500 yd Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 500 yd swim time?

A good 500 yd time is 08:51. This is the average 500 yd time across all ages and genders.

A good 500 yd time for a man is 08:35. This is the average 500 yd time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	16:19	13:00	10:15	08:05	06:27
15	14:07	11:15	08:53	07:00	05:35
20	13:39	10:53	08:35	06:46	05:23
25	13:39	10:53	08:35	06:46	05:23
30	13:39	10:53	08:35	06:46	05:24
35	13:53	11:04	08:43	06:53	05:29
40	14:22	11:27	09:02	07:07	05:40
45	14:54	11:53	09:22	07:23	05:53
50	15:29	12:21	09:44	07:40	06:07
55	16:07	12:51	10:08	07:59	06:22
60	16:48	13:23	10:34	08:20	06:38
65	17:33	13:59	11:02	08:42	06:56
70	18:26	14:41	11:35	09:08	07:17
75	19:48	15:47	12:27	09:49	07:49
80	21:55	17:28	13:46	10:52	08:39
85	25:13	20:06	15:51	12:30	09:58
90	30:44	24:30	19:19	15:14	12:08

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:34.2	02:50.7	02:14.6	01:46.1	01:24.6
15	03:05.3	02:27.7	01:56.5	01:31.9	01:13.2
20	02:59.1	02:22.7	01:52.6	01:28.8	01:10.7
25	02:59.1	02:22.7	01:52.6	01:28.8	01:10.7
30	02:59.2	02:22.9	01:52.6	01:28.8	01:10.8
35	03:02.1	02:25.2	01:54.5	01:30.3	01:12.0
40	03:08.4	02:30.2	01:58.4	01:33.4	01:14.4
45	03:15.5	02:35.9	02:02.9	01:36.9	01:17.2
50	03:23.2	02:42.0	02:07.7	01:40.7	01:20.3
55	03:31.5	02:48.6	02:12.9	01:44.8	01:23.5
60	03:40.5	02:55.7	02:18.6	01:49.3	01:27.1
65	03:50.2	03:03.5	02:24.7	01:54.1	01:31.0
70	04:01.8	03:12.7	02:32.0	01:59.8	01:35.5
75	04:19.8	03:27.1	02:43.3	02:08.8	01:42.6
80	04:47.5	03:49.2	03:00.7	02:22.5	01:53.6
85	05:31.0	04:23.9	03:28.1	02:44.1	02:10.8
90	06:43.3	05:21.5	04:13.5	03:19.9	02:39.3

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:15.8	02:36.1	02:03.1	01:37.1	01:17.4
15	02:49.5	02:15.1	01:46.5	01:24.0	01:07.0
20	02:43.8	02:10.5	01:42.9	01:21.2	01:04.7
25	02:43.8	02:10.5	01:42.9	01:21.2	01:04.7
30	02:43.9	02:10.6	01:43.0	01:21.2	01:04.7
35	02:46.6	02:12.8	01:44.7	01:22.5	01:05.8
40	02:52.3	02:17.4	01:48.3	01:25.4	01:08.1
45	02:58.8	02:22.5	01:52.4	01:28.6	01:10.6
50	03:05.8	02:28.1	01:56.8	01:32.1	01:13.4
55	03:13.4	02:34.1	02:01.5	01:35.8	01:16.4
60	03:21.6	02:40.7	02:06.7	01:39.9	01:19.6
65	03:30.5	02:47.8	02:12.3	01:44.3	01:23.2
70	03:41.1	02:56.2	02:19.0	01:49.6	01:27.3
75	03:57.6	03:09.4	02:29.3	01:57.7	01:33.8
80	04:22.9	03:29.6	02:45.3	02:10.3	01:43.9
85	05:02.7	04:01.3	03:10.2	02:30.0	01:59.6
90	06:08.8	04:54.0	03:51.8	03:02.8	02:25.7

A good 500 yd time for a woman is 09:13. This is the average 500 yd time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	16:20	13:20	10:48	08:44	07:08
15	14:39	11:58	09:41	07:50	06:24
20	13:57	11:24	09:13	07:28	06:06
25	13:57	11:24	09:13	07:28	06:06
30	13:57	11:24	09:13	07:28	06:06
35	14:03	11:28	09:17	07:31	06:08
40	14:20	11:43	09:28	07:40	06:16
45	14:51	12:08	09:49	07:56	06:29
50	15:37	12:45	10:19	08:21	06:49
55	16:31	13:29	10:55	08:50	07:13
60	17:31	14:18	11:35	09:22	07:39
65	18:39	15:14	12:20	09:59	08:09
70	19:57	16:18	13:11	10:40	08:43
75	21:26	17:31	14:10	11:28	09:22
80	23:12	18:57	15:20	12:25	10:08
85	26:08	21:21	17:16	13:58	11:25
90	31:29	25:43	20:49	16:50	13:45

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:34.3	02:55.0	02:21.6	01:54.6	01:33.6
15	03:12.3	02:37.1	02:07.1	01:42.9	01:24.0
20	03:03.1	02:29.6	02:01.0	01:37.9	01:20.0
25	03:03.1	02:29.6	02:01.0	01:37.9	01:20.0
30	03:03.1	02:29.6	02:01.0	01:37.9	01:20.0
35	03:04.3	02:30.6	02:01.8	01:38.6	01:20.5
40	03:08.1	02:33.7	02:04.3	01:40.6	01:22.2
45	03:14.8	02:39.2	02:08.8	01:44.2	01:25.1
50	03:24.9	02:47.4	02:15.4	01:49.6	01:29.5
55	03:36.7	02:57.0	02:23.2	01:55.9	01:34.7
60	03:49.8	03:07.8	02:31.9	02:02.9	01:40.4
65	04:04.8	03:20.0	02:41.8	02:10.9	01:46.9
70	04:21.7	03:33.8	02:53.0	02:20.0	01:54.4
75	04:41.3	03:49.8	03:05.9	02:30.4	02:02.9
80	05:04.5	04:08.8	03:21.3	02:42.8	02:13.0
85	05:42.9	04:40.1	03:46.6	03:03.4	02:29.8
90	06:53.2	05:37.6	04:33.1	03:41.0	03:00.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:15.9	02:40.1	02:09.5	01:44.8	01:25.6
15	02:55.9	02:23.7	01:56.2	01:34.1	01:16.8
20	02:47.4	02:16.8	01:50.7	01:29.5	01:13.1
25	02:47.4	02:16.8	01:50.7	01:29.5	01:13.1
30	02:47.4	02:16.8	01:50.7	01:29.5	01:13.1
35	02:48.5	02:17.7	01:51.4	01:30.1	01:13.6
40	02:52.0	02:20.5	01:53.7	01:32.0	01:15.1
45	02:58.1	02:25.5	01:57.8	01:35.3	01:17.8
50	03:07.3	02:33.0	02:03.8	01:40.2	01:21.8
55	03:18.1	02:41.8	02:10.9	01:45.9	01:26.6
60	03:30.2	02:51.7	02:18.9	01:52.4	01:31.8
65	03:43.8	03:02.9	02:27.9	01:59.7	01:37.8
70	03:59.3	03:15.5	02:38.2	02:08.0	01:44.6
75	04:17.2	03:30.1	02:50.0	02:17.6	01:52.4
80	04:38.4	03:47.5	03:04.0	02:28.9	02:01.6
85	05:13.5	04:16.1	03:27.2	02:47.7	02:17.0
90	06:17.8	05:08.7	04:09.7	03:22.1	02:45.1

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.