PORPUSE: The quantification of functional physical condition (CFF) in the elderly is an important indicator to define the state of health, the level of dependence and the quality of life in functional physical condition this population. The objective of this study was to establish the relationship between and age in a group of elderly people residing in retirement home in the city of Bogotá. METHODOLOGY: Cross-sectional descriptive observational study, which evaluated the functional physical condition (SFT) in 253 older adults (42.6% men and 57.3% women) institutionalized in the city of Bogotá. The CFF was evaluated through the senior fitness test, in the application the protocols proposed in the validation to Colombia were followed. The measure consisted of 6 physical tests: chair stand (repetitions), arm curl (repetitions), aerobic capacity in 2 minutes (repetitions), flexibility (cm); and 8 foot up and go (ms). A univariate descriptive analysis and a correlation analysis between age and physical condition variables were performed. An appreciative scale of the correlations was established as follows: weak for values> 0.40; moderate, between 0.41 and 0.60; strong, between 0.61 and 0.80, and very strong, between 0.81 and 1.0. RESULTS: In all CFF tests, significant differences were found for all age ranges in both men and women (p <0.01). The following correlations were identified between the CFF variables and age: chair stand (r2 = 0.850), arm curl (r2 = 0.928), trunk flexion (r2 = 0.928), back scratch (r2 = 0.862), 2-minute step (r2 = 0.914), 8 foot up and go (r2 = 0.877) in men. In the case of women, very strong correlations were observed in the aerobic capacity (r2 = 0.916), chair stand (r2 = 0.764), arm curl (r2 = 0.682), back scratch (r2 = 0.678), 8 foot up and go (r2 = 0.739) and moderate in trunk flexion (r2 = 0.458). CONCLUSION: There is a linear relationship between age and performance in CFF tests.