1500 yd Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 1500 yd swim time?

A good 1500 yd time is 27:29. This is the average 1500 yd time across all ages and genders.

A good 1500 yd time for a man is 26:35. This is the average 1500 yd time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	50:35	40:19	31:48	25:04	19:59
15	43:47	34:54	27:31	21:42	17:18
20	42:18	33:43	26:35	20:58	16:43
25	42:18	33:43	26:35	20:58	16:43
30	42:20	33:45	26:36	20:59	16:43
35	43:01	34:18	27:02	21:19	17:00
40	44:31	35:29	27:59	22:04	17:35
45	46:11	36:49	29:02	22:53	18:15
50	48:00	38:15	30:10	23:47	18:58
55	49:57	39:49	31:24	24:45	19:44
60	52:04	41:30	32:44	25:48	20:34
65	54:23	43:21	34:11	26:57	21:29
70	57:07	45:32	35:54	28:18	22:34
75	01:01:22	48:55	38:34	30:25	24:15
80	01:07:55	54:08	42:41	33:40	26:50
85	01:18:11	01:02:19	49:09	38:45	30:53
90	01:35:16	01:15:56	59:53	47:13	37:38

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:41.3	02:56.4	02:19.1	01:49.7	01:27.4
15	03:11.5	02:32.7	02:00.4	01:34.9	01:15.7
20	03:05.0	02:27.5	01:56.3	01:31.7	01:13.1
25	03:05.0	02:27.5	01:56.3	01:31.7	01:13.1
30	03:05.2	02:27.6	01:56.4	01:31.8	01:13.2
35	03:08.2	02:30.0	01:58.3	01:33.3	01:14.3
40	03:14.7	02:35.2	02:02.4	01:36.5	01:16.9
45	03:22.0	02:41.1	02:07.0	01:40.1	01:19.8
50	03:30.0	02:47.4	02:12.0	01:44.1	01:22.9
55	03:38.5	02:54.2	02:17.3	01:48.3	01:26.3
60	03:47.8	03:01.6	02:23.2	01:52.9	01:30.0
65	03:57.9	03:09.6	02:29.5	01:57.9	01:34.0
70	04:09.8	03:19.2	02:37.0	02:03.8	01:38.7
75	04:28.4	03:34.0	02:48.7	02:13.0	01:46.0
80	04:57.1	03:56.8	03:06.7	02:27.2	01:57.4
85	05:42.0	04:32.6	03:35.0	02:49.5	02:15.1
90	06:56.7	05:32.2	04:21.9	03:26.5	02:44.6

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:22.3	02:41.3	02:07.2	01:40.3	01:19.9
15	02:55.1	02:19.6	01:50.1	01:26.8	01:09.2
20	02:49.2	02:14.9	01:46.3	01:23.9	01:06.8
25	02:49.2	02:14.9	01:46.3	01:23.9	01:06.8
30	02:49.3	02:15.0	01:46.4	01:23.9	01:06.9
35	02:52.1	02:17.2	01:48.2	01:25.3	01:08.0
40	02:58.0	02:21.9	01:51.9	01:28.2	01:10.3
45	03:04.8	02:27.3	01:56.1	01:31.6	01:13.0
50	03:12.0	02:33.0	02:00.7	01:35.1	01:15.8
55	03:19.8	02:39.3	02:05.6	01:39.0	01:18.9
60	03:28.3	02:46.0	02:10.9	01:43.2	01:22.3
65	03:37.5	02:53.4	02:16.7	01:47.8	01:25.9
70	03:48.5	03:02.1	02:23.6	01:53.2	01:30.3
75	04:05.5	03:15.7	02:34.3	02:01.7	01:37.0
80	04:31.7	03:36.6	02:50.8	02:14.6	01:47.3
85	05:12.7	04:09.3	03:16.6	02:35.0	02:03.5
90	06:21.1	05:03.8	03:59.5	03:08.9	02:30.5

A good 1500 yd time for a woman is 28:40. This is the average 1500 yd time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	50:46	41:28	33:33	27:09	22:11
15	45:34	37:14	30:07	24:22	19:54
20	43:23	35:26	28:40	23:12	18:57
25	43:23	35:26	28:40	23:12	18:57
30	43:23	35:26	28:40	23:12	18:57
35	43:40	35:40	28:52	23:21	19:05
40	44:34	36:24	29:27	23:50	19:28
45	46:09	37:43	30:31	24:41	20:10
50	48:32	39:39	32:05	25:58	21:12
55	51:20	41:56	33:56	27:27	22:26
60	54:27	44:29	36:00	29:07	23:48
65	58:00	47:23	38:20	31:01	25:20
70	01:02:01	50:40	40:59	33:10	27:06
75	01:06:39	54:27	44:03	35:39	29:07
80	01:12:09	58:56	47:41	38:35	31:31
85	01:21:14	01:06:22	53:42	43:27	35:30
90	01:37:54	01:19:59	01:04:43	52:21	42:46

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:42.1	03:01.4	02:26.8	01:58.8	01:37.0
15	03:19.3	02:42.8	02:11.8	01:46.6	01:27.1
20	03:09.8	02:35.0	02:05.4	01:41.5	01:22.9
25	03:09.8	02:35.0	02:05.4	01:41.5	01:22.9
30	03:09.8	02:35.0	02:05.4	01:41.5	01:22.9
35	03:11.0	02:36.0	02:06.3	01:42.1	01:23.4
40	03:14.9	02:39.3	02:08.9	01:44.3	01:25.2
45	03:21.9	02:45.0	02:13.5	01:48.0	01:28.2
50	03:32.3	02:53.5	02:20.3	01:53.6	01:32.8
55	03:44.5	03:03.4	02:28.4	02:00.1	01:38.1
60	03:58.2	03:14.6	02:37.5	02:07.4	01:44.1
65	04:13.7	03:27.3	02:47.7	02:15.7	01:50.8
70	04:31.3	03:41.6	02:59.3	02:25.1	01:58.5
75	04:51.5	03:58.2	03:12.7	02:35.9	02:07.4
80	05:15.6	04:17.8	03:28.6	02:48.8	02:17.9
85	05:55.4	04:50.3	03:54.9	03:10.0	02:35.3
90	07:08.3	05:49.9	04:43.1	03:49.0	03:07.1

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:23.1	02:45.9	02:14.2	01:48.6	01:28.7
15	03:02.3	02:28.9	02:00.5	01:37.5	01:19.6
20	02:53.5	02:21.8	01:54.7	01:32.8	01:15.8
25	02:53.5	02:21.8	01:54.7	01:32.8	01:15.8
30	02:53.5	02:21.8	01:54.7	01:32.8	01:15.8
35	02:54.7	02:22.7	01:55.4	01:33.4	01:16.3
40	02:58.3	02:25.6	01:57.8	01:35.3	01:17.9
45	03:04.6	02:30.8	02:02.0	01:38.7	01:20.7
50	03:14.2	02:38.6	02:08.3	01:43.8	01:24.8
55	03:25.3	02:47.7	02:15.7	01:49.8	01:29.7
60	03:37.8	02:57.9	02:24.0	01:56.5	01:35.2
65	03:52.0	03:09.5	02:33.3	02:04.1	01:41.4
70	04:08.1	03:22.7	02:44.0	02:12.7	01:48.4
75	04:26.6	03:37.8	02:56.2	02:22.6	01:56.5
80	04:48.6	03:55.7	03:10.7	02:34.3	02:06.1
85	05:24.9	04:25.5	03:34.8	02:53.8	02:22.0
90	06:31.6	05:19.9	04:18.8	03:29.4	02:51.1

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.