| | Heat Number - 1 | | | |
| Lane | Comp.No. | __________Name__________ | Aad | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 2 | City of Salford SC | 16 | Co Salford | 4:12.55 |
| 2 | 4 | City of Bristol SC | 16 | Co Bristol | 4:11.58 |
| 3 | 6 | Fareham Nomads SC | 16 | Fareham N'ds | 4:11.05 |
| 4 | 8 | Durham University Aqua | 16 | Durham Aqua | 4:10.86 |
| 5 | 10 | T5 London West | 16 | T5 Ldn West | 4:09.07 |
| 6 | 9 | City of Sheffield | 16 | Co Sheffield | 4:09.72 |
| 7 | 7 | Wycombe District SC | 16 | Wycombe Dist | 4:10.95 |
| 8 | 5 | City of Newcastle | 16 | Co Newcastle | 4:11.35 |
| 9 | 3 | City of Coventry SC | 16 | Co Coventry | 4:11.60 |
| 10 | 1 | Borough of Kirklees SC | 16 | Bo Kirklees | 4:12.69 |
| | Heat Number - 2 | | | |
| Lane | Comp.No. | __________Name__________ | Aad | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 12 | City of Leicester SC | 16 | Co Leicester | 4:06.72 |
| 2 | 14 | Crawley SC | 16 | Crawley | 4:06.33 |
| 3 | 16 | C.O.A.S.T. | 16 | Co Aberdeen | 4:06.13 |
| 4 | 18 | Kingston Upon Hull SC | 16 | KingstonHull | 4:05.00 |
| 5 | 20 | City of Cardiff | 16 | Co Cardiff | 4:02.85 |
| 6 | 19 | East Essex SC | 16 | East Essex | 4:04.15 |
| 7 | 17 | Portsmouth Northsea SC | 16 | Portsmouth N | 4:05.76 |
| 8 | 15 | Maxwell Chipping Norto | 16 | Maxwell | 4:06.23 |
| 9 | 13 | Millfield School | 16 | Millfield | 4:06.71 |
| 10 | 11 | Nova Centurion SC | 16 | Nova Cent'n | 4:08.71 |