5k Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 5k swim time?

A good 5k time is 01:44:17. This is the average 5k time across all ages and genders.

A good 5k time for a man is 01:40:43. This is the average 5k time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:11:38	02:32:45	02:00:27	01:34:59	01:15:42
15	02:45:51	02:12:12	01:44:15	01:22:12	01:05:31
20	02:40:15	02:07:44	01:40:43	01:19:25	01:03:18
25	02:40:15	02:07:44	01:40:43	01:19:25	01:03:18
30	02:40:16	02:07:45	01:40:44	01:19:26	01:03:19
35	02:42:50	02:09:48	01:42:21	01:20:42	01:04:20
40	02:48:45	02:14:31	01:46:04	01:23:38	01:06:40
45	02:55:13	02:19:40	01:50:08	01:26:50	01:09:13
50	03:02:11	02:25:13	01:54:30	01:30:17	01:11:58
55	03:09:44	02:31:14	01:59:15	01:34:02	01:14:57
60	03:17:56	02:37:47	02:04:25	01:38:06	01:18:12
65	03:26:53	02:44:54	02:10:02	01:42:32	01:21:44
70	03:37:28	02:53:21	02:16:41	01:47:47	01:25:54
75	03:53:44	03:06:19	02:26:55	01:55:50	01:32:20
80	04:18:43	03:26:14	02:42:37	02:08:13	01:42:12
85	04:57:39	03:57:15	03:07:04	02:27:31	01:57:35
90	06:02:09	04:48:40	03:47:37	02:59:29	02:23:04

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:50.0	03:03.3	02:24.5	01:54.0	01:30.8
15	03:19.0	02:38.6	02:05.1	01:38.6	01:18.6
20	03:12.3	02:33.3	02:00.9	01:35.3	01:16.0
25	03:12.3	02:33.3	02:00.9	01:35.3	01:16.0
30	03:12.3	02:33.3	02:00.9	01:35.3	01:16.0
35	03:15.4	02:35.8	02:02.8	01:36.8	01:17.2
40	03:22.5	02:41.4	02:07.3	01:40.4	01:20.0
45	03:30.3	02:47.6	02:12.2	01:44.2	01:23.1
50	03:38.6	02:54.3	02:17.4	01:48.3	01:26.4
55	03:47.7	03:01.5	02:23.1	01:52.8	01:29.9
60	03:57.5	03:09.3	02:29.3	01:57.7	01:33.8
65	04:08.3	03:17.9	02:36.0	02:03.0	01:38.1
70	04:21.0	03:28.0	02:44.0	02:09.3	01:43.1
75	04:40.5	03:43.6	02:56.3	02:19.0	01:50.8
80	05:10.5	04:07.5	03:15.1	02:33.9	02:02.6
85	05:57.2	04:44.7	03:44.5	02:57.0	02:21.1
90	07:14.6	05:46.4	04:33.1	03:35.4	02:51.7

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:30.3	02:47.6	02:12.2	01:44.2	01:23.1
15	03:02.0	02:25.1	01:54.4	01:30.2	01:11.9
20	02:55.8	02:20.2	01:50.5	01:27.1	01:09.5
25	02:55.8	02:20.2	01:50.5	01:27.1	01:09.5
30	02:55.9	02:20.2	01:50.5	01:27.2	01:09.5
35	02:58.7	02:22.4	01:52.3	01:28.6	01:10.6
40	03:05.2	02:27.6	01:56.4	01:31.8	01:13.2
45	03:12.3	02:33.2	02:00.8	01:35.3	01:15.9
50	03:19.9	02:39.3	02:05.6	01:39.1	01:19.0
55	03:28.2	02:46.0	02:10.9	01:43.2	01:22.2
60	03:37.2	02:53.1	02:16.5	01:47.6	01:25.8
65	03:47.0	03:00.9	02:22.7	01:52.5	01:29.7
70	03:58.6	03:10.2	02:30.0	01:58.3	01:34.3
75	04:16.5	03:24.4	02:41.2	02:07.1	01:41.3
80	04:43.9	03:46.3	02:58.4	02:20.7	01:52.1
85	05:26.6	04:20.3	03:25.3	02:41.9	02:09.0
90	06:37.4	05:16.8	04:09.8	03:16.9	02:37.0

