800m Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 800m swim time?

A good 800m time is 15:46. This is the average 800m time across all ages and genders.

A good 800m time for a man is 15:16. This is the average 800m time across men of all ages.

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:37.8	02:53.6	02:16.9	01:47.9	01:26.0
15	03:08.5	02:30.2	01:58.5	01:33.4	01:14.4
20	03:02.1	02:25.1	01:54.4	01:30.2	01:11.9
25	03:02.1	02:25.1	01:54.4	01:30.2	01:11.9
30	03:02.2	02:25.3	01:54.5	01:30.3	01:12.0
35	03:05.2	02:27.6	01:56.4	01:31.8	01:13.2
40	03:11.6	02:32.7	02:00.4	01:35.0	01:15.7
45	03:18.8	02:38.5	02:05.0	01:38.5	01:18.5
50	03:26.6	02:44.7	02:09.9	01:42.4	01:21.6
55	03:35.0	02:51.4	02:15.2	01:46.6	01:24.9
60	03:44.2	02:58.7	02:20.9	01:51.1	01:28.6
65	03:54.1	03:06.6	02:27.1	01:56.0	01:32.5
70	04:05.9	03:16.0	02:34.5	02:01.9	01:37.1
75	04:24.2	03:30.6	02:46.0	02:10.9	01:44.4
80	04:52.4	03:53.1	03:03.8	02:24.9	01:55.5
85	05:36.6	04:28.3	03:31.5	02:46.8	02:13.0
90	06:50.1	05:26.9	04:17.8	03:23.3	02:42.0

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:19.1	02:38.7	02:05.2	01:38.7	01:18.7
15	02:52.3	02:17.4	01:48.3	01:25.4	01:08.1
20	02:46.5	02:12.7	01:44.7	01:22.5	01:05.8
25	02:46.5	02:12.7	01:44.7	01:22.5	01:05.8
30	02:46.6	02:12.8	01:44.7	01:22.6	01:05.8
35	02:49.3	02:15.0	01:46.4	01:23.9	01:06.9
40	02:55.2	02:19.7	01:50.1	01:26.8	01:09.2
45	03:01.8	02:24.9	01:54.3	01:30.1	01:11.8
50	03:08.9	02:30.6	01:58.7	01:33.6	01:14.6
55	03:16.6	02:36.7	02:03.6	01:37.4	01:17.7
60	03:25.0	02:43.4	02:08.8	01:41.6	01:21.0
65	03:34.1	02:50.6	02:14.5	01:46.1	01:24.6
70	03:44.8	02:59.2	02:21.3	01:51.4	01:28.8
75	04:01.6	03:12.5	02:31.8	01:59.7	01:35.4
80	04:27.3	03:33.1	02:48.0	02:12.5	01:45.6
85	05:07.8	04:05.3	03:13.4	02:32.5	02:01.6
90	06:15.0	04:58.9	03:55.7	03:05.9	02:28.1

A good 800m time for a woman is 16:26. This is the average 800m time across women of all ages.

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:38.2	02:58.3	02:24.2	01:56.7	01:35.3
15	03:15.9	02:40.0	02:09.5	01:44.7	01:25.6
20	03:06.5	02:32.3	02:03.2	01:39.7	01:21.5
25	03:06.5	02:32.3	02:03.2	01:39.7	01:21.5
30	03:06.5	02:32.3	02:03.2	01:39.7	01:21.5
35	03:07.7	02:33.3	02:04.1	01:40.4	01:22.0
40	03:11.6	02:36.5	02:06.6	01:42.4	01:23.7
45	03:18.4	02:42.1	02:11.1	01:46.1	01:26.7
50	03:28.6	02:50.4	02:17.9	01:51.6	01:31.2
55	03:40.6	03:00.2	02:25.8	01:58.0	01:36.4
60	03:54.1	03:11.2	02:34.7	02:05.2	01:42.3
65	04:09.3	03:23.6	02:44.8	02:13.3	01:48.9
70	04:26.6	03:37.8	02:56.2	02:22.6	01:56.5
75	04:46.5	03:54.0	03:09.3	02:33.2	02:05.2
80	05:10.1	04:13.3	03:25.0	02:45.8	02:15.5
85	05:49.2	04:45.3	03:50.8	03:06.7	02:32.6
90	07:00.8	05:43.8	04:38.1	03:45.0	03:03.9

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:19.5	02:43.0	02:11.9	01:46.7	01:27.2
15	02:59.1	02:26.3	01:58.4	01:35.8	01:18.2
20	02:50.5	02:19.3	01:52.7	01:31.2	01:14.5
25	02:50.5	02:19.3	01:52.7	01:31.2	01:14.5
30	02:50.5	02:19.3	01:52.7	01:31.2	01:14.5
35	02:51.6	02:20.2	01:53.4	01:31.8	01:15.0
40	02:55.2	02:23.1	01:55.8	01:33.7	01:16.5
45	03:01.4	02:28.2	01:59.9	01:37.0	01:19.3
50	03:10.8	02:35.9	02:06.1	01:42.0	01:23.4
55	03:21.7	02:44.8	02:13.4	01:47.9	01:28.1
60	03:34.0	02:54.9	02:21.5	01:54.5	01:33.5
65	03:47.9	03:06.2	02:30.7	02:01.9	01:39.6
70	04:03.7	03:19.1	02:41.1	02:10.4	01:46.5
75	04:21.9	03:34.0	02:53.1	02:20.1	01:54.4
80	04:43.5	03:51.6	03:07.4	02:31.6	02:03.9
85	05:19.3	04:20.8	03:31.0	02:50.8	02:19.5
90	06:24.8	05:14.3	04:14.3	03:25.8	02:48.1

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.