| | Heat Number - 1 | | | |
| Lane | Comp.No. | __________Name__________ | Aad | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 2 | Robert HOUGHTON | 16 | Notts | 56.90 |
| 2 | 4 | Thomas MOYNAN | 17 | Leics | 55.54 |
| 3 | 6 | Chris WALKER | 17 | Hampshire | 55.00 |
| 4 | 8 | Jason ROBINS | 16 | Gloucs | 54.91 |
| 5 | 10 | Stuart McCRAE | 17 | Surrey ASA | 54.68 |
| 6 | 9 | Joe DEVLIN | 16 | Cheshire | 54.89 |
| 7 | 7 | Richard JAMES | 17 | Kent | 54.95 |
| 8 | 5 | Neil THOMPSON | 17 | Essex ASA | 55.02 |
| 9 | 3 | Graeme LYONS | 17 | Scot West | 56.03 |
| 10 | 1 | Mark WILKINSON | 16 | Staffs | 56.95 |
| | Heat Number - 2 | | | |
| Lane | Comp.No. | __________Name__________ | Aad | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 12 | Iain MACMILLAN | 17 | Scot East | 54.36 |
| 2 | 14 | Joseph BEAUMONT | 17 | Lancashire | 54.00 |
| 3 | 16 | Nigel TSE | 16 | Middlesex | 53.07 |
| 4 | 18 | John BATES | 17 | Yorkshire | 52.29 |
| 5 | 20 | Edward DENTON | 17 | Somerset | 51.80 |
| 6 | 19 | Ben HUTCHINSON | 16 | Sussex | 52.19 |
| 7 | 17 | Philip JOHN | 17 | South Wales | 52.78 |
| 8 | 15 | Nigel LI | 17 | N & Durham | 53.17 |
| 9 | 13 | James WARDLE | 17 | Warwicks | 54.12 |
| 10 | 11 | Thomas BARNES | 16 | Herts | 54.60 |