50m Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 50m swim time?

A good 50m time is 00:32 for men and 00:39 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 50m time by age and ability below.

Updated for 2026. Our 50m swim time standards are based on 55,764 swimming results submitted by 30,675 Swimming Level users from 2021 to 2026. Data and sources

Time
100m
100yd

Swimming Level	Male	Female
Beginner	00:50	01:05
Novice	00:39	00:50
Intermediate	00:32	00:39
Advanced	00:27	00:32
Elite	00:24	00:28
WR	00:21	00:23

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

Swimming Level	Male	Female
Beginner	01:40.2	02:10.6
Novice	01:18.3	01:39.1
Intermediate	01:03.8	01:18.6
Advanced	00:53.9	01:04.8
Elite	00:47.0	00:55.3
WR	00:41.8	00:46.4

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

Swimming Level	Male	Female
Beginner	01:31.6	01:59.5
Novice	01:11.6	01:30.6
Intermediate	00:58.3	01:11.8
Advanced	00:49.3	00:59.2
Elite	00:43.0	00:50.6
WR	00:38.2	00:42.4

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 50m Swimming Times

A good 50m time is 32 for men. This is the average time across all ages. The fastest 50m time is 21 for men.

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

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	01:47.0	01:23.6	01:08.1	00:57.6	00:50.2	-
15	01:47.0	01:23.6	01:08.1	00:57.6	00:50.2	-
20	01:47.0	01:23.6	01:08.1	00:57.6	00:50.2	-
25	01:47.0	01:23.6	01:08.1	00:57.6	00:50.2	00:44.6
30	01:41.9	01:19.6	01:04.9	00:54.8	00:47.8	00:44.3
35	01:45.1	01:22.1	01:06.9	00:56.5	00:49.3	00:44.8
40	01:49.6	01:25.6	01:09.8	00:59.0	00:51.4	00:46.3
45	01:52.2	01:27.7	01:11.5	01:00.4	00:52.7	00:47.1
50	01:53.3	01:28.5	01:12.2	01:01.0	00:53.2	00:47.3
55	01:55.8	01:30.5	01:13.8	01:02.3	00:54.4	00:48.9
60	01:58.4	01:32.5	01:15.4	01:03.7	00:55.6	00:49.6
65	02:03.0	01:36.1	01:18.3	01:06.2	00:57.7	00:52.4
70	02:08.3	01:40.3	01:21.7	01:09.1	01:00.2	00:54.2
75	02:14.1	01:44.7	01:25.4	01:12.2	01:02.9	00:57.0
80	02:24.6	01:53.0	01:32.1	01:17.8	01:07.9	01:02.5
85	02:37.1	02:02.7	01:40.0	01:24.5	01:13.7	01:07.5
90	02:56.0	02:17.5	01:52.1	01:34.7	01:22.6	01:17.3

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	01:37.8	01:16.4	01:02.3	00:52.7	00:45.9	-
15	01:37.8	01:16.4	01:02.3	00:52.7	00:45.9	-
20	01:37.8	01:16.4	01:02.3	00:52.7	00:45.9	-
25	01:37.8	01:16.4	01:02.3	00:52.7	00:45.9	00:40.8
30	01:33.2	01:12.8	00:59.3	00:50.1	00:43.7	00:40.5
35	01:36.1	01:15.0	01:01.2	00:51.7	00:45.1	00:41.0
40	01:40.2	01:18.3	01:03.8	00:53.9	00:47.0	00:42.3
45	01:42.6	01:20.2	01:05.3	00:55.2	00:48.2	00:43.1
50	01:43.6	01:21.0	01:06.0	00:55.8	00:48.6	00:43.3
55	01:45.9	01:22.7	01:07.4	00:57.0	00:49.7	00:44.7
60	01:48.3	01:24.6	01:08.9	00:58.3	00:50.8	00:45.4
65	01:52.5	01:27.9	01:11.6	01:00.5	00:52.8	00:47.9
70	01:57.4	01:31.7	01:14.7	01:03.2	00:55.1	00:49.6
75	02:02.6	01:35.8	01:18.1	01:06.0	00:57.5	00:52.1
80	02:12.2	01:43.3	01:24.2	01:11.2	01:02.1	00:57.1
85	02:23.6	01:52.2	01:31.5	01:17.3	01:07.4	01:01.7
90	02:40.9	02:05.7	01:42.5	01:26.6	01:15.5	01:10.7

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 50m Swimming Times

A good 50m time is 39 for women. This is the average time across all ages. The fastest 50m time is 23 for women.

