2800m Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 2800m swim time?

A good 2800m time is 57:21. This is the average 2800m time across all ages and genders.

A good 2800m time for a man is 55:26. This is the average 2800m time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:45:29	01:24:05	01:06:18	52:17	41:40
15	01:31:17	01:12:46	57:23	45:15	36:04
20	01:28:12	01:10:18	55:26	43:43	34:51
25	01:28:12	01:10:18	55:26	43:43	34:51
30	01:28:17	01:10:22	55:29	43:45	34:52
35	01:29:43	01:11:31	56:23	44:28	35:26
40	01:32:49	01:13:59	58:20	46:00	36:40
45	01:36:19	01:16:46	01:00:32	47:44	38:03
50	01:40:05	01:19:47	01:02:54	49:36	39:32
55	01:44:10	01:23:02	01:05:28	51:37	41:09
60	01:48:35	01:26:33	01:08:15	53:49	42:54
65	01:53:24	01:30:24	01:11:17	56:12	44:48
70	01:59:06	01:34:56	01:14:51	59:01	47:03
75	02:07:58	01:42:00	01:20:26	01:03:25	50:33
80	02:21:38	01:52:53	01:29:01	01:10:11	55:57
85	02:43:02	02:09:58	01:42:28	01:20:48	01:04:24
90	03:18:40	02:38:21	02:04:52	01:38:27	01:18:29

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:46.0	03:00.2	02:22.1	01:52.0	01:29.3
15	03:15.6	02:35.9	02:03.0	01:36.9	01:17.3
20	03:09.0	02:30.7	01:58.8	01:33.7	01:14.7
25	03:09.0	02:30.7	01:58.8	01:33.7	01:14.7
30	03:09.2	02:30.8	01:58.9	01:33.7	01:14.7
35	03:12.2	02:33.2	02:00.8	01:35.3	01:15.9
40	03:18.9	02:38.5	02:05.0	01:38.6	01:18.6
45	03:26.4	02:44.5	02:09.7	01:42.3	01:21.5
50	03:34.5	02:51.0	02:14.8	01:46.3	01:24.7
55	03:43.2	02:57.9	02:20.3	01:50.6	01:28.2
60	03:52.7	03:05.5	02:26.2	01:55.3	01:31.9
65	04:03.0	03:13.7	02:32.7	02:00.4	01:36.0
70	04:15.2	03:23.4	02:40.4	02:06.5	01:40.8
75	04:34.2	03:38.6	02:52.3	02:15.9	01:48.3
80	05:03.5	04:01.9	03:10.7	02:30.4	01:59.9
85	05:49.4	04:38.5	03:39.6	02:53.1	02:18.0
90	07:05.7	05:39.3	04:27.6	03:31.0	02:48.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:26.7	02:44.7	02:09.9	01:42.4	01:21.6
15	02:58.9	02:22.6	01:52.4	01:28.7	01:10.7
20	02:52.8	02:17.8	01:48.6	01:25.7	01:08.3
25	02:52.8	02:17.8	01:48.6	01:25.7	01:08.3
30	02:53.0	02:17.9	01:48.7	01:25.7	01:08.3
35	02:55.8	02:20.1	01:50.5	01:27.1	01:09.4
40	03:01.9	02:25.0	01:54.3	01:30.1	01:11.8
45	03:08.7	02:30.4	01:58.6	01:33.5	01:14.6
50	03:16.1	02:36.3	02:03.3	01:37.2	01:17.5
55	03:24.1	02:42.7	02:08.3	01:41.2	01:20.6
60	03:32.8	02:49.6	02:13.7	01:45.4	01:24.1
65	03:42.2	02:57.1	02:19.7	01:50.1	01:27.8
70	03:53.4	03:06.0	02:26.7	01:55.7	01:32.2
75	04:10.7	03:19.9	02:37.6	02:04.3	01:39.0
80	04:37.5	03:41.2	02:54.4	02:17.5	01:49.6
85	05:19.5	04:14.6	03:20.8	02:38.3	02:06.2
90	06:29.3	05:10.3	04:04.7	03:12.9	02:33.8

