I am very interested to know what times the sprinters out there are swimming on the 100m free and 50m free respectively.
As a newcomer to the sport, I am interested to know, how different 50m sprinting times are to 100m sprinting times.
I am asking because I am struggling to make sense of my performance in the the two respective routines. My fastest 50m time is 30,41s while my fastest 100m time is 1;09s. Surely I should be able to go faster in the 100m if I can do the 50m in 30s?
Very hard question to address. Some masters swimmers are former Olympians (or near-Olympians) and/or former Division I collegiate swimmers. They are in a whole other league than most of us (back in the day, I swam for a club team until I was 18, but not in college). How "good" your time is is age-dependent. I don't know how old you are. Also short course times (25 meter pool) are usually faster than long course times because of the additional turn(s).
For me:
50 free: usually mid to high 30-aughts (personal best in my current age group 30.37)
100 free: 1:10.90 (only swam once); I did 1:03.59 in 100 yard free, which I think translates to a bit faster
Both short course.
I'll be 59 years old on Monday. Pretty good for my age, but there are many much faster. For anyone under 40, I'd say a very good 50 meter time is around 28...and 26 would be phenomenal. For 100 meters, if you're under 1:05 that is very good...under a minute for meters is the gold standard...not many are going to get there.
