.7	02:25.2	01:57.5	01:35.0	01:17.6
30	02:57.7	02:25.2	01:57.5	01:35.0	01:17.6
35	02:58.9	02:26.1	01:58.2	01:35.7	01:18.2
40	03:02.6	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	01:52.5	01:31.9
60	03:43.1	03:02.3	02:27.5	01:59.3	01:37.5
65	03:57.6	03:14.1	02:37.0	02:07.1	01:43.8
70	04:14.1	03:27.5	02:47.9	02:15.9	01:51.0
75	04:33.0	03:43.0	03:00.5	02:26.0	01:59.3
80	04:55.5	04:01.4	03:15.4	02:38.1	02:09.1
85	05:32.8	04:31.9	03:40.0	02:58.0	02:25.4
90	06:41.1	05:27.6	04:25.1	03:34.5	02:55.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:10.2	02:35.4	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	02:12.8	01:47.4	01:26.9	01:11.0
25	02:42.5	02:12.8	01:47.4	01:26.9	01:11.0
30	02:42.5	02:12.8	01:47.4	01:26.9	01:11.0
35	02:43.6	02:13.6	01:48.1	01:27.5	01:11.5
40	02:46.9	02:16.4	01:50.3	01:29.3	01:12.9
45	02:52.9	02:21.3	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	02:57.5	02:23.6	01:56.2	01:34.9
70	03:52.3	03:09.8	02:33.6	02:04.2	01:41.5
75	04:09.7	03:24.0	02:45.0	02:13.5	01:49.1
80	04:30.2	03:40.8	02:58.6	02:24.5	01:58.1
85	05:04.3	04:08.6	03:21.1	02:42.7	02:13.0
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.