500m Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 500m swim time?

A good 500m time is 09:42. This is the average 500m time across all ages and genders.

A good 500m time for a man is 09:24. This is the average 500m time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17:54	14:16	11:15	08:52	07:04
15	15:29	12:21	09:44	07:41	06:07
20	14:58	11:56	09:24	07:25	05:55
25	14:58	11:56	09:24	07:25	05:55
30	14:59	11:56	09:25	07:25	05:55
35	15:13	12:08	09:34	07:33	06:01
40	15:45	12:33	09:54	07:48	06:13
45	16:20	13:01	10:16	08:06	06:27
50	16:59	13:32	10:40	08:25	06:42
55	17:40	14:05	11:06	08:45	06:59
60	18:25	14:41	11:35	09:08	07:17
65	19:14	15:20	12:05	09:32	07:36
70	20:12	16:06	12:42	10:01	07:59
75	21:42	17:18	13:39	10:46	08:35
80	24:02	19:09	15:06	11:54	09:29
85	27:40	22:03	17:23	13:42	10:56
90	33:42	26:52	21:11	16:42	13:19

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:34.7	02:51.2	02:15.0	01:46.4	01:24.8
15	03:05.8	02:28.1	01:56.8	01:32.1	01:13.4
20	02:59.6	02:23.1	01:52.9	01:29.0	01:10.9
25	02:59.6	02:23.1	01:52.9	01:29.0	01:10.9
30	02:59.7	02:23.2	01:52.9	01:29.1	01:11.0
35	03:02.6	02:25.6	01:54.8	01:30.5	01:12.1
40	03:09.0	02:30.6	01:58.8	01:33.6	01:14.6
45	03:16.1	02:36.3	02:03.2	01:37.2	01:17.5
50	03:23.7	02:42.4	02:08.1	01:41.0	01:20.5
55	03:32.0	02:49.0	02:13.3	01:45.1	01:23.8
60	03:41.1	02:56.2	02:18.9	01:49.6	01:27.3
65	03:50.9	03:04.0	02:25.1	01:54.4	01:31.2
70	04:02.5	03:13.3	02:32.4	02:00.2	01:35.8
75	04:20.5	03:27.6	02:43.7	02:09.1	01:42.9
80	04:48.3	03:49.8	03:01.2	02:22.9	01:53.9
85	05:31.9	04:24.6	03:28.6	02:44.5	02:11.1
90	06:44.4	05:22.4	04:14.2	03:20.4	02:39.8

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:16.4	02:36.5	02:03.4	01:37.3	01:17.6
15	02:49.9	02:15.5	01:46.8	01:24.2	01:07.1
20	02:44.2	02:10.9	01:43.2	01:21.4	01:04.9
25	02:44.2	02:10.9	01:43.2	01:21.4	01:04.9
30	02:44.3	02:11.0	01:43.3	01:21.4	01:04.9
35	02:47.0	02:13.1	01:45.0	01:22.8	01:06.0
40	02:52.8	02:17.7	01:48.6	01:25.6	01:08.3
45	02:59.3	02:22.9	01:52.7	01:28.9	01:10.8
50	03:06.3	02:28.5	01:57.1	01:32.3	01:13.6
55	03:13.9	02:34.6	02:01.9	01:36.1	01:16.6
60	03:22.1	02:41.1	02:07.0	01:40.2	01:19.8
65	03:31.1	02:48.3	02:12.7	01:44.6	01:23.4
70	03:41.7	02:56.7	02:19.3	01:49.9	01:27.6
75	03:58.2	03:09.9	02:29.7	01:58.1	01:34.1
80	04:23.6	03:30.1	02:45.7	02:10.7	01:44.1
85	05:03.5	04:01.9	03:10.8	02:30.4	01:59.9
90	06:09.8	04:54.8	03:52.4	03:03.3	02:26.1

A good 500m time for a woman is 10:07. This is the average 500m time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17:54	14:38	11:50	09:35	07:49
15	16:04	13:08	10:37	08:36	07:01
20	15:18	12:30	10:07	08:11	06:41
25	15:18	12:30	10:07	08:11	06:41
30	15:18	12:30	10:07	08:11	06:41
35	15:24	12:35	10:11	08:14	06:44
40	15:43	12:51	10:23	08:24	06:52
45	16:17	13:18	10:46	08:42	07:07
50	17:07	13:59	11:19	09:09	07:29
55	18:06	14:48	11:58	09:41	07:55
60	19:13	15:42	12:42	10:16	08:24
65	20:27	16:43	13:31	10:56	08:56
70	21:53	17:52	14:28	11:42	09:33
75	23:31	19:12	15:32	12:34	10:16
80	25:27	20:47	16:49	13:37	11:07
85	28:39	23:25	18:56	15:20	12:31
90	34:32	28:13	22:50	18:28	15:05

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:34.9	02:55.6	02:22.0	01:54.9	01:33.9
15	03:12.9	02:37.6	02:07.5	01:43.2	01:24.3
20	03:03.6	02:30.0	02:01.4	01:38.2	01:20.2
25	03:03.6	02:30.0	02:01.4	01:38.2	01:20.2
30	03:03.6	02:30.0	02:01.4	01:38.2	01:20.2
35	03:04.8	02:31.0	02:02.2	01:38.8	01:20.8
40	03:08.6	02:34.1	02:04.7	01:40.9	01:22.4
45	03:15.4	02:39.6	02:09.1	01:44.5	01:25.4
50	03:25.5	02:47.9	02:15.8	01:49.9	01:29.8
55	03:37.3	02:57.5	02:23.6	01:56.2	01:34.9
60	03:50.5	03:08.3	02:32.4	02:03.3	01:40.7
65	04:05.5	03:20.6	02:42.3	02:11.3	01:47.3
70	04:22.5	03:34.5	02:53.5	02:20.4	01:54.7
75	04:42.1	03:50.5	03:06.5	02:30.9	02:03.3
80	05:05.4	04:09.5	03:21.9	02:43.3	02:13.4
85	05:43.9	04:40.9	03:47.3	03:03.9	02:30.2
90	06:54.4	05:38.6	04:33.9	03:41.6	03:01.1

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:16.5	02:40.5	02:09.9	01:45.1	01:25.9
15	02:56.4	02:24.1	01:56.6	01:34.3	01:17.1
20	02:47.9	02:17.2	01:51.0	01:29.8	01:13.4
25	02:47.9	02:17.2	01:51.0	01:29.8	01:13.4
30	02:47.9	02:17.2	01:51.0	01:29.8	01:13.4
35	02:49.0	02:18.1	01:51.7	01:30.4	01:13.8
40	02:52.5	02:20.9	01:54.0	01:32.3	01:15.4
45	02:58.7	02:26.0	01:58.1	01:35.5	01:18.1
50	03:07.9	02:33.5	02:04.2	01:40.5	01:22.1
55	03:18.7	02:42.3	02:11.3	01:46.3	01:26.8
60	03:30.8	02:52.2	02:19.3	01:52.7	01:32.1
65	03:44.5	03:03.4	02:28.4	02:00.1	01:38.1
70	04:00.0	03:16.1	02:38.7	02:08.4	01:44.9
75	04:18.0	03:30.7	02:50.5	02:18.0	01:52.7
80	04:39.2	03:48.1	03:04.6	02:29.3	02:02.0
85	05:14.4	04:16.9	03:27.8	02:48.2	02:17.4
90	06:18.9	05:09.6	04:10.5	03:22.7	02:45.6

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.