1000 yd Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 1000 yd swim time?

A good 1000 yd time is 18:05. This is the average 1000 yd time across all ages and genders.

A good 1000 yd time for a man is 17:31. This is the average 1000 yd time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	33:19	26:34	20:56	16:31	13:10
15	28:50	22:59	18:07	14:17	11:23
20	27:52	22:12	17:31	13:48	11:00
25	27:52	22:12	17:31	13:48	11:00
30	27:53	22:14	17:32	13:49	11:01
35	28:20	22:35	17:49	14:03	11:12
40	29:19	23:22	18:26	14:32	11:35
45	30:25	24:15	19:07	15:05	12:01
50	31:37	25:12	19:52	15:40	12:29
55	32:54	26:14	20:41	16:18	13:00
60	34:18	27:20	21:33	17:00	13:33
65	35:49	28:33	22:31	17:45	14:09
70	37:37	29:59	23:39	18:39	14:52
75	40:25	32:13	25:24	20:02	15:58
80	44:44	35:40	28:07	22:10	17:40
85	51:30	41:03	32:22	25:31	20:21
90	01:02:45	50:01	39:26	31:06	24:47

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:38.6	02:54.3	02:17.4	01:48.4	01:26.4
15	03:09.2	02:30.8	01:58.9	01:33.8	01:14.7
20	03:02.8	02:25.7	01:54.9	01:30.6	01:12.2
25	03:02.8	02:25.7	01:54.9	01:30.6	01:12.2
30	03:03.0	02:25.8	01:55.0	01:30.7	01:12.3
35	03:05.9	02:28.2	01:56.9	01:32.2	01:13.5
40	03:12.4	02:33.3	02:00.9	01:35.3	01:16.0
45	03:19.6	02:39.1	02:05.5	01:38.9	01:18.9
50	03:27.4	02:45.4	02:10.4	01:42.8	01:21.9
55	03:35.9	02:52.1	02:15.7	01:47.0	01:25.3
60	03:45.1	02:59.4	02:21.5	01:51.5	01:28.9
65	03:55.0	03:07.4	02:27.7	01:56.5	01:32.9
70	04:06.8	03:16.8	02:35.2	02:02.3	01:37.5
75	04:25.2	03:31.4	02:46.7	02:11.4	01:44.8
80	04:53.5	03:54.0	03:04.5	02:25.5	01:56.0
85	05:37.9	04:29.4	03:32.4	02:47.5	02:13.5
90	06:51.7	05:28.2	04:18.8	03:24.1	02:42.7

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:19.9	02:39.4	02:05.6	01:39.1	01:19.0
15	02:53.0	02:17.9	01:48.7	01:25.7	01:08.3
20	02:47.2	02:13.2	01:45.1	01:22.8	01:06.0
25	02:47.2	02:13.2	01:45.1	01:22.8	01:06.0
30	02:47.3	02:13.4	01:45.2	01:22.9	01:06.1
35	02:50.0	02:15.5	01:46.9	01:24.3	01:07.2
40	02:55.9	02:20.2	01:50.6	01:27.2	01:09.5
45	03:02.5	02:25.5	01:54.7	01:30.5	01:12.1
50	03:09.7	02:31.2	01:59.2	01:34.0	01:14.9
55	03:17.4	02:37.4	02:04.1	01:37.8	01:18.0
60	03:25.8	02:44.0	02:09.3	01:42.0	01:21.3
65	03:34.9	02:51.3	02:15.1	01:46.5	01:24.9
70	03:45.7	02:59.9	02:21.9	01:51.9	01:29.2
75	04:02.5	03:13.3	02:32.4	02:00.2	01:35.8
80	04:28.4	03:34.0	02:48.7	02:13.0	01:46.0
85	05:09.0	04:06.3	03:14.2	02:33.1	02:02.1
90	06:16.5	05:00.1	03:56.6	03:06.6	02:28.7

