| | Heat Number - 1 | | | |
| Lane | Comp.No. | __________Name__________ | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 1 | Julian POSTLE | 70 | Bath Univ | 4:29.00 |
| 2 | 2 | Janos LEIGH | 72 | Romford Town | 3:52.00 |
| 3 | 3 | John ANDERSON | 69 | Trafford Met | 3:45.00 |
| 4 | 4 | John STARR | 72 | Romford Town | 3:43.00 |
| 5 | 5 | Anthony RAY | 62 | Otter | 3:42.00 |
| 6 | 6 | James TAPPIN | 47 | Birmingham M | 3:20.00 |
| 7 | 7 | Nigel SALSBURY | 66 | Reading | 3:10.00 |
| 8 | 8 | David RANDALL | 52 | Trafford Met | 3:08.00 |
| 9 | 9 | Len PHOENIX | 57 | Diss Otters | 3:05.13 |
| | Heat Number - 2 | | | |
| Lane | Comp.No. | __________Name__________ | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 10 | Nigel KNOWLES | 43 | Guildford Ct | 3:04.70 |
| 2 | 11 | Neil JACKSON | 60 | Southport | 3:01.00 |
| 3 | 12 | Dave LANGLEY | 62 | Gloucester M | 2:57.00 |
| 4 | 13 | David THOMSON | 44 | Southport | 2:55.00 |
| 5 | 14 | Nigel FOSTER | 56 | Bournem'th D | 2:50.54 |
| 6 | 15 | Anthony BALL | 46 | Erith & Dist | 2:50.00 |
| 7 | 16 | Peter HAYWARD | 47 | D.T.S | 2:50.00 |
| 8 | 17 | Christopher TARASEK | 48 | Wandsworth | 2:49.70 |
| 9 | 18 | Paul JAMES | 43 | Co Cambridge | 2:46.00 |
| 10 | 19 | Jonathan RAWLINGS | 39 | Gloucester M | 2:45.00 |
| | Heat Number - 3 | | | |
| Lane | Comp.No. | __________Name__________ | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 20 | Philip NORMAN | 50 | Pontypool | 2:44.96 |
| 2 | 21 | Robert HUGHES | 48 | Royal Navy | 2:44.30 |
| 3 | 22 | David COOKE | 50 | Birmingham M | 2:42.00 |
| 4 | 23 | Ivan MYALL | 59 | Chelmsford | 2:40.00 |
| 5 | 24 | Richard WEATHERHEAD | 25 | Barnet Copt | 2:40.00 |
| 6 | 25 | Andrew BYRNE | 43 | Luton | 2:40.00 |
| 7 | 26 | Iain GERRARD | 49 | Reading | 2:39.87 |
| 8 | 27 | Colin STEPHENSON | 48 | Gloucester M | 2:38.99 |
| 9 | 28 | Martin HAWLEY | 42 | Ealing | 2:37.99 |
| 10 | 29 | Dan SCHEINMANN | 27 | Camden Swiss | 2:37.00 |
| | Heat Number - 4 | | | |
| Lane | Comp.No. | __________Name__________ | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 30 | Martin TEMPLE | 29 | Bo Kirklees | 2:33.40 |
| 2 | 31 | Stephen ALLEN | 46 | Hull Masters | 2:33.10 |
| 3 | 32 | Christopher BROWN | 53 | Co Bradford | 2:33.00 |
| 4 | 33 | Graham POWELL | 50 | Luton | 2:32.60 |
| 5 | 34 | Dale BARKER | 44 | Stowmarket | 2:30.94 |
| 6 | 35 | Malcolm LATTA | 41 | Worcester | 2:30.00 |
| 7 | 36 | David CHANEY | 38 | Hadrian Mast | 2:30.00 |
| 8 | 37 | John RITTENHOUSE | 48 | Barnet Copt | 2:30.00 |
| 9 | 38 | Ryan HEATH | 26 | Out To Swim | 2:28.00 |
| 10 | 39 | David CARTLEDGE | 46 | Modernians | 2:26.53 |
| | Heat Number - 5 | | | |
| Lane | Comp.No. | __________Name__________ | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 40 | Ben ROOKER | 25 | Royal Navy | 2:25.50 |
| 2 | 41 | Dion HARRISON | 26 | Wandsworth | 2:25.00 |
| 3 | 42 | Scott WATSON | 26 | Newcastle Un | 2:25.00 |
| 4 | 43 | Richard SYMONS | 32 | Trafford Met | 2:25.00 |
| 5 | 44 | Ian FAIRHURST | 31 | Royal Navy | 2:24.30 |
| 6 | 45 | Ben THOMAS | 24 | Otter | 2:22.15 |
| 7 | 46 | Daniel MCKEMEY | 19 | Swindon Dolp | 2:21.53 |
| 8 | 47 | David HOLLAND | 25 | Burntwood | 2:20.42 |
| 9 | 48 | Russell WHITE | 23 | Chelmsford | 2:20.00 |
| 10 | 49 | Mark SALWAY | 38 | Sussex Marts | 2:20.00 |
| | Heat Number - 6 | | | |
| Lane | Comp.No. | __________Name__________ | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 51 | Neil MCMAHON | 32 | Leatherhead | 2:19.00 |
| 2 | 53 | David WHEELER | 22 | Modernians | 2:13.66 |
| 3 | 55 | Alex THURSTON | 25 | NottmLeander | 2:10.10 |
| 4 | 57 | Chris JONES | 35 | G B Police | 2:08.30 |
| 5 | 59 | Ben WARD | 22 | Loughboro Un | 2:01.22 |
| 6 | 58 | Jonathan AUDIS | 26 | Swindon Dolp | 2:07.45 |
| 7 | 56 | Paul WOODLEY | 24 | Newburn | 2:09.72 |
| 8 | 54 | Ewan MARTIN | 21 | Worcester | 2:10.17 |
| 9 | 52 | Michael NOLAN | 35 | Royal Navy | 2:18.20 |
| 10 | 50 | John MUNRO | 34 | Wandsworth | 2:19.00 |