Average 50m swim time by age and ability

Time
100m
100yd

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

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	02:10.6	01:39.1	01:18.6	01:04.8	00:55.3	-
15	02:10.6	01:39.1	01:18.6	01:04.8	00:55.3	-
20	02:10.6	01:39.1	01:18.6	01:04.8	00:55.3	00:46.4
25	02:14.7	01:42.2	01:21.0	01:06.8	00:57.1	00:50.7
30	02:20.1	01:46.2	01:24.2	01:09.5	00:59.3	00:49.1
35	02:21.7	01:47.5	01:25.2	01:10.3	01:00.0	00:51.2
40	02:27.0	01:51.5	01:28.4	01:12.9	01:02.3	00:52.9
45	02:27.7	01:52.0	01:28.8	01:13.2	01:02.5	00:52.1
50	02:30.3	01:54.0	01:30.4	01:14.5	01:03.7	00:54.2
55	02:35.2	01:57.7	01:33.3	01:17.0	01:05.7	00:55.7
60	02:38.6	02:00.3	01:35.3	01:18.6	01:07.2	00:56.7
65	02:42.2	02:03.0	01:37.5	01:20.4	01:08.7	00:58.2
70	02:49.5	02:08.5	01:41.9	01:24.0	01:11.8	01:01.5
75	03:00.7	02:17.0	01:48.6	01:29.6	01:16.5	01:05.9
80	03:18.0	02:30.2	01:59.1	01:38.2	01:23.9	01:13.2
85	03:34.0	02:42.3	02:08.6	01:46.1	01:30.6	01:17.8
90	04:01.2	03:02.9	02:25.0	01:59.6	01:42.2	01:30.9

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	01:59.5	01:30.6	01:11.8	00:59.2	00:50.6	-
15	01:59.5	01:30.6	01:11.8	00:59.2	00:50.6	-
20	01:59.5	01:30.6	01:11.8	00:59.2	00:50.6	00:42.4
25	02:03.2	01:33.4	01:14.1	01:01.1	00:52.2	00:46.4
30	02:08.1	01:37.1	01:17.0	01:03.5	00:54.2	00:44.9
35	02:09.6	01:38.3	01:17.9	01:04.3	00:54.9	00:46.8
40	02:14.4	01:41.9	01:20.8	01:06.7	00:56.9	00:48.4
45	02:15.1	01:42.4	01:21.2	01:07.0	00:57.2	00:47.7
50	02:17.5	01:44.2	01:22.6	01:08.2	00:58.2	00:49.5
55	02:21.9	01:47.6	01:25.3	01:10.4	01:00.1	00:51.0
60	02:25.0	01:50.0	01:27.2	01:11.9	01:01.4	00:51.8
65	02:28.3	01:52.5	01:29.2	01:13.6	01:02.8	00:53.2
70	02:34.9	01:57.5	01:33.2	01:16.8	01:05.6	00:56.2
75	02:45.2	02:05.3	01:39.3	01:21.9	01:10.0	01:00.3
80	03:01.1	02:17.3	01:48.9	01:29.8	01:16.7	01:07.0
85	03:15.6	02:28.4	01:57.6	01:37.0	01:22.8	01:11.1
90	03:40.6	02:47.3	02:12.6	01:49.4	01:33.4	01:23.1

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 50m swim time standards

Swimming Level analysed 14,668 qualifying results from 55,764 community results submitted by 30,675 Swimming Level users from 2021 to 2026 to produce our 50m swim time standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	55,764
Community users	30,675
Qualifying results	14,668
Male results	11,599
Female results	3,069
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.