100m Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 100m swim time?

A good 100m time is 01:18 for men and 01:31 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 100m time by age and ability below.

Updated for 2026. Our 100m swim time standards are based on 50,615 swimming results submitted by 28,671 Swimming Level users from 2021 to 2026. Data and sources

Time
100m
100yd

Swimming Level	Male	Female
Beginner	02:08	02:32
Novice	01:39	01:56
Intermediate	01:18	01:31
Advanced	01:03	01:13
Elite	00:52	01:01
WR	00:46	00:52

Time: Finish time for the full distance (mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Swimming Level	Male	Female
Beginner	02:07.9	02:31.7
Novice	01:38.7	01:55.9
Intermediate	01:17.6	01:30.8
Advanced	01:02.6	01:13.2
Elite	00:51.9	01:00.9
WR	00:46.4	00:51.7

100m: Average pace per 100 metres, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

Swimming Level	Male	Female
Beginner	01:56.9	02:18.7
Novice	01:30.2	01:46.0
Intermediate	01:10.9	01:23.0
Advanced	00:57.2	01:06.9
Elite	00:47.5	00:55.7
WR	00:42.4	00:47.3

100yd: Average pace per 100 yards, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

WRs use freestyle records in 50m pools. Select a record for its details. Record sources and categories.

Male 100m Swimming Times

A good 100m time is 01:18 for men. This is the average time across all ages. The fastest 100m time is 46 for men.

Average 100m swim time by age and ability

Time
100m
100yd

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

Time: Finish time for the full distance (mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	02:07.9	01:38.7	01:17.6	01:02.6	00:51.9	-
15	02:07.9	01:38.7	01:17.6	01:02.6	00:51.9	00:46.4
20	02:08.7	01:39.3	01:18.1	01:03.0	00:52.3	-
25	02:12.6	01:42.4	01:20.5	01:04.9	00:53.9	00:48.7
30	02:16.0	01:45.0	01:22.6	01:06.6	00:55.3	00:49.8
35	02:18.5	01:46.9	01:24.0	01:07.8	00:56.2	00:50.6
40	02:19.6	01:47.7	01:24.7	01:08.3	00:56.7	00:50.7
45	02:22.3	01:49.8	01:26.3	01:09.6	00:57.8	00:52.2
50	02:25.3	01:52.1	01:28.2	01:11.1	00:59.0	00:53.0
55	02:30.6	01:56.3	01:31.4	01:13.7	01:01.2	00:55.8
60	02:36.3	02:00.7	01:34.9	01:16.5	01:03.5	00:57.4
65	02:41.6	02:04.7	01:38.1	01:19.1	01:05.6	00:59.5
70	02:49.4	02:10.7	01:42.8	01:22.9	01:08.8	01:02.8
75	02:59.0	02:18.1	01:48.6	01:27.6	01:12.7	01:06.4
80	03:06.9	02:24.2	01:53.4	01:31.4	01:15.9	01:08.8
85	03:31.8	02:43.4	02:08.5	01:43.6	01:26.0	01:22.3
90	04:04.4	03:08.6	02:28.3	01:59.6	01:39.3	01:33.0

100m: Average pace per 100 metres, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	01:56.9	01:30.2	01:10.9	00:57.2	00:47.5	-
15	01:56.9	01:30.2	01:10.9	00:57.2	00:47.5	00:42.4
20	01:57.6	01:30.8	01:11.4	00:57.6	00:47.8	-
25	02:01.3	01:33.6	01:13.6	00:59.4	00:49.3	00:44.5
30	02:04.4	01:36.0	01:15.5	01:00.9	00:50.5	00:45.5
35	02:06.6	01:37.7	01:16.8	01:02.0	00:51.4	00:46.2
40	02:07.6	01:38.5	01:17.5	01:02.5	00:51.8	00:46.4
45	02:10.1	01:40.4	01:19.0	01:03.7	00:52.8	00:47.8
50	02:12.8	01:42.5	01:20.6	01:05.0	00:54.0	00:48.5
55	02:17.8	01:46.3	01:23.6	01:07.4	00:56.0	00:51.0
60	02:23.0	01:50.3	01:26.8	01:10.0	00:58.1	00:52.5
65	02:27.8	01:54.0	01:29.7	01:12.3	01:00.0	00:54.4
70	02:34.9	01:59.5	01:34.0	01:15.8	01:02.9	00:57.4
75	02:43.7	02:06.3	01:39.3	01:20.1	01:06.5	01:00.7
80	02:50.9	02:11.9	01:43.7	01:23.6	01:09.4	01:02.9
85	03:13.6	02:29.4	01:57.5	01:34.8	01:18.7	01:15.2
90	03:43.5	02:52.5	02:15.6	01:49.4	01:30.8	01:25.0

100yd: Average pace per 100 yards, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

WRs use freestyle records in 50m pools. Select a record for its details. Record sources and categories.

