1500m Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 1500m swim time?

A good 1500m time is 30:08. This is the average 1500m time across all ages and genders.

A good 1500m time for a man is 29:09. This is the average 1500m time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	55:28	44:13	34:52	27:29	21:55
15	48:00	38:16	30:10	23:47	18:58
20	46:23	36:58	29:09	22:59	18:19
25	46:23	36:58	29:09	22:59	18:19
30	46:25	37:00	29:11	23:00	18:20
35	47:11	37:36	29:39	23:23	18:38
40	48:48	38:54	30:41	24:11	19:17
45	50:39	40:22	31:50	25:06	20:00
50	52:38	41:57	33:05	26:05	20:47
55	54:46	43:40	34:26	27:09	21:38
60	57:06	45:31	35:53	28:18	22:33
65	59:38	47:32	37:29	29:33	23:33
70	01:02:38	49:55	39:22	31:02	24:44
75	01:07:17	53:38	42:18	33:21	26:35
80	01:14:28	59:22	46:49	36:55	29:25
85	01:25:44	01:08:20	53:53	42:29	33:52
90	01:44:28	01:23:16	01:05:40	51:46	41:16

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:41.9	02:56.9	02:19.5	01:50.0	01:27.6
15	03:12.0	02:33.1	02:00.7	01:35.2	01:15.9
20	03:05.5	02:27.9	01:56.6	01:31.9	01:13.3
25	03:05.5	02:27.9	01:56.6	01:31.9	01:13.3
30	03:05.7	02:28.0	01:56.7	01:32.0	01:13.4
35	03:08.7	02:30.4	01:58.6	01:33.5	01:14.5
40	03:15.2	02:35.6	02:02.7	01:36.8	01:17.1
45	03:22.6	02:41.5	02:07.3	01:40.4	01:20.0
50	03:30.5	02:47.8	02:12.3	01:44.3	01:23.2
55	03:39.1	02:54.6	02:17.7	01:48.6	01:26.6
60	03:48.4	03:02.1	02:23.6	01:53.2	01:30.2
65	03:58.5	03:10.1	02:29.9	01:58.2	01:34.2
70	04:10.5	03:19.7	02:37.5	02:04.2	01:39.0
75	04:29.2	03:34.5	02:49.2	02:13.4	01:46.3
80	04:57.9	03:57.5	03:07.2	02:27.6	01:57.7
85	05:42.9	04:33.4	03:35.5	02:50.0	02:15.5
90	06:57.9	05:33.1	04:22.6	03:27.1	02:45.1

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:22.9	02:41.7	02:07.5	01:40.5	01:20.1
15	02:55.6	02:20.0	01:50.4	01:27.0	01:09.4
20	02:49.6	02:15.2	01:46.6	01:24.1	01:07.0
25	02:49.6	02:15.2	01:46.6	01:24.1	01:07.0
30	02:49.8	02:15.3	01:46.7	01:24.1	01:07.1
35	02:52.5	02:17.5	01:48.5	01:25.5	01:08.2
40	02:58.5	02:22.3	01:52.2	01:28.5	01:10.5
45	03:05.2	02:27.7	01:56.4	01:31.8	01:13.2
50	03:12.5	02:33.4	02:01.0	01:35.4	01:16.0
55	03:20.3	02:39.7	02:05.9	01:39.3	01:19.1
60	03:28.8	02:46.5	02:11.3	01:43.5	01:22.5
65	03:38.1	02:53.9	02:17.1	01:48.1	01:26.2
70	03:49.1	03:02.6	02:24.0	01:53.5	01:30.5
75	04:06.1	03:16.2	02:34.7	02:02.0	01:37.2
80	04:32.4	03:37.1	02:51.2	02:15.0	01:47.6
85	05:13.6	04:10.0	03:17.1	02:35.4	02:03.9
90	06:22.1	05:04.6	04:00.2	03:09.4	02:30.9

A good 1500m time for a woman is 31:27. This is the average 1500m time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	55:41	45:29	36:48	29:47	24:20
15	49:59	40:50	33:02	26:44	21:50
20	47:35	38:52	31:27	25:27	20:47
25	47:35	38:52	31:27	25:27	20:47
30	47:35	38:52	31:27	25:27	20:47
35	47:53	39:07	31:39	25:37	20:55
40	48:53	39:56	32:18	26:08	21:21
45	50:38	41:22	33:28	27:04	22:07
50	53:14	43:30	35:11	28:28	23:16
55	56:18	46:00	37:13	30:07	24:36
60	59:44	48:48	39:29	31:57	26:06
65	01:03:36	51:58	42:03	34:01	27:47
70	01:08:01	55:34	44:58	36:23	29:43
75	01:13:06	59:43	48:19	39:06	31:56
80	01:19:08	01:04:39	52:18	42:19	34:34
85	01:29:06	01:12:47	58:54	47:39	38:56
90	01:47:23	01:27:43	01:10:58	57:26	46:55

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:42.7	03:02.0	02:27.2	01:59.1	01:37.3
15	03:19.9	02:43.3	02:12.1	01:46.9	01:27.3
20	03:10.3	02:35.5	02:05.8	01:41.8	01:23.1
25	03:10.3	02:35.5	02:05.8	01:41.8	01:23.1
30	03:10.3	02:35.5	02:05.8	01:41.8	01:23.1
35	03:11.6	02:36.5	02:06.6	01:42.4	01:23.7
40	03:15.5	02:39.7	02:09.2	01:44.6	01:25.4
45	03:22.5	02:45.4	02:13.9	01:48.3	01:28.5
50	03:33.0	02:54.0	02:20.8	01:53.9	01:33.0
55	03:45.2	03:04.0	02:28.9	02:00.4	01:38.4
60	03:58.9	03:15.2	02:37.9	02:07.8	01:44.4
65	04:14.4	03:27.9	02:48.2	02:16.1	01:51.2
70	04:32.1	03:42.3	02:59.8	02:25.5	01:58.9
75	04:52.4	03:58.9	03:13.3	02:36.4	02:07.7
80	05:16.5	04:18.6	03:29.2	02:49.3	02:18.3
85	05:56.4	04:51.2	03:55.6	03:10.6	02:35.7
90	07:09.5	05:50.9	04:43.9	03:49.7	03:07.7

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:23.7	02:46.4	02:14.6	01:48.9	01:29.0
15	03:02.8	02:29.3	02:00.8	01:37.8	01:19.9
20	02:54.0	02:22.2	01:55.0	01:33.1	01:16.0
25	02:54.0	02:22.2	01:55.0	01:33.1	01:16.0
30	02:54.0	02:22.2	01:55.0	01:33.1	01:16.0
35	02:55.2	02:23.1	01:55.8	01:33.7	01:16.5
40	02:58.8	02:26.1	01:58.2	01:35.6	01:18.1
45	03:05.2	02:31.3	02:02.4	01:39.0	01:20.9
50	03:14.7	02:39.1	02:08.7	01:44.1	01:25.1
55	03:25.9	02:48.2	02:16.1	01:50.1	01:30.0
60	03:38.5	02:58.5	02:24.4	01:56.8	01:35.4
65	03:52.7	03:10.1	02:33.8	02:04.4	01:41.6
70	04:08.8	03:23.2	02:44.4	02:13.0	01:48.7
75	04:27.4	03:38.4	02:56.7	02:23.0	01:56.8
80	04:49.4	03:56.4	03:11.3	02:34.8	02:06.4
85	05:25.9	04:26.2	03:35.4	02:54.3	02:22.4
90	06:32.7	05:20.8	04:19.6	03:30.0	02:51.6

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.