200m Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 200m swim time?

A good 200m time is 03:46. This is the average 200m time across all ages and genders.

A good 200m time for a man is 03:40. This is the average 200m time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	06:58	05:33	04:23	03:27	02:45
15	06:02	04:48	03:47	02:59	02:23
20	05:49	04:39	03:40	02:53	02:18
25	05:49	04:39	03:40	02:53	02:18
30	05:50	04:39	03:40	02:53	02:18
35	05:55	04:43	03:43	02:56	02:20
40	06:08	04:53	03:51	03:02	02:25
45	06:22	05:04	04:00	03:09	02:31
50	06:37	05:16	04:09	03:17	02:37
55	06:53	05:29	04:19	03:25	02:43
60	07:10	05:43	04:30	03:33	02:50
65	07:29	05:58	04:42	03:43	02:57
70	07:52	06:16	04:57	03:54	03:06
75	08:27	06:44	05:19	04:11	03:20
80	09:21	07:27	05:53	04:38	03:42
85	10:46	08:35	06:46	05:20	04:15
90	13:07	10:27	08:15	06:30	05:11

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:29.0	02:46.6	02:11.3	01:43.6	01:22.5
15	03:00.8	02:24.1	01:53.7	01:29.6	01:11.4
20	02:54.7	02:19.3	01:49.8	01:26.6	01:09.0
25	02:54.7	02:19.3	01:49.8	01:26.6	01:09.0
30	02:54.9	02:19.4	01:49.9	01:26.7	01:09.1
35	02:57.7	02:21.7	01:51.7	01:28.1	01:10.2
40	03:03.9	02:26.6	01:55.6	01:31.1	01:12.6
45	03:10.8	02:32.1	01:59.9	01:34.6	01:15.4
50	03:18.3	02:38.0	02:04.6	01:38.3	01:18.3
55	03:26.3	02:44.5	02:09.7	01:42.3	01:21.5
60	03:35.1	02:51.5	02:15.2	01:46.6	01:25.0
65	03:44.6	02:59.1	02:21.2	01:51.3	01:28.7
70	03:55.9	03:08.1	02:28.3	01:56.9	01:33.2
75	04:13.5	03:22.1	02:39.3	02:05.6	01:40.1
80	04:40.6	03:43.6	02:56.3	02:19.0	01:50.8
85	05:23.0	04:17.4	03:23.0	02:40.1	02:07.6
90	06:33.5	05:13.7	04:07.3	03:15.0	02:35.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:11.1	02:32.3	02:00.1	01:34.7	01:15.5
15	02:45.4	02:11.8	01:43.9	01:22.0	01:05.3
20	02:39.8	02:07.4	01:40.4	01:19.2	01:03.1
25	02:39.8	02:07.4	01:40.4	01:19.2	01:03.1
30	02:39.9	02:07.5	01:40.5	01:19.2	01:03.2
35	02:42.5	02:09.5	01:42.1	01:20.5	01:04.2
40	02:48.1	02:14.0	01:45.7	01:23.3	01:06.4
45	02:54.5	02:19.1	01:49.7	01:26.5	01:08.9
50	03:01.3	02:24.5	01:53.9	01:29.8	01:11.6
55	03:08.7	02:30.4	01:58.6	01:33.5	01:14.5
60	03:16.7	02:36.8	02:03.6	01:37.5	01:17.7
65	03:25.4	02:43.7	02:09.1	01:41.8	01:21.1
70	03:35.7	02:52.0	02:15.6	01:46.9	01:25.2
75	03:51.8	03:04.8	02:25.7	01:54.9	01:31.6
80	04:16.5	03:24.5	02:41.2	02:07.1	01:41.3
85	04:55.3	03:55.4	03:05.6	02:26.4	01:56.7
90	05:59.8	04:46.8	03:46.2	02:58.3	02:22.2

A good 200m time for a woman is 03:56. This is the average 200m time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	06:57	05:41	04:36	03:43	03:02
15	06:14	05:06	04:07	03:20	02:44
20	05:56	04:51	03:56	03:11	02:36
25	05:56	04:51	03:56	03:11	02:36
30	05:56	04:51	03:56	03:11	02:36
35	05:59	04:53	03:57	03:12	02:37
40	06:06	04:59	04:02	03:16	02:40
45	06:19	05:10	04:11	03:23	02:46
50	06:39	05:26	04:24	03:33	02:54
55	07:02	05:45	04:39	03:46	03:04
60	07:27	06:06	04:56	03:59	03:16
65	07:57	06:29	05:15	04:15	03:28
70	08:30	06:56	05:37	04:33	03:43
75	09:08	07:27	06:02	04:53	03:59
80	09:53	08:04	06:32	05:17	04:19
85	11:08	09:05	07:21	05:57	04:52
90	13:24	10:57	08:52	07:10	05:51

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:28.6	02:50.4	02:17.9	01:51.5	01:31.1
15	03:07.2	02:32.9	02:03.7	01:40.1	01:21.8
20	02:58.2	02:25.6	01:57.8	01:35.3	01:17.9
25	02:58.2	02:25.6	01:57.8	01:35.3	01:17.9
30	02:58.2	02:25.6	01:57.8	01:35.3	01:17.9
35	02:59.4	02:26.6	01:58.6	01:35.9	01:18.4
40	03:03.1	02:29.6	02:01.0	01:37.9	01:20.0
45	03:09.6	02:34.9	02:05.4	01:41.4	01:22.9
50	03:19.4	02:42.9	02:11.8	01:46.7	01:27.1
55	03:30.9	02:52.3	02:19.4	01:52.8	01:32.1
60	03:43.7	03:02.8	02:27.9	01:59.7	01:37.8
65	03:58.3	03:14.7	02:37.5	02:07.4	01:44.1
70	04:14.8	03:28.2	02:48.4	02:16.3	01:51.3
75	04:33.8	03:43.7	03:01.0	02:26.4	01:59.6
80	04:56.4	04:02.1	03:15.9	02:38.5	02:09.5
85	05:33.8	04:32.7	03:40.6	02:58.5	02:25.8
90	06:42.2	05:28.6	04:25.9	03:35.1	02:55.7

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:10.7	02:35.8	02:06.1	01:42.0	01:23.3
15	02:51.2	02:19.9	01:53.2	01:31.6	01:14.8
20	02:43.0	02:13.1	01:47.7	01:27.2	01:11.2
25	02:43.0	02:13.1	01:47.7	01:27.2	01:11.2
30	02:43.0	02:13.1	01:47.7	01:27.2	01:11.2
35	02:44.0	02:14.0	01:48.4	01:27.7	01:11.7
40	02:47.4	02:16.8	01:50.7	01:29.5	01:13.1
45	02:53.4	02:21.7	01:54.6	01:32.7	01:15.8
50	03:02.4	02:29.0	02:00.5	01:37.5	01:19.7
55	03:12.8	02:37.5	02:07.5	01:43.1	01:24.3
60	03:24.6	02:47.1	02:15.2	01:49.4	01:29.4
65	03:37.9	02:58.0	02:24.0	01:56.5	01:35.2
70	03:53.0	03:10.3	02:34.0	02:04.6	01:41.8
75	04:10.4	03:24.5	02:45.5	02:13.9	01:49.4
80	04:31.0	03:41.4	02:59.2	02:24.9	01:58.4
85	05:05.2	04:09.3	03:21.7	02:43.2	02:13.3
90	06:07.8	05:00.5	04:03.1	03:16.7	02:40.7

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.