4000 yd Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 4000 yd swim time?

A good 4000 yd time is 01:15:33. This is the average 4000 yd time across all ages and genders.

A good 4000 yd time for a man is 01:13:00. This is the average 4000 yd time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	02:18:53	01:50:43	01:27:18	01:08:50	54:52
15	02:00:12	01:35:49	01:15:33	59:34	47:29
20	01:56:08	01:32:35	01:13:00	57:34	45:53
25	01:56:08	01:32:35	01:13:00	57:34	45:53
30	01:56:09	01:32:35	01:13:00	57:34	45:53
35	01:58:01	01:34:04	01:14:11	58:29	46:37
40	02:02:18	01:37:29	01:16:52	01:00:37	48:19
45	02:06:59	01:41:13	01:19:49	01:02:56	50:10
50	02:12:02	01:45:15	01:22:59	01:05:26	52:10
55	02:17:31	01:49:37	01:26:26	01:08:09	54:19
60	02:23:27	01:54:21	01:30:10	01:11:06	56:40
65	02:29:56	01:59:31	01:34:14	01:14:18	59:14
70	02:37:36	02:05:38	01:39:04	01:18:07	01:02:16
75	02:49:24	02:15:02	01:46:28	01:23:57	01:06:55
80	03:07:30	02:29:28	01:57:51	01:32:56	01:14:04
85	03:35:43	02:51:57	02:15:35	01:46:54	01:25:13
90	04:22:28	03:29:13	02:44:58	02:10:05	01:43:41

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:47.8	03:01.6	02:23.2	01:52.9	01:30.0
15	03:17.2	02:37.2	02:03.9	01:37.7	01:17.9
20	03:10.5	02:31.9	01:59.7	01:34.4	01:15.3
25	03:10.5	02:31.9	01:59.7	01:34.4	01:15.3
30	03:10.5	02:31.9	01:59.8	01:34.4	01:15.3
35	03:13.6	02:34.3	02:01.7	01:35.9	01:16.5
40	03:20.6	02:39.9	02:06.1	01:39.4	01:19.3
45	03:28.3	02:46.0	02:10.9	01:43.2	01:22.3
50	03:36.6	02:52.7	02:16.1	01:47.3	01:25.6
55	03:45.6	02:59.8	02:21.8	01:51.8	01:29.1
60	03:55.3	03:07.6	02:27.9	01:56.6	01:33.0
65	04:06.0	03:16.1	02:34.6	02:01.9	01:37.2
70	04:18.5	03:26.1	02:42.5	02:08.1	01:42.1
75	04:37.9	03:41.5	02:54.7	02:17.7	01:49.8
80	05:07.6	04:05.2	03:13.3	02:32.4	02:01.5
85	05:53.9	04:42.1	03:42.4	02:55.4	02:19.8
90	07:10.6	05:43.2	04:30.6	03:33.4	02:50.1

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:28.3	02:46.1	02:10.9	01:43.3	01:22.3
15	03:00.3	02:23.7	01:53.3	01:29.4	01:11.2
20	02:54.2	02:18.9	01:49.5	01:26.3	01:08.8
25	02:54.2	02:18.9	01:49.5	01:26.3	01:08.8
30	02:54.2	02:18.9	01:49.5	01:26.3	01:08.8
35	02:57.0	02:21.1	01:51.3	01:27.7	01:09.9
40	03:03.5	02:26.2	01:55.3	01:30.9	01:12.5
45	03:10.5	02:31.8	01:59.7	01:34.4	01:15.2
50	03:18.1	02:37.9	02:04.5	01:38.2	01:18.2
55	03:26.3	02:44.4	02:09.6	01:42.2	01:21.5
60	03:35.2	02:51.5	02:15.2	01:46.6	01:25.0
65	03:44.9	02:59.3	02:21.4	01:51.5	01:28.8
70	03:56.4	03:08.4	02:28.6	01:57.2	01:33.4
75	04:14.1	03:22.5	02:39.7	02:05.9	01:40.4
80	04:41.3	03:44.2	02:56.8	02:19.4	01:51.1
85	05:23.6	04:17.9	03:23.4	02:40.4	02:07.8
90	06:33.7	05:13.8	04:07.4	03:15.1	02:35.5

