how fast do u swim the 100?

I average 1:55 - 2:00 for my usual stuff.  My fastest interval with open turns has been 1:24 or so.  I don't do flip turns, I'm not in a masters group, and basically only started swimming last year.

And I consider myself pretty slow, especially in a tri field.

In sprint tris, I average about 1:45. I'm faster in the pool, but don't have an exact time. Haven't timed a stand alone 100 since high school.

I'm sure this has been suggested but have you had your form analyzed? Really- swimming relies on efficiency so if you're swimming incorrectly, however comfortable that may be for you, you'll never be any faster

Pathetically slow, especially since I haven't shown any appreciation for it nor put in the time that is required.

I WANT to be faster, but it's going to take more self-motivation. 

My 100 time in masters swimming is between 1:50 - 2:00.  For OWS in a triathlon I'm a bit slower.  My last sprint tri this past June I averaged 3:25 / 100. 

Fastest ever, :47.8 in college.

When I was swimming Masters regularly, :50.7.

Right now, i could squeeze one out under a minute.

Are you asking how fast I can swim the 100 flat out or what my average pace is over longer distances?

I averaged 1:33 /100 Yards for the swim at Ironman Lake Placid in July. (2.4 Miles)

I usually do longer intervals (500s and 1000s) but when I do have an occasion to actually do 100 Intervals, I can usually do them ~1:20.

To be sure, this is not as fast as it sounds. There are a few folks here on BT that can average ~1:00 /100 Yards.

I did a 5k Open Water Swim Race earlier in the year and as very near DFL. Most of the other swimmers were USAS club swimmers and the most of the main pack finished the swim in less than 1 Hour. (Yup, faster than 3.1 MPH in Rough Water or < 1:08 / 100 Yards)

And if you are not familiar, most USAS and USMS long course events are not wetsuit legal.

Is that a typo?? 

fastest ever long course with no turn or off the blocks 1.41.8; fastest recently short course 1.48 - want to get to under 1.40 long course eventually

no idea of average time for longer distances atm as only getting back into the pool after a lay off. too scared to time myself :p 

Funny most of you say you are slow but I'd love to be as slow as you. Swimming is technique yah I know; I've taken private and group lessons and have mostly swam 3 times a week since '04 other than being injuried and I'm still really slow...I was I think 5 or 7th from slowest in my HIM.

I'm with spokes why can some folks start and get relatively faster so quickly and others like me don't.

My fastest 100 is 1:52, in tris it is all over the place since they are agreed hardly ever measured  right..best was 1:52/100 in an Oly but I did go over 2:30/100 in my HIM. When I do longer swim intervals 500 yds + my 100's in the pool I'm in the 2:12-2:20 range.

I'm doing IMLP and I am dedicated to improving this off season as I don't really want to finish the swim in 2 hours.

I'm average about 1:45/100m and could probably go faster if I was to do one timed 100.

I've been swimming for about 5 years now and did tris and open water swim meets in my first season in 2003. I was really slow. Much slower than 2:00/100m. I think it took me a little over an hour for my first 2km open water swim.

I joined a masters swim club at the end of that season and got a lot faster by the beginning of the 2004. By 2005, I averaged about 1:45/100m. Haven't gotten much faster since 2005 because I haven't been concentrated on swimming, but Masters swimming does work!

There you have it....

I failed miserably (in my opinion) in the OWS at my first 4 triathlons. I always finished, but I was way back behind the slow "swimmers". Now I'm consistently in the top 1/3 of swimmers at the 1/2 IM distance. Once you get the form down, it's a blue-collar thing in that you have to put in the work to get faster. Maybe you'll never be faster than 1:45 per 100 yards. But if you work at it and you can 1:45/100 21 times, you've got a decent 1/2 IM swim. FWIW I think that's the case for me:

Fastest Pool 100: 1:25, but that was with open turns a year ago and I don't do pool time trials any more.
Fastest average 100 for 1/2 IM: 1:35, with a wetsuit.

The wetsuit helps me quite a bit, since there's only 10 seconds per 100 difference between that very comfortable 1.2 mile effort and a lung-busting effort in the pool.

Have you tried TI?  It actually helped me out greatly and I did not even do that many drills.  I just read the beginning and it made alot of sense.  I still don't even do many drills.  Usually just jump in the water and go.  I do break up my swim sometimes into sets and even bought paddles but rarely use them.  In fairness though I am probably built to be a swimmer (6'7", very lean with extremely skinny legs) but never really swam growing up other than messing around in pools.  I am learning from scratch and really all on my own. 

If you can make your body flat in the water to where your legs are not sinking and you have good rotation and keep your elbows up, do not cross your arms over your center line, etc. you will swim a decent speed.

100 yards 25 years ago:  49.9 seconds

100 yards now:  Praying I can still break one minute this coming May....

Current Oly triathlon pace with wetsuit (and not getting tired): about 1:30 per 100 yards

Don't get discouraged if your times aren't as fast as those who post here.  Consistant swimming and good technique will get you faster, but it doesn't come as naturally as running and biking. 

FWIW, most triathletes aren't very fast swimmers (by swimming standards, anyway), and the faster swimmers tend not to win the triathlons.....