5000 yd Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 5000 yd swim time?

A good 5000 yd time is 01:35:06. This is the average 5000 yd time across all ages and genders.

A good 5000 yd time for a man is 01:31:51. This is the average 5000 yd time across men of all ages.

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:49.4	03:02.8	02:24.2	01:53.7	01:30.6
15	03:18.5	02:38.2	02:04.8	01:38.4	01:18.4
20	03:11.8	02:32.9	02:00.5	01:35.0	01:15.8
25	03:11.8	02:32.9	02:00.5	01:35.0	01:15.8
30	03:11.8	02:32.9	02:00.6	01:35.1	01:15.8
35	03:14.9	02:35.3	02:02.5	01:36.6	01:17.0
40	03:22.0	02:41.0	02:06.9	01:40.1	01:19.8
45	03:29.7	02:47.1	02:11.8	01:43.9	01:22.8
50	03:38.0	02:53.8	02:17.0	01:48.1	01:26.1
55	03:47.1	03:01.0	02:22.7	01:52.5	01:29.7
60	03:56.9	03:08.8	02:28.9	01:57.4	01:33.6
65	04:07.6	03:17.4	02:35.6	02:02.7	01:37.8
70	04:20.3	03:27.5	02:43.6	02:09.0	01:42.8
75	04:39.7	03:43.0	02:55.8	02:18.6	01:50.5
80	05:09.6	04:06.8	03:14.6	02:33.5	02:02.3
85	05:56.2	04:43.9	03:43.9	02:56.5	02:20.7
90	07:13.4	05:45.5	04:32.4	03:34.8	02:51.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:29.7	02:47.2	02:11.8	01:43.9	01:22.8
15	03:01.5	02:24.7	01:54.1	01:30.0	01:11.7
20	02:55.4	02:19.8	01:50.2	01:26.9	01:09.3
25	02:55.4	02:19.8	01:50.2	01:26.9	01:09.3
30	02:55.4	02:19.8	01:50.2	01:26.9	01:09.3
35	02:58.2	02:22.0	01:52.0	01:28.3	01:10.4
40	03:04.7	02:27.2	01:56.1	01:31.5	01:13.0
45	03:11.7	02:32.8	02:00.5	01:35.0	01:15.7
50	03:19.4	02:38.9	02:05.3	01:38.8	01:18.8
55	03:27.6	02:45.5	02:10.5	01:42.9	01:22.0
60	03:36.6	02:52.7	02:16.1	01:47.4	01:25.6
65	03:46.4	03:00.5	02:22.3	01:52.2	01:29.4
70	03:58.0	03:09.7	02:29.6	01:57.9	01:34.0
75	04:15.8	03:23.9	02:40.8	02:06.8	01:41.0
80	04:43.1	03:45.7	02:58.0	02:20.3	01:51.8
85	05:25.7	04:19.6	03:24.7	02:41.4	02:08.7
90	06:36.3	05:15.9	04:09.1	03:16.4	02:36.6

A good 5000 yd time for a woman is 01:39:24. This is the average 5000 yd time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	02:55:59	02:23:46	01:56:19	01:34:07	01:16:53
15	02:37:58	02:09:03	01:44:25	01:24:29	01:09:01
20	02:30:23	02:02:51	01:39:24	01:20:25	01:05:42
25	02:30:23	02:02:51	01:39:24	01:20:25	01:05:42
30	02:30:23	02:02:51	01:39:24	01:20:25	01:05:42
35	02:31:22	02:03:39	01:40:03	01:20:57	01:06:08
40	02:34:29	02:06:13	01:42:07	01:22:37	01:07:30
45	02:40:01	02:10:43	01:45:46	01:25:34	01:09:55
50	02:48:16	02:17:28	01:51:13	01:29:59	01:13:31
55	02:57:57	02:25:22	01:57:37	01:35:10	01:17:45
60	03:08:47	02:34:13	02:04:47	01:40:57	01:22:29
65	03:21:02	02:44:14	02:12:53	01:47:31	01:27:50
70	03:34:59	02:55:38	02:22:06	01:54:58	01:33:56
75	03:51:02	03:08:44	02:32:43	02:03:33	01:40:56
80	04:10:05	03:24:19	02:45:18	02:13:45	01:49:16
85	04:41:36	03:50:04	03:06:08	02:30:36	02:03:02
90	05:39:23	04:37:15	03:44:19	03:01:30	02:28:17

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:51.0	03:08.7	02:32.7	02:03.5	01:40.9
15	03:27.3	02:49.4	02:17.0	01:50.9	01:30.6
20	03:17.3	02:41.2	02:10.4	01:45.5	01:26.2
25	03:17.3	02:41.2	02:10.4	01:45.5	01:26.2
30	03:17.3	02:41.2	02:10.4	01:45.5	01:26.2
35	03:18.6	02:42.3	02:11.3	01:46.2	01:26.8
40	03:22.7	02:45.6	02:14.0	01:48.4	01:28.6
45	03:30.0	02:51.5	02:18.8	01:52.3	01:31.7
50	03:40.8	03:00.4	02:26.0	01:58.1	01:36.5
55	03:53.5	03:10.8	02:34.4	02:04.9	01:42.0
60	04:07.7	03:22.4	02:43.8	02:12.5	01:48.2
65	04:23.8	03:35.5	02:54.4	02:21.1	01:55.3
70	04:42.1	03:50.5	03:06.5	02:30.9	02:03.3
75	05:03.2	04:07.7	03:20.4	02:42.1	02:12.5
80	05:28.2	04:28.1	03:36.9	02:55.5	02:23.4
85	06:09.6	05:01.9	04:04.3	03:17.6	02:41.5
90	07:25.4	06:03.9	04:54.4	03:58.2	03:14.6

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:31.2	02:52.5	02:19.6	01:52.9	01:32.3
15	03:09.6	02:34.9	02:05.3	01:41.4	01:22.8
20	03:00.5	02:27.4	01:59.3	01:36.5	01:18.8
25	03:00.5	02:27.4	01:59.3	01:36.5	01:18.8
30	03:00.5	02:27.4	01:59.3	01:36.5	01:18.8
35	03:01.6	02:28.4	02:00.1	01:37.1	01:19.4
40	03:05.4	02:31.5	02:02.5	01:39.1	01:21.0
45	03:12.0	02:36.9	02:06.9	01:42.7	01:23.9
50	03:21.9	02:45.0	02:13.5	01:48.0	01:28.2
55	03:33.5	02:54.4	02:21.1	01:54.2	01:33.3
60	03:46.5	03:05.1	02:29.7	02:01.1	01:39.0
65	04:01.2	03:17.1	02:39.5	02:09.0	01:45.4
70	04:18.0	03:30.8	02:50.5	02:18.0	01:52.7
75	04:37.2	03:46.5	03:03.3	02:28.3	02:01.1
80	05:00.1	04:05.2	03:18.4	02:40.5	02:11.1
85	05:37.9	04:36.1	03:43.4	03:00.7	02:27.6
90	06:47.3	05:32.7	04:29.2	03:37.8	02:57.9

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.