A good 4000 yd time for a woman is 01:18:57. This is the average 4000 yd time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	02:19:46	01:54:11	01:32:23	01:14:45	01:01:04
15	02:05:27	01:42:29	01:22:55	01:07:06	54:49
20	01:59:26	01:37:34	01:18:57	01:03:52	52:11
25	01:59:26	01:37:34	01:18:57	01:03:52	52:11
30	01:59:26	01:37:34	01:18:57	01:03:52	52:11
35	02:00:13	01:38:12	01:19:28	01:04:17	52:31
40	02:02:42	01:40:14	01:21:06	01:05:37	53:36
45	02:07:05	01:43:49	01:24:00	01:07:58	55:31
50	02:13:38	01:49:11	01:28:20	01:11:28	58:23
55	02:21:19	01:55:27	01:33:25	01:15:35	01:01:45
60	02:29:56	02:02:29	01:39:06	01:20:11	01:05:30
65	02:39:40	02:10:26	01:45:32	01:25:23	01:09:46
70	02:50:44	02:19:29	01:52:51	01:31:19	01:14:36
75	03:03:29	02:29:54	02:01:17	01:38:08	01:20:10
80	03:18:37	02:42:16	02:11:17	01:46:13	01:26:47
85	03:43:39	03:02:43	02:27:50	01:59:37	01:37:43
90	04:29:32	03:40:12	02:58:10	02:24:09	01:57:46

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:49.3	03:07.3	02:31.6	02:02.6	01:40.2
15	03:25.8	02:48.1	02:16.0	01:50.1	01:29.9
20	03:15.9	02:40.1	02:09.5	01:44.8	01:25.6
25	03:15.9	02:40.1	02:09.5	01:44.8	01:25.6
30	03:15.9	02:40.1	02:09.5	01:44.8	01:25.6
35	03:17.2	02:41.1	02:10.3	01:45.5	01:26.2
40	03:21.3	02:44.4	02:13.0	01:47.6	01:27.9
45	03:28.5	02:50.3	02:17.8	01:51.5	01:31.1
50	03:39.2	02:59.1	02:24.9	01:57.2	01:35.8
55	03:51.8	03:09.4	02:33.2	02:04.0	01:41.3
60	04:05.9	03:20.9	02:42.6	02:11.5	01:47.5
65	04:21.9	03:34.0	02:53.1	02:20.1	01:54.4
70	04:40.1	03:48.8	03:05.1	02:29.8	02:02.4
75	05:01.0	04:05.9	03:19.0	02:41.0	02:11.5
80	05:25.8	04:26.2	03:35.4	02:54.3	02:22.4
85	06:06.9	04:59.7	04:02.5	03:16.2	02:40.3
90	07:22.2	06:01.2	04:52.3	03:56.5	03:13.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:29.7	02:51.3	02:18.6	01:52.1	01:31.6
15	03:08.2	02:33.7	02:04.4	01:40.6	01:22.2
20	02:59.1	02:26.4	01:58.4	01:35.8	01:18.3
25	02:59.1	02:26.4	01:58.4	01:35.8	01:18.3
30	02:59.1	02:26.4	01:58.4	01:35.8	01:18.3
35	03:00.3	02:27.3	01:59.2	01:36.4	01:18.8
40	03:04.0	02:30.4	02:01.7	01:38.4	01:20.4
45	03:10.6	02:35.7	02:06.0	01:41.9	01:23.3
50	03:20.5	02:43.8	02:12.5	01:47.2	01:27.6
55	03:32.0	02:53.2	02:20.1	01:53.4	01:32.6
60	03:44.9	03:03.7	02:28.6	02:00.3	01:38.3
65	03:59.5	03:15.7	02:38.3	02:08.1	01:44.6
70	04:16.1	03:29.2	02:49.3	02:17.0	01:51.9
75	04:35.2	03:44.8	03:01.9	02:27.2	02:00.2
80	04:57.9	04:03.4	03:16.9	02:39.3	02:10.2
85	05:35.5	04:34.1	03:41.8	02:59.4	02:26.6
90	06:44.3	05:30.3	04:27.2	03:36.2	02:56.6

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.