2000 yd Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 2000 yd swim time?

A good 2000 yd time is 36:57. This is the average 2000 yd time across all ages and genders.

A good 2000 yd time for a man is 35:44. This is the average 2000 yd time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:08:00	54:12	42:44	33:42	26:52
15	58:51	46:54	36:59	29:10	23:15
20	56:52	45:19	35:44	28:11	22:28
25	56:52	45:19	35:44	28:11	22:28
30	56:54	45:22	35:46	28:12	22:29
35	57:50	46:06	36:21	28:40	22:51
40	59:50	47:42	37:36	29:39	23:38
45	01:02:05	49:29	39:01	30:46	24:32
50	01:04:31	51:26	40:33	31:58	25:29
55	01:07:09	53:31	42:12	33:17	26:32
60	01:10:00	55:48	44:00	34:41	27:39
65	01:13:06	58:16	45:57	36:14	28:53
70	01:16:46	01:01:12	48:15	38:03	30:20
75	01:22:29	01:05:45	51:51	40:53	32:35
80	01:31:18	01:12:46	57:23	45:15	36:04
85	01:45:06	01:23:46	01:06:03	52:05	41:31
90	02:08:04	01:42:05	01:20:29	01:03:28	50:35

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:43.2	02:57.9	02:20.3	01:50.6	01:28.2
15	03:13.2	02:34.0	02:01.4	01:35.7	01:16.3
20	03:06.6	02:28.8	01:57.3	01:32.5	01:13.7
25	03:06.6	02:28.8	01:57.3	01:32.5	01:13.7
30	03:06.8	02:28.9	01:57.4	01:32.6	01:13.8
35	03:09.8	02:31.3	01:59.3	01:34.1	01:15.0
40	03:16.4	02:36.5	02:03.4	01:37.3	01:17.6
45	03:23.8	02:42.4	02:08.1	01:41.0	01:20.5
50	03:31.8	02:48.8	02:13.1	01:44.9	01:23.7
55	03:40.4	02:55.7	02:18.5	01:49.2	01:27.1
60	03:49.7	03:03.1	02:24.4	01:53.9	01:30.8
65	03:59.9	03:11.3	02:30.8	01:58.9	01:34.8
70	04:12.0	03:20.9	02:38.4	02:04.9	01:39.5
75	04:30.7	03:35.8	02:50.2	02:14.2	01:47.0
80	04:59.7	03:58.9	03:08.3	02:28.5	01:58.4
85	05:45.0	04:35.0	03:36.8	02:51.0	02:16.3
90	07:00.3	05:35.0	04:24.2	03:28.3	02:46.0

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:24.1	02:42.7	02:08.3	01:41.1	01:20.6
15	02:56.6	02:20.8	01:51.0	01:27.5	01:09.8
20	02:50.7	02:16.0	01:47.3	01:24.6	01:07.4
25	02:50.7	02:16.0	01:47.3	01:24.6	01:07.4
30	02:50.8	02:16.1	01:47.3	01:24.6	01:07.5
35	02:53.6	02:18.4	01:49.1	01:26.0	01:08.6
40	02:59.6	02:23.1	01:52.9	01:29.0	01:10.9
45	03:06.3	02:28.5	01:57.1	01:32.3	01:13.6
50	03:13.6	02:34.3	02:01.7	01:36.0	01:16.5
55	03:21.5	02:40.6	02:06.7	01:39.9	01:19.6
60	03:30.1	02:47.5	02:12.0	01:44.1	01:23.0
65	03:39.4	02:54.9	02:17.9	01:48.7	01:26.7
70	03:50.4	03:03.7	02:24.8	01:54.2	01:31.0
75	04:07.6	03:17.3	02:35.6	02:02.7	01:37.8
80	04:34.0	03:38.4	02:52.2	02:15.8	01:48.2
85	05:15.4	04:11.4	03:18.3	02:36.3	02:04.6
90	06:24.3	05:06.4	04:01.6	03:10.5	02:31.8

