800 yd Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 800 yd swim time?

A good 800 yd time is 14:22. This is the average 800 yd time across all ages and genders.

A good 800 yd time for a man is 13:55. This is the average 800 yd time across men of all ages.

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:37.2	02:53.1	02:16.5	01:47.6	01:25.8
15	03:08.0	02:29.8	01:58.1	01:33.2	01:14.3
20	03:01.6	02:24.8	01:54.1	01:30.0	01:11.7
25	03:01.6	02:24.8	01:54.1	01:30.0	01:11.7
30	03:01.8	02:24.9	01:54.2	01:30.1	01:11.8
35	03:04.7	02:27.2	01:56.1	01:31.5	01:13.0
40	03:11.1	02:32.3	02:00.1	01:34.7	01:15.5
45	03:18.3	02:38.1	02:04.6	01:38.3	01:18.3
50	03:26.1	02:44.3	02:09.5	01:42.1	01:21.4
55	03:34.5	02:50.9	02:14.8	01:46.3	01:24.7
60	03:43.6	02:58.2	02:20.5	01:50.8	01:28.3
65	03:53.5	03:06.1	02:26.8	01:55.7	01:32.2
70	04:05.2	03:15.5	02:34.1	02:01.5	01:36.9
75	04:23.5	03:30.0	02:45.6	02:10.6	01:44.1
80	04:51.6	03:52.4	03:03.3	02:24.5	01:55.2
85	05:35.7	04:27.6	03:31.0	02:46.4	02:12.6
90	06:49.0	05:26.0	04:17.1	03:22.7	02:41.6

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:18.6	02:38.3	02:04.8	01:38.4	01:18.5
15	02:51.9	02:17.0	01:48.0	01:25.2	01:07.9
20	02:46.1	02:12.4	01:44.4	01:22.3	01:05.6
25	02:46.1	02:12.4	01:44.4	01:22.3	01:05.6
30	02:46.2	02:12.5	01:44.5	01:22.4	01:05.7
35	02:48.9	02:14.6	01:46.2	01:23.7	01:06.7
40	02:54.7	02:19.3	01:49.8	01:26.6	01:09.0
45	03:01.3	02:24.5	01:54.0	01:29.9	01:11.6
50	03:08.4	02:30.2	01:58.4	01:33.4	01:14.4
55	03:16.1	02:36.3	02:03.3	01:37.2	01:17.5
60	03:24.4	02:43.0	02:08.5	01:41.3	01:20.8
65	03:33.5	02:50.2	02:14.2	01:45.8	01:24.3
70	03:44.2	02:58.7	02:20.9	01:51.1	01:28.6
75	04:00.9	03:12.0	02:31.4	01:59.4	01:35.2
80	04:26.6	03:32.5	02:47.6	02:12.1	01:45.3
85	05:07.0	04:04.7	03:12.9	02:32.1	02:01.3
90	06:14.0	04:58.1	03:55.1	03:05.4	02:27.7

A good 800 yd time for a woman is 14:59. This is the average 800 yd time across women of all ages.

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:37.6	02:57.7	02:23.8	01:56.4	01:35.1
15	03:15.3	02:39.5	02:09.1	01:44.4	01:25.3
20	03:05.9	02:31.9	02:02.9	01:39.4	01:21.2
25	03:05.9	02:31.9	02:02.9	01:39.4	01:21.2
30	03:05.9	02:31.9	02:02.9	01:39.4	01:21.2
35	03:07.1	02:32.9	02:03.7	01:40.1	01:21.8
40	03:11.0	02:36.0	02:06.2	01:42.1	01:23.4
45	03:17.8	02:41.6	02:10.8	01:45.8	01:26.4
50	03:28.0	02:49.9	02:17.5	01:51.3	01:30.9
55	03:40.0	02:59.7	02:25.4	01:57.7	01:36.1
60	03:53.4	03:10.7	02:34.3	02:04.8	01:42.0
65	04:08.6	03:23.1	02:44.3	02:12.9	01:48.6
70	04:25.8	03:37.1	02:55.7	02:22.1	01:56.1
75	04:45.6	03:53.3	03:08.8	02:32.8	02:04.8
80	05:09.2	04:12.6	03:24.4	02:45.4	02:15.1
85	05:48.2	04:44.4	03:50.1	03:06.2	02:32.1
90	06:59.6	05:42.8	04:37.3	03:44.4	03:03.3

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:18.9	02:42.5	02:11.5	01:46.4	01:26.9
15	02:58.6	02:25.9	01:58.0	01:35.5	01:18.0
20	02:50.0	02:18.9	01:52.4	01:30.9	01:14.3
25	02:50.0	02:18.9	01:52.4	01:30.9	01:14.3
30	02:50.0	02:18.9	01:52.4	01:30.9	01:14.3
35	02:51.1	02:19.8	01:53.1	01:31.5	01:14.8
40	02:54.6	02:22.7	01:55.4	01:33.4	01:16.3
45	03:00.9	02:27.8	01:59.6	01:36.7	01:19.0
50	03:10.2	02:35.4	02:05.7	01:41.7	01:23.1
55	03:21.2	02:44.3	02:13.0	01:47.6	01:27.9
60	03:33.4	02:54.3	02:21.1	01:54.1	01:33.2
65	03:47.3	03:05.7	02:30.2	02:01.5	01:39.3
70	04:03.0	03:18.5	02:40.6	02:10.0	01:46.2
75	04:21.2	03:33.4	02:52.6	02:19.7	01:54.1
80	04:42.7	03:51.0	03:06.9	02:31.2	02:03.5
85	05:18.4	04:20.1	03:30.4	02:50.3	02:19.1
90	06:23.7	05:13.4	04:13.6	03:25.2	02:47.6

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.