Female 100m Swimming Times

A good 100m time is 01:31 for women. This is the average time across all ages. The fastest 100m time is 52 for women.

Average 100m swim time by age and ability

Time
100m
100yd

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

Time: Finish time for the full distance (mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	02:31.7	01:55.9	01:30.8	01:13.2	01:00.9	-
15	02:31.7	01:55.9	01:30.8	01:13.2	01:00.9	-
20	02:31.7	01:55.9	01:30.8	01:13.2	01:00.9	-
25	02:31.7	01:55.9	01:30.8	01:13.2	01:00.9	00:57.0
30	02:38.6	02:01.2	01:34.9	01:16.6	01:03.7	00:55.2
35	02:45.6	02:06.6	01:39.1	01:19.9	01:06.5	00:57.2
40	02:49.4	02:09.4	01:41.4	01:21.8	01:08.0	00:58.0
45	02:49.2	02:09.3	01:41.3	01:21.7	01:07.9	00:57.4
50	02:53.7	02:12.8	01:44.0	01:23.8	01:09.8	01:00.4
55	02:59.8	02:17.4	01:47.6	01:26.8	01:12.2	01:01.9
60	03:04.8	02:21.2	01:50.6	01:29.2	01:14.2	01:03.7
65	03:09.0	02:24.4	01:53.1	01:31.2	01:15.9	01:04.9
70	03:13.6	02:27.9	01:55.9	01:33.4	01:17.7	01:06.7
75	03:26.4	02:37.7	02:03.5	01:39.6	01:22.9	01:12.8
80	03:51.8	02:57.2	02:18.8	01:51.9	01:33.1	01:23.2
85	04:11.5	03:12.2	02:30.5	02:01.4	01:41.0	01:27.4
90	04:49.6	03:41.3	02:53.3	02:19.8	01:56.3	01:46.2

100m: Average pace per 100 metres, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	02:18.7	01:46.0	01:23.0	01:06.9	00:55.7	-
15	02:18.7	01:46.0	01:23.0	01:06.9	00:55.7	-
20	02:18.7	01:46.0	01:23.0	01:06.9	00:55.7	-
25	02:18.7	01:46.0	01:23.0	01:06.9	00:55.7	00:52.1
30	02:25.0	01:50.8	01:26.8	01:10.0	00:58.3	00:50.5
35	02:31.4	01:55.7	01:30.6	01:13.1	01:00.8	00:52.3
40	02:34.9	01:58.4	01:32.7	01:14.8	01:02.2	00:53.1
45	02:34.7	01:58.2	01:32.6	01:14.7	01:02.1	00:52.5
50	02:38.8	02:01.4	01:35.1	01:16.7	01:03.8	00:55.2
55	02:44.4	02:05.7	01:38.4	01:19.4	01:06.0	00:56.6
60	02:49.0	02:09.1	01:41.1	01:21.5	01:07.9	00:58.2
65	02:52.8	02:12.1	01:43.4	01:23.4	01:09.4	00:59.3
70	02:57.0	02:15.3	01:45.9	01:25.4	01:11.1	01:01.0
75	03:08.7	02:24.2	01:53.0	01:31.1	01:15.8	01:06.5
80	03:32.0	02:42.0	02:06.9	01:42.3	01:25.1	01:16.0
85	03:50.0	02:55.8	02:17.7	01:51.0	01:32.4	01:19.9
90	04:24.8	03:22.3	02:38.5	02:07.8	01:46.3	01:37.1

100yd: Average pace per 100 yards, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

WRs use freestyle records in 50m pools. Select a record for its details. Record sources and categories.

Levels compare performances in this model; Average is the Intermediate (50th-percentile) standard. What the levels mean.

Data behind the 100m swim time standards

Swimming Level analysed 13,140 qualifying results from 50,615 community results submitted by 28,671 Swimming Level users from 2021 to 2026 to produce our 100m swim time standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	50,615
Community users	28,671
Qualifying results	13,140
Male results	10,143
Female results	2,997
Data start	30 December 2021
Data cutoff	5 March 2026
Model generated	2 October 2026

Qualifying results are retained after checks for implausible data, duplicates, and unusual or automated submission patterns. Learn more about qualifying results.