4000m Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 4000m swim time?

A good 4000m time is 01:18:35. This is the average 4000m time across all ages and genders.

A good 4000m time for a man is 01:15:56. This is the average 4000m time across men of all ages.

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:48.1	03:01.8	02:23.4	01:53.0	01:30.1
15	03:17.4	02:37.4	02:04.1	01:37.8	01:18.0
20	03:10.7	02:32.0	01:59.9	01:34.5	01:15.3
25	03:10.7	02:32.0	01:59.9	01:34.5	01:15.3
30	03:10.8	02:32.1	01:59.9	01:34.5	01:15.4
35	03:13.8	02:34.5	02:01.8	01:36.1	01:16.6
40	03:20.9	02:40.1	02:06.2	01:39.5	01:19.3
45	03:28.5	02:46.2	02:11.1	01:43.4	01:22.4
50	03:36.8	02:52.8	02:16.3	01:47.5	01:25.7
55	03:45.8	03:00.0	02:21.9	01:51.9	01:29.2
60	03:55.6	03:07.8	02:28.1	01:56.8	01:33.1
65	04:06.2	03:16.3	02:34.8	02:02.0	01:37.3
70	04:18.8	03:26.3	02:42.7	02:08.3	01:42.3
75	04:38.2	03:41.8	02:54.9	02:17.9	01:49.9
80	05:07.9	04:05.5	03:13.5	02:32.6	02:01.6
85	05:54.3	04:42.4	03:42.7	02:55.6	02:19.9
90	07:11.0	05:43.6	04:30.9	03:33.6	02:50.3

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:28.6	02:46.3	02:11.1	01:43.4	01:22.4
15	03:00.5	02:23.9	01:53.5	01:29.5	01:11.3
20	02:54.4	02:19.0	01:49.6	01:26.4	01:08.9
25	02:54.4	02:19.0	01:49.6	01:26.4	01:08.9
30	02:54.4	02:19.0	01:49.6	01:26.4	01:08.9
35	02:57.2	02:21.3	01:51.4	01:27.8	01:10.0
40	03:03.7	02:26.4	01:55.4	01:31.0	01:12.6
45	03:10.7	02:32.0	01:59.9	01:34.5	01:15.3
50	03:18.3	02:38.1	02:04.6	01:38.3	01:18.3
55	03:26.5	02:44.6	02:09.8	01:42.3	01:21.6
60	03:35.4	02:51.7	02:15.4	01:46.8	01:25.1
65	03:45.2	02:59.5	02:21.5	01:51.6	01:28.9
70	03:56.7	03:08.7	02:28.8	01:57.3	01:33.5
75	04:14.4	03:22.8	02:39.9	02:06.1	01:40.5
80	04:41.6	03:44.4	02:57.0	02:19.5	01:51.2
85	05:23.9	04:18.2	03:23.6	02:40.5	02:08.0
90	06:34.1	05:14.2	04:07.7	03:15.3	02:35.7

A good 4000m time for a woman is 01:22:07. This is the average 4000m time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	02:25:23	01:58:47	01:36:06	01:17:45	01:03:31
15	02:10:30	01:46:37	01:26:16	01:09:47	57:01
20	02:04:14	01:41:30	01:22:07	01:06:26	54:17
25	02:04:14	01:41:30	01:22:07	01:06:26	54:17
30	02:04:14	01:41:30	01:22:07	01:06:26	54:17
35	02:05:03	01:42:10	01:22:39	01:06:53	54:38
40	02:07:38	01:44:16	01:24:22	01:08:15	55:46
45	02:12:12	01:48:00	01:27:23	01:10:42	57:45
50	02:19:01	01:53:34	01:31:53	01:14:21	01:00:44
55	02:27:00	02:00:06	01:37:10	01:18:37	01:04:14
60	02:35:57	02:07:25	01:43:05	01:23:24	01:08:08
65	02:46:05	02:15:41	01:49:47	01:28:50	01:12:34
70	02:57:36	02:25:06	01:57:24	01:34:59	01:17:36
75	03:10:52	02:35:56	02:06:10	01:42:05	01:23:23
80	03:26:37	02:48:48	02:16:34	01:50:30	01:30:16
85	03:52:39	03:10:04	02:33:47	02:04:25	01:41:39
90	04:40:23	03:49:03	03:05:20	02:29:57	02:02:30

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:49.6	03:07.5	02:31.7	02:02.8	01:40.3
15	03:26.1	02:48.3	02:16.2	01:50.2	01:30.0
20	03:16.2	02:40.3	02:09.7	01:44.9	01:25.7
25	03:16.2	02:40.3	02:09.7	01:44.9	01:25.7
30	03:16.2	02:40.3	02:09.7	01:44.9	01:25.7
35	03:17.4	02:41.3	02:10.5	01:45.6	01:26.3
40	03:21.5	02:44.6	02:13.2	01:47.8	01:28.0
45	03:28.7	02:50.5	02:18.0	01:51.6	01:31.2
50	03:39.5	02:59.3	02:25.1	01:57.4	01:35.9
55	03:52.1	03:09.6	02:33.4	02:04.1	01:41.4
60	04:06.2	03:21.2	02:42.8	02:11.7	01:47.6
65	04:22.2	03:34.2	02:53.3	02:20.3	01:54.6
70	04:40.4	03:49.1	03:05.4	02:30.0	02:02.5
75	05:01.4	04:06.2	03:19.2	02:41.2	02:11.7
80	05:26.2	04:26.5	03:35.6	02:54.5	02:22.5
85	06:07.3	05:00.1	04:02.8	03:16.5	02:40.5
90	07:22.7	06:01.7	04:52.6	03:56.8	03:13.4

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:29.9	02:51.5	02:18.8	01:52.3	01:31.7
15	03:08.4	02:33.9	02:04.5	01:40.8	01:22.3
20	02:59.4	02:26.5	01:58.6	01:35.9	01:18.4
25	02:59.4	02:26.5	01:58.6	01:35.9	01:18.4
30	02:59.4	02:26.5	01:58.6	01:35.9	01:18.4
35	03:00.5	02:27.5	01:59.3	01:36.6	01:18.9
40	03:04.3	02:30.5	02:01.8	01:38.5	01:20.5
45	03:10.9	02:35.9	02:06.2	01:42.1	01:23.4
50	03:20.7	02:44.0	02:12.7	01:47.3	01:27.7
55	03:32.2	02:53.4	02:20.3	01:53.5	01:32.7
60	03:45.2	03:04.0	02:28.8	02:00.4	01:38.4
65	03:59.8	03:15.9	02:38.5	02:08.2	01:44.8
70	04:16.4	03:29.5	02:49.5	02:17.1	01:52.0
75	04:35.6	03:45.1	03:02.2	02:27.4	02:00.4
80	04:58.3	04:03.7	03:17.2	02:39.5	02:10.3
85	05:35.9	04:34.4	03:42.0	02:59.6	02:26.8
90	06:44.8	05:30.7	04:27.6	03:36.5	02:56.9

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.