What is a good 500 freestyle time?

500 yards of freestyle in 12 minutes would be an excellent rating on the Cooper scale for a 60 or more year old man or a 40-49 year old woman.

What is a good 1650 swim time?

For those same examples above, the 50-54 men’s 100-yard freestyle motivational times range from 52.69 to 1:10.29. The average swimming speed for the 1650 for 25- to 29-year-old women ranges from 20:44.49 to 27:39.29.

What are good swim times?

Average time to swim a mile

Swimming Type Average Mile Swim Time
Mile swim in a pool 25-27 minutes
Mile swim open water 30,02 minutes
Mile swim in the ocean 33-35 minutes
Mile swim breaststroke 45-50 minutes

How many miles an hour can Michael Phelps swim?

6 miles per hour
When he broke the world record in the 100-meter butterfly at the 2009 World Championships, Phelps swam at an astonishingly speedy (or at least by human standards) 5.5 miles per hour. ESPN has put Phelps’ top swimming speed at 6 miles per hour.

How long should it take to swim 25M?

For sure, at 15 strokes, a 25m will be done in 20sec or less, at 54 strokes per minute and more, assuming that you don’t cheat… Is there a chart or standard measure of how long it takes to swim 25M? Or any other length for that matter.

What is Michael Phelps mile time?

approximately 1.42 minutes
Olympic gold-medalist Michael Phelps can swim the 200-meter freestyle in approximately 1.42 minutes, which equates to a speed of about 4.7 mph (miles per hour) or 7.6 km/h (kilometers per hour).

What is a good 800m swim time?

15 min is very doable. the thing with swimming is if you got the stroke hard-wired already, all you have to work on is fitness and endurance… 2 times a week (with solid workouts each time) is enough to get you through the race in a good time.

Is swimming a mile in 45 minutes good?

Based on the speed of Olympic swimmers, the fastest time for swimming one mile is around 16 minutes. With than in mind, an amateur swimming should expect to complete a mile in around 25-45 minutes.

When do the USA Swimming records come out?

Starting on September 1 and continuing until August 31 of the following year, USA Swimming records the times of swimmers across the country. Then in September and October, we work to compile the list of the top 10 swimmers of each age.

How are time standards assigned in USA Swimming?

USA Swimming assigns time standards based on the fastest standard associated with that event. In the case of Futures standards, sometimes the AAAA time standard is faster than Futures, so AAAA will be assigned to the time, even though you do have the Futures standard. Is it Top 16 or Top 10?

How do you find out your USA Swimming Times?

USA Swimming collects every time swum in a sanctioned USA Swimming meet so that you don’t have to. There are a number of ways to search for your time. It can be done by age group, gender, season, date and more. Have More Questions?

What was the fastest age group in swimming in 1965?

From 1965-2006, USA Swimming recognized the fastest 16 swimmers in each age group. In 2000, rather than honor the top 16 in each age group, we chose to recognize the top 10 swimmers per age.