A good 2000 yd time for a woman is 38:34. This is the average 2000 yd time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:08:18	55:48	45:08	36:31	29:50
15	01:01:18	50:05	40:31	32:47	26:47
20	58:21	47:40	38:34	31:13	25:30
25	58:21	47:40	38:34	31:13	25:30
30	58:21	47:40	38:34	31:13	25:30
35	58:44	47:59	38:50	31:25	25:40
40	59:57	48:59	39:38	32:04	26:12
45	01:02:06	50:44	41:03	33:13	27:08
50	01:05:18	53:21	43:10	34:55	28:32
55	01:09:03	56:25	45:39	36:56	30:10
60	01:13:15	59:51	48:25	39:11	32:00
65	01:18:01	01:03:44	51:34	41:43	34:05
70	01:23:26	01:08:09	55:09	44:37	36:27
75	01:29:39	01:13:15	59:16	47:57	39:10
80	01:37:03	01:19:17	01:04:09	51:54	42:24
85	01:49:17	01:29:17	01:12:14	58:27	47:45
90	02:11:42	01:47:36	01:27:03	01:10:26	57:32

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:44.2	03:03.1	02:28.2	01:59.9	01:37.9
15	03:21.2	02:44.4	02:13.0	01:47.6	01:27.9
20	03:11.5	02:36.5	02:06.6	01:42.4	01:23.7
25	03:11.5	02:36.5	02:06.6	01:42.4	01:23.7
30	03:11.5	02:36.5	02:06.6	01:42.4	01:23.7
35	03:12.8	02:37.5	02:07.4	01:43.1	01:24.2
40	03:16.8	02:40.8	02:10.1	01:45.2	01:26.0
45	03:23.8	02:46.5	02:14.7	01:49.0	01:29.0
50	03:34.3	02:55.1	02:21.7	01:54.6	01:33.6
55	03:46.7	03:05.2	02:29.8	02:01.2	01:39.0
60	04:00.5	03:16.4	02:38.9	02:08.6	01:45.1
65	04:16.1	03:29.2	02:49.3	02:16.9	01:51.9
70	04:33.8	03:43.7	03:01.0	02:26.4	01:59.6
75	04:54.3	04:00.4	03:14.5	02:37.4	02:08.6
80	05:18.5	04:20.2	03:30.6	02:50.4	02:19.2
85	05:58.7	04:53.0	03:57.1	03:11.8	02:36.7
90	07:12.3	05:53.2	04:45.7	03:51.2	03:08.9

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:25.0	02:47.5	02:15.5	01:49.6	01:29.6
15	03:04.0	02:30.3	02:01.6	01:38.4	01:20.4
20	02:55.1	02:23.1	01:55.8	01:33.7	01:16.5
25	02:55.1	02:23.1	01:55.8	01:33.7	01:16.5
30	02:55.1	02:23.1	01:55.8	01:33.7	01:16.5
35	02:56.3	02:24.0	01:56.5	01:34.3	01:17.0
40	02:59.9	02:27.0	01:58.9	01:36.2	01:18.6
45	03:06.4	02:32.3	02:03.2	01:39.7	01:21.4
50	03:16.0	02:40.1	02:09.5	01:44.8	01:25.6
55	03:27.3	02:49.3	02:17.0	01:50.8	01:30.5
60	03:39.9	02:59.6	02:25.3	01:57.6	01:36.1
65	03:54.2	03:11.3	02:34.8	02:05.2	01:42.3
70	04:10.4	03:24.6	02:45.5	02:13.9	01:49.4
75	04:29.1	03:39.8	02:57.9	02:23.9	01:57.6
80	04:51.3	03:58.0	03:12.5	02:35.8	02:07.3
85	05:28.0	04:28.0	03:36.8	02:55.4	02:23.3
90	06:35.3	05:22.9	04:21.3	03:31.4	02:52.7

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.