| | Heat Number - 1 | | | |
| Lane | Comp.No. | __________Name__________ | Aad | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 2 | Northampton SC | 16 | Northampton | 3:46.97 |
| 2 | 4 | Bor Of Burnley CATS | 16 | Bo Burnley | 3:46.24 |
| 3 | 6 | City of Leicester SC | 16 | Co Leicester | 3:46.09 |
| 4 | 8 | City of Leeds SC | 16 | Co Leeds | 3:45.14 |
| 5 | 10 | T5 London West | 16 | T5 Ldn West | 3:44.60 |
| 6 | 9 | East Essex SC | 16 | East Essex | 3:44.99 |
| 7 | 7 | City of Bristol SC | 16 | Co Bristol | 3:46.02 |
| 8 | 5 | Durham University Aqua | 16 | Durham Aqua | 3:46.15 |
| 9 | 3 | City of Liverpool SC | 16 | Co Liverpool | 3:46.69 |
| 10 | 1 | City Of Peterborough | 16 | Co Peterboro | 3:48.14 |
| | Heat Number - 2 | | | |
| Lane | Comp.No. | __________Name__________ | Aad | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 12 | Leatherhead SC | 16 | Leatherhead | 3:43.41 |
| 2 | 14 | Maxwell Chipping Norto | 16 | Maxwell | 3:41.97 |
| 3 | 16 | Kingston Upon Hull SC | 16 | KingstonHull | 3:40.35 |
| 4 | 18 | C.O.A.S.T. | 16 | Co Aberdeen | 3:38.97 |
| 5 | 20 | City of Cardiff | 16 | Co Cardiff | 3:38.07 |
| 6 | 19 | Crawley SC | 16 | Crawley | 3:38.19 |
| 7 | 17 | Fareham Nomads SC | 16 | Fareham N'ds | 3:39.60 |
| 8 | 15 | City of Newcastle | 16 | Co Newcastle | 3:40.61 |
| 9 | 13 | Portsmouth Northsea SC | 16 | Portsmouth N | 3:42.18 |
| 10 | 11 | Wycombe District SC | 16 | Wycombe Dist | 3:43.47 |