A good 1000 yd time for a woman is 18:52. This is the average 1000 yd time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	33:24	27:17	22:05	17:52	14:36
15	29:59	24:29	19:49	16:02	13:06
20	28:32	23:19	18:52	15:16	12:28
25	28:32	23:19	18:52	15:16	12:28
30	28:32	23:19	18:52	15:16	12:28
35	28:44	23:28	18:59	15:22	12:33
40	29:19	23:57	19:23	15:41	12:49
45	30:22	24:49	20:04	16:14	13:16
50	31:56	26:05	21:07	17:05	13:57
55	33:46	27:35	22:19	18:04	14:45
60	35:50	29:16	23:41	19:10	15:39
65	38:09	31:10	25:13	20:24	16:40
70	40:48	33:20	26:58	21:49	17:50
75	43:51	35:49	28:59	23:27	19:09
80	47:28	38:47	31:22	25:23	20:44
85	53:27	43:40	35:20	28:35	23:21
90	01:04:25	52:37	42:34	34:27	28:08

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:39.2	02:59.0	02:24.9	01:57.2	01:35.8
15	03:16.7	02:40.7	02:10.0	01:45.2	01:25.9
20	03:07.3	02:33.0	02:03.8	01:40.2	01:21.8
25	03:07.3	02:33.0	02:03.8	01:40.2	01:21.8
30	03:07.3	02:33.0	02:03.8	01:40.2	01:21.8
35	03:08.5	02:34.0	02:04.6	01:40.8	01:22.4
40	03:12.4	02:37.2	02:07.2	01:42.9	01:24.1
45	03:19.3	02:42.8	02:11.7	01:46.6	01:27.1
50	03:29.5	02:51.2	02:18.5	01:52.1	01:31.6
55	03:41.6	03:01.0	02:26.5	01:58.5	01:36.8
60	03:55.1	03:12.1	02:35.4	02:05.7	01:42.7
65	04:10.4	03:24.5	02:45.5	02:13.9	01:49.4
70	04:27.7	03:38.7	02:57.0	02:23.2	01:57.0
75	04:47.7	03:55.0	03:10.2	02:33.9	02:05.7
80	05:11.4	04:14.4	03:25.9	02:46.6	02:16.1
85	05:50.7	04:46.5	03:51.8	03:07.6	02:33.2
90	07:02.6	05:45.3	04:39.4	03:46.0	03:04.7

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:20.4	02:43.7	02:12.5	01:47.2	01:27.6
15	02:59.9	02:26.9	01:58.9	01:36.2	01:18.6
20	02:51.2	02:19.9	01:53.2	01:31.6	01:14.8
25	02:51.2	02:19.9	01:53.2	01:31.6	01:14.8
30	02:51.2	02:19.9	01:53.2	01:31.6	01:14.8
35	02:52.4	02:20.8	01:53.9	01:32.2	01:15.3
40	02:55.9	02:23.7	01:56.3	01:34.1	01:16.9
45	03:02.2	02:28.9	02:00.4	01:37.4	01:19.6
50	03:11.6	02:36.5	02:06.7	01:42.5	01:23.7
55	03:22.6	02:45.5	02:13.9	01:48.4	01:28.5
60	03:35.0	02:55.6	02:22.1	01:55.0	01:33.9
65	03:48.9	03:07.0	02:31.3	02:02.4	01:40.0
70	04:04.8	03:20.0	02:41.8	02:10.9	01:47.0
75	04:23.1	03:34.9	02:53.9	02:20.7	01:54.9
80	04:44.8	03:52.7	03:08.2	02:32.3	02:04.4
85	05:20.7	04:22.0	03:32.0	02:51.5	02:20.1
90	06:26.5	05:15.7	04:15.4	03:26.7	02:48.8

Beginner	Faster than 5% of swimmers. A beginner swimmer has started swimming and has swum for at least a month.
Novice	Faster than 20% of swimmers. A novice swimmer has swum regularly for at least six months.
Intermediate	Faster than 50% of swimmers. An intermediate swimmer has swum regularly for at least two years.
Advanced	Faster than 80% of swimmers. An advanced swimmer has swum for over five years.
Elite	Faster than 95% of swimmers. An elite swimmer has dedicated over five years to become competitive at swimming.