400 yd Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 400 yd swim time?

A good 400 yd time is 07:02. This is the average 400 yd time across all ages and genders.

A good 400 yd time for a man is 06:49. This is the average 400 yd time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	12:58	10:20	08:09	06:26	05:07
15	11:13	08:57	07:03	05:34	04:26
20	10:51	08:39	06:49	05:22	04:17
25	10:51	08:39	06:49	05:22	04:17
30	10:51	08:39	06:49	05:23	04:17
35	11:02	08:48	06:56	05:28	04:21
40	11:25	09:06	07:10	05:39	04:30
45	11:50	09:26	07:27	05:52	04:41
50	12:18	09:49	07:44	06:06	04:52
55	12:48	10:12	08:03	06:21	05:04
60	13:21	10:39	08:23	06:37	05:16
65	13:57	11:07	08:46	06:55	05:30
70	14:39	11:40	09:12	07:15	05:47
75	15:44	12:32	09:53	07:48	06:13
80	17:25	13:53	10:57	08:38	06:53
85	20:03	15:59	12:36	09:56	07:55
90	24:25	19:28	15:21	12:06	09:39

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:32.7	02:49.6	02:13.7	01:45.4	01:24.0
15	03:04.1	02:26.8	01:55.7	01:31.2	01:12.7
20	02:57.9	02:21.8	01:51.8	01:28.2	01:10.3
25	02:57.9	02:21.8	01:51.8	01:28.2	01:10.3
30	02:58.0	02:21.9	01:51.9	01:28.2	01:10.3
35	03:00.9	02:24.2	01:53.7	01:29.7	01:11.5
40	03:07.2	02:29.2	01:57.7	01:32.8	01:14.0
45	03:14.3	02:34.8	02:02.1	01:36.3	01:16.7
50	03:21.9	02:40.9	02:06.9	01:40.0	01:19.7
55	03:30.1	02:47.5	02:12.0	01:44.1	01:23.0
60	03:39.0	02:54.6	02:17.6	01:48.5	01:26.5
65	03:48.7	03:02.3	02:23.8	01:53.4	01:30.4
70	04:00.2	03:11.5	02:31.0	01:59.0	01:34.9
75	04:18.1	03:25.7	02:42.2	02:07.9	01:42.0
80	04:45.6	03:47.7	02:59.5	02:21.6	01:52.8
85	05:28.8	04:22.1	03:26.7	02:43.0	02:09.9
90	06:40.7	05:19.4	04:11.8	03:18.6	02:38.3

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:14.5	02:35.1	02:02.3	01:36.4	01:16.8
15	02:48.4	02:14.2	01:45.8	01:23.4	01:06.5
20	02:42.7	02:09.7	01:42.2	01:20.6	01:04.3
25	02:42.7	02:09.7	01:42.2	01:20.6	01:04.3
30	02:42.8	02:09.8	01:42.3	01:20.7	01:04.3
35	02:45.4	02:11.9	01:44.0	01:22.0	01:05.4
40	02:51.2	02:16.4	01:47.6	01:24.8	01:07.6
45	02:57.6	02:21.6	01:51.6	01:28.0	01:10.2
50	03:04.6	02:27.1	01:56.0	01:31.5	01:12.9
55	03:12.1	02:33.1	02:00.7	01:35.2	01:15.9
60	03:20.3	02:39.6	02:05.9	01:39.2	01:19.1
65	03:29.1	02:46.7	02:11.4	01:43.6	01:22.6
70	03:39.6	02:55.1	02:18.1	01:48.9	01:26.8
75	03:56.0	03:08.1	02:28.3	01:57.0	01:33.2
80	04:21.2	03:28.2	02:44.2	02:09.4	01:43.2
85	05:00.7	03:59.7	03:09.0	02:29.0	01:58.8
90	06:06.4	04:52.0	03:50.3	03:01.6	02:24.7

A good 400 yd time for a woman is 07:19. This is the average 400 yd time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	12:58	10:36	08:34	06:56	05:40
15	11:38	09:31	07:42	06:13	05:05
20	11:05	09:03	07:19	05:56	04:50
25	11:05	09:03	07:19	05:56	04:50
30	11:05	09:03	07:19	05:56	04:50
35	11:09	09:07	07:22	05:58	04:52
40	11:23	09:18	07:31	06:05	04:58
45	11:47	09:38	07:48	06:18	05:09
50	12:24	10:08	08:12	06:38	05:25
55	13:07	10:43	08:40	07:01	05:44
60	13:55	11:22	09:12	07:26	06:05
65	14:49	12:06	09:47	07:55	06:28
70	15:50	12:56	10:28	08:28	06:55
75	17:01	13:54	11:15	09:06	07:26
80	18:26	15:03	12:11	09:51	08:03
85	20:45	16:57	13:43	11:06	09:04
90	25:00	20:26	16:32	13:22	10:56

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:32.7	02:53.8	02:20.6	01:53.8	01:32.9
15	03:10.9	02:36.0	02:06.2	01:42.1	01:23.4
20	03:01.8	02:28.5	02:00.1	01:37.2	01:19.4
25	03:01.8	02:28.5	02:00.1	01:37.2	01:19.4
30	03:01.8	02:28.5	02:00.1	01:37.2	01:19.4
35	03:03.0	02:29.5	02:00.9	01:37.8	01:19.9
40	03:06.7	02:32.6	02:03.4	01:39.9	01:21.6
45	03:13.4	02:38.0	02:07.8	01:43.4	01:24.5
50	03:23.4	02:46.2	02:14.4	01:48.8	01:28.9
55	03:35.1	02:55.7	02:22.2	01:55.0	01:34.0
60	03:48.2	03:06.4	02:30.8	02:02.0	01:39.7
65	04:03.0	03:18.5	02:40.6	02:10.0	01:46.2
70	04:19.9	03:32.3	02:51.8	02:19.0	01:53.5
75	04:39.3	03:48.1	03:04.6	02:29.3	02:02.0
80	05:02.3	04:07.0	03:19.8	02:41.7	02:12.1
85	05:40.4	04:38.1	03:45.0	03:02.0	02:28.7
90	06:50.2	05:35.1	04:31.1	03:39.4	02:59.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:14.5	02:38.9	02:08.6	01:44.0	01:25.0
15	02:54.6	02:22.6	01:55.4	01:33.4	01:16.3
20	02:46.2	02:15.8	01:49.9	01:28.9	01:12.6
25	02:46.2	02:15.8	01:49.9	01:28.9	01:12.6
30	02:46.2	02:15.8	01:49.9	01:28.9	01:12.6
35	02:47.3	02:16.7	01:50.6	01:29.5	01:13.1
40	02:50.7	02:19.5	01:52.9	01:31.3	01:14.6
45	02:56.9	02:24.5	01:56.9	01:34.6	01:17.3
50	03:06.0	02:31.9	02:02.9	01:39.5	01:21.3
55	03:16.7	02:40.7	02:10.0	01:45.2	01:25.9
60	03:28.6	02:50.5	02:17.9	01:51.6	01:31.2
65	03:42.2	03:01.5	02:26.9	01:58.8	01:37.1
70	03:57.6	03:14.1	02:37.1	02:07.1	01:43.8
75	04:15.4	03:28.6	02:48.8	02:16.6	01:51.6
80	04:36.4	03:45.8	03:02.7	02:27.8	02:00.8
85	05:11.3	04:14.3	03:25.7	02:46.5	02:16.0
90	06:15.1	05:06.4	04:07.9	03:20.6	02:43.9

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.