2000 yd Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 2000 yd swim time?

A good 2000 yd time is 36:58. This is the average 2000 yd time across all ages and genders.

A good 2000 yd time for a man is 35:45. This is the average 2000 yd time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:08:02	54:13	42:45	33:43	26:52
15	58:52	46:56	37:00	29:11	23:15
20	56:53	45:21	35:45	28:11	22:28
25	56:53	45:21	35:45	28:11	22:28
30	56:56	45:23	35:47	28:13	22:29
35	57:51	46:07	36:22	28:40	22:51
40	59:52	47:43	37:37	29:40	23:39
45	01:02:07	49:31	39:02	30:47	24:32
50	01:04:33	51:27	40:34	31:59	25:30
55	01:07:11	53:33	42:13	33:18	26:32
60	01:10:02	55:49	44:01	34:42	27:40
65	01:13:08	58:18	45:58	36:15	28:53
70	01:16:48	01:01:13	48:17	38:04	30:21
75	01:22:31	01:05:47	51:52	40:54	32:36
80	01:31:20	01:12:48	57:24	45:16	36:05
85	01:45:09	01:23:49	01:06:05	52:07	41:32
90	02:08:07	01:42:07	01:20:31	01:03:30	50:37

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	03:49.8	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	01:32.4	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	06:24.4	05:06.4	04:01.6	03:10.5	02:31.8

A good 2000 yd time for a woman is 38:35. This is the average 2000 yd time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:08:19	55:49	45:10	36:32	29:51
15	01:01:20	50:06	40:32	32:48	26:48
20	58:23	47:42	38:35	31:13	25:30
25	58:23	47:42	38:35	31:13	25:30
30	58:23	47:42	38:35	31:13	25:30
35	58:46	48:00	38:51	31:26	25:40
40	59:59	49:00	39:39	32:05	26:12
45	01:02:07	50:45	41:04	33:13	27:09
50	01:05:20	53:22	43:11	34:56	28:33
55	01:09:05	56:26	45:40	36:57	30:11
60	01:13:17	59:52	48:27	39:12	32:01
65	01:18:03	01:03:46	51:36	41:45	34:06
70	01:23:28	01:08:11	55:10	44:38	36:28
75	01:29:42	01:13:17	59:17	47:58	39:11
80	01:37:06	01:19:19	01:04:11	51:56	42:25
85	01:49:20	01:29:19	01:12:16	58:28	47:46
90	02:11:46	01:47:39	01:27:06	01:10:28	57:34

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	02:17.0	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	05:18.6	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	02:55.2	02:23.1	01:55.8	01:33.7	01:16.5
25	02:55.2	02:23.1	01:55.8	01:33.7	01:16.5
30	02:55.2	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	01:30.6
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.