200m Run Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 200m run time?

A good 200m time is 27.6 for men and 33.5 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 200m time by age and ability below.

Updated for 2026. Our 200m run time standards are based on 17,761 running results submitted by 10,405 Running Level users from 2020 to 2026. Data and sources

Time
min/km
min/mile

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	43.1	53.2
Novice	33.2	40.7
Intermediate	27.6	33.5
Advanced	24.4	28.9
Elite	22.5	25.8
Best	19.2	21.3

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

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	03:35	04:26
Novice	02:46	03:23
Intermediate	02:18	02:48
Advanced	02:02	02:25
Elite	01:53	02:09
Best	01:36	01:47

min/km: Average pace per kilometre, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	05:47	07:08
Novice	04:27	05:27
Intermediate	03:42	04:30
Advanced	03:17	03:53
Elite	03:01	03:28
Best	02:34	02:52

min/mile: Average pace per mile, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Best = listed best performance; WR = listed world record. Select a record for its details. Record sources and categories.

Male 200m Running Times

A good 200m time is 27.6 for men. This is the average time across all ages. The fastest 200m time is 19 for men.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Best
10	52.6	40.6	33.7	29.8	27.5	-
15	45.4	35.0	29.1	25.8	23.7	19.5
20	43.1	33.2	27.6	24.4	22.5	19.2
25	43.1	33.2	27.6	24.4	22.5	19.3
30	43.2	33.3	27.7	24.5	22.6	19.6
35	44.7	34.5	28.7	25.4	23.4	20.1
40	46.4	35.8	29.7	26.3	24.3	20.6
45	48.2	37.2	30.9	27.3	25.2	21.7
50	50.1	38.7	32.1	28.4	26.2	22.4
55	52.2	40.3	33.5	29.6	27.3	23.0
60	54.5	42.1	35.0	30.9	28.5	24.0
65	57.0	44.0	36.6	32.3	29.8	24.5
70	59.9	46.2	38.4	34.0	31.3	25.8
75	01:04	49.6	41.2	36.5	33.6	27.6
80	01:11	55.1	45.8	40.5	37.4	29.5
85	01:23	01:04	53.3	47.1	43.4	31.7
90	01:43	01:20	01:06	58.6	54.0	36.0

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

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

min/km: Average pace per kilometre, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

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

min/mile: Average pace per mile, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Best = listed best performance; WR = listed world record. Select a record for its details. Record sources and categories.

Female 200m Running Times

A good 200m time is 33.5 for women. This is the average time across all ages. The fastest 200m time is 21 for women.

Average 200m run time by age and ability

Time
min/km
min/mile

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Best
10	01:02	47.6	39.2	33.9	30.2	-
15	55.8	42.7	35.2	30.4	27.1	21.8
20	53.2	40.7	33.5	28.9	25.8	21.6
25	53.2	40.7	33.5	28.9	25.8	21.3
30	53.2	40.7	33.5	28.9	25.8	21.6
35	53.5	40.9	33.7	29.1	26.0	21.8
40	54.5	41.7	34.4	29.7	26.5	22.7
45	56.4	43.1	35.5	30.7	27.4	23.8
50	59.2	45.3	37.3	32.2	28.7	24.3
55	01:03	47.9	39.4	34.0	30.4	25.1
60	01:06	50.8	41.8	36.1	32.2	27.3
65	01:11	54.0	44.5	38.4	34.3	28.5
70	01:15	57.8	47.6	41.1	36.7	30.1
75	01:21	01:02	51.1	44.1	39.4	31.6
80	01:28	01:07	55.3	47.7	42.6	34.4
85	01:39	01:16	01:02	53.7	47.9	39.6
90	01:59	01:31	01:15	01:05	57.6	50.3

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

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

min/km: Average pace per kilometre, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

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

min/mile: Average pace per mile, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Best = listed best performance; WR = listed world record. 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 200m run time standards

Running Level analysed 3,629 qualifying results from 17,761 community results submitted by 10,405 Running Level users from 2020 to 2026 to produce our 200m run time standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	17,761
Community users	10,405
Qualifying results	3,629
Male results	3,083
Female results	546
Data start	12 November 2020
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.