A good 2800m time for a woman is 59:55. This is the average 2800m time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:46:04	01:26:39	01:10:07	56:44	46:21
15	01:35:12	01:17:47	01:02:56	50:55	41:36
20	01:30:38	01:14:03	59:55	48:28	39:36
25	01:30:38	01:14:03	59:55	48:28	39:36
30	01:30:38	01:14:03	59:55	48:28	39:36
35	01:31:14	01:14:32	01:00:18	48:47	39:52
40	01:33:07	01:16:04	01:01:33	49:48	40:41
45	01:36:27	01:18:47	01:03:45	51:35	42:08
50	01:41:25	01:22:51	01:07:02	54:14	44:19
55	01:47:15	01:27:37	01:10:53	57:21	46:51
60	01:53:47	01:32:57	01:15:12	01:00:51	49:43
65	02:01:10	01:38:59	01:20:06	01:04:48	52:56
70	02:09:34	01:45:51	01:25:39	01:09:18	56:37
75	02:19:15	01:53:46	01:32:02	01:14:28	01:00:50
80	02:30:44	02:03:09	01:39:38	01:20:37	01:05:51
85	02:49:44	02:18:40	01:52:11	01:30:46	01:14:09
90	03:24:33	02:47:06	02:15:12	01:49:24	01:29:22

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:47.3	03:05.7	02:30.2	02:01.6	01:39.3
15	03:24.0	02:46.7	02:14.9	01:49.1	01:29.1
20	03:14.2	02:38.7	02:08.4	01:43.9	01:24.9
25	03:14.2	02:38.7	02:08.4	01:43.9	01:24.9
30	03:14.2	02:38.7	02:08.4	01:43.9	01:24.9
35	03:15.5	02:39.7	02:09.2	01:44.5	01:25.4
40	03:19.5	02:43.0	02:11.9	01:46.7	01:27.2
45	03:26.7	02:48.8	02:16.6	01:50.5	01:30.3
50	03:37.3	02:57.5	02:23.6	01:56.2	01:34.9
55	03:49.8	03:07.8	02:31.9	02:02.9	01:40.4
60	04:03.8	03:19.2	02:41.2	02:10.4	01:46.5
65	04:19.7	03:32.1	02:51.6	02:18.9	01:53.4
70	04:37.7	03:46.8	03:03.5	02:28.5	02:01.3
75	04:58.4	04:03.8	03:17.2	02:39.6	02:10.4
80	05:23.0	04:23.9	03:33.5	02:52.7	02:21.1
85	06:03.7	04:57.1	04:00.4	03:14.5	02:38.9
90	07:18.3	05:58.1	04:49.7	03:54.4	03:11.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:27.8	02:49.8	02:17.4	01:51.2	01:30.8
15	03:06.6	02:32.4	02:03.3	01:39.8	01:21.5
20	02:57.6	02:25.1	01:57.4	01:35.0	01:17.6
25	02:57.6	02:25.1	01:57.4	01:35.0	01:17.6
30	02:57.6	02:25.1	01:57.4	01:35.0	01:17.6
35	02:58.8	02:26.0	01:58.2	01:35.6	01:18.1
40	03:02.4	02:29.1	02:00.6	01:37.6	01:19.7
45	03:09.0	02:34.4	02:04.9	01:41.1	01:22.6
50	03:18.7	02:42.3	02:11.4	01:46.3	01:26.8
55	03:30.1	02:51.7	02:18.9	01:52.4	01:31.8
60	03:42.9	03:02.1	02:27.4	01:59.2	01:37.4
65	03:57.4	03:14.0	02:36.9	02:07.0	01:43.7
70	04:13.9	03:27.4	02:47.8	02:15.8	01:50.9
75	04:32.8	03:42.9	03:00.3	02:25.9	01:59.2
80	04:55.4	04:01.3	03:15.2	02:38.0	02:09.0
85	05:32.6	04:31.7	03:39.8	02:57.9	02:25.3
90	06:40.8	05:27.4	04:24.9	03:34.4	02:55.1

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.