Swimming, 50 meters or yards, women
Enter best time ever:
Minutes Seconds
Age at best time ever


The above calculations use the swimming age factors in Table 3 in Fair (2004). They are based on pooling all the 50 meter and 50 yard swimming events for women. The age factors in the 90s and possible in the 80s are not very reliable because they are based on small samples for women. See the discussion in the paper. The age factors are:

AgeFactorAgeFactorAgeFactor
35 1.000 60 1.134 85 1.792
36 1.005 61 1.142 86 1.848
37 1.010 62 1.151 87 1.907
38 1.015 63 1.161 88 1.970
39 1.020 64 1.172 89 2.037
40 1.025 65 1.185 90 2.108
41 1.030 66 1.199 91 2.184
42 1.035 67 1.214 92 2.265
43 1.041 68 1.231 93 2.351
44 1.046 69 1.249 94 2.442
45 1.051 70 1.269 95 2.539
46 1.056 71 1.290 96 2.643
47 1.061 72 1.312 97 2.754
48 1.067 73 1.336 98 2.872
49 1.072 74 1.362 99 2.998
50 1.077 75 1.390 100 3.132
51 1.083 76 1.420
52 1.088 77 1.452
53 1.094 78 1.485
54 1.099 79 1.521
55 1.105 80 1.560
56 1.110 81 1.601
57 1.116 82 1.644
58 1.121 83 1.691
59 1.127 84 1.740