| | Heat Number - 1 | | | |
| Lane | Comp.No. | __________Name__________ | Aad | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 2 | Wycombe District SC | 16 | Wycombe Dist | 4:40.48 |
| 2 | 4 | City of Newcastle | 16 | Co Newcastle | 4:39.54 |
| 3 | 6 | University of Bath SC | 16 | Bath Univ | 4:38.54 |
| 4 | 8 | T5 London West | 16 | T5 Ldn West | 4:38.37 |
| 5 | 10 | Kingston Upon Hull SC | 16 | KingstonHull | 4:37.55 |
| 6 | 9 | City of Birmingham SC | 16 | Co Birm'ham | 4:38.01 |
| 7 | 7 | Plymouth Leander SC | 16 | Plymouth Lea | 4:38.47 |
| 8 | 5 | Killerwhales SC | 16 | Killerwhales | 4:38.55 |
| 9 | 3 | City of Sheffield | 16 | Co Sheffield | 4:40.17 |
| 10 | 1 | Millfield School | 16 | Millfield | 4:40.95 |
| | Heat Number - 2 | | | |
| Lane | Comp.No. | __________Name__________ | Aad | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 12 | Stockport Metro SC | 16 | Stockport Mo | 4:36.31 |
| 2 | 14 | City of Leeds SC | 16 | Co Leeds | 4:34.95 |
| 3 | 16 | Ren 96 | 16 | Ren 96 | 4:32.61 |
| 4 | 18 | Portsmouth Northsea SC | 16 | Portsmouth N | 4:30.41 |
| 5 | 20 | Durham University Aqua | 16 | Durham Aqua | 4:23.23 |
| 6 | 19 | City of Liverpool SC | 16 | Co Liverpool | 4:29.87 |
| 7 | 17 | City of Coventry SC | 16 | Co Coventry | 4:31.06 |
| 8 | 15 | City of Cardiff | 16 | Co Cardiff | 4:34.09 |
| 9 | 13 | Brighton SC | 16 | Brighton | 4:36.08 