A good 5k time for a woman is 01:49:01. This is the average 5k time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:13:01	02:37:41	02:07:35	01:43:14	01:24:20
15	02:53:15	02:21:32	01:54:31	01:32:39	01:15:42
20	02:44:56	02:14:45	01:49:01	01:28:12	01:12:04
25	02:44:56	02:14:45	01:49:01	01:28:12	01:12:04
30	02:44:56	02:14:45	01:49:01	01:28:12	01:12:04
35	02:46:01	02:15:38	01:49:44	01:28:47	01:12:32
40	02:49:27	02:18:26	01:52:00	01:30:37	01:14:02
45	02:55:30	02:23:23	01:56:00	01:33:51	01:16:41
50	03:04:33	02:30:46	02:01:59	01:38:42	01:20:38
55	03:15:10	02:39:27	02:09:00	01:44:23	01:25:16
60	03:27:03	02:49:09	02:16:51	01:50:44	01:30:28
65	03:40:30	03:00:08	02:25:45	01:57:55	01:36:20
70	03:55:47	03:12:38	02:35:51	02:06:06	01:43:01
75	04:13:24	03:27:01	02:47:30	02:15:31	01:50:43
80	04:34:18	03:44:05	03:01:18	02:26:42	01:59:51
85	05:08:52	04:12:20	03:24:10	02:45:11	02:14:57
90	06:12:14	05:04:06	04:06:02	03:19:04	02:42:38

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:51.6	03:09.2	02:33.1	02:03.9	01:41.2
15	03:27.9	02:49.8	02:17.4	01:51.2	01:30.8
20	03:17.9	02:41.7	02:10.8	01:45.8	01:26.5
25	03:17.9	02:41.7	02:10.8	01:45.8	01:26.5
30	03:17.9	02:41.7	02:10.8	01:45.8	01:26.5
35	03:19.2	02:42.8	02:11.7	01:46.5	01:27.0
40	03:23.3	02:46.1	02:14.4	01:48.7	01:28.8
45	03:30.6	02:52.1	02:19.2	01:52.6	01:32.0
50	03:41.5	03:00.9	02:26.4	01:58.4	01:36.8
55	03:54.2	03:11.3	02:34.8	02:05.3	01:42.3
60	04:08.5	03:23.0	02:44.2	02:12.9	01:48.6
65	04:24.6	03:36.2	02:54.9	02:21.5	01:55.6
70	04:42.9	03:51.2	03:07.0	02:31.3	02:03.6
75	05:04.1	04:08.4	03:21.0	02:42.6	02:12.9
80	05:29.2	04:28.9	03:37.6	02:56.0	02:23.8
85	06:10.6	05:02.8	04:05.0	03:18.2	02:41.9
90	07:26.7	06:04.9	04:55.2	03:58.9	03:15.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:31.8	02:53.0	02:20.0	01:53.3	01:32.5
15	03:10.1	02:35.3	02:05.7	01:41.7	01:23.1
20	03:01.0	02:27.9	01:59.6	01:36.8	01:19.1
25	03:01.0	02:27.9	01:59.6	01:36.8	01:19.1
30	03:01.0	02:27.9	01:59.6	01:36.8	01:19.1
35	03:02.2	02:28.8	02:00.4	01:37.4	01:19.6
40	03:05.9	02:31.9	02:02.9	01:39.4	01:21.2
45	03:12.6	02:37.3	02:07.3	01:43.0	01:24.1
50	03:22.5	02:45.4	02:13.9	01:48.3	01:28.5
55	03:34.2	02:55.0	02:21.6	01:54.5	01:33.6
60	03:47.2	03:05.6	02:30.2	02:01.5	01:39.3
65	04:02.0	03:17.7	02:39.9	02:09.4	01:45.7
70	04:18.7	03:31.4	02:51.0	02:18.4	01:53.0
75	04:38.0	03:47.2	03:03.8	02:28.7	02:01.5
80	05:01.0	04:05.9	03:18.9	02:41.0	02:11.5
85	05:38.9	04:36.9	03:44.0	03:01.3	02:28.1
90	06:48.4	05:33.7	04:30.0	03:38.4	02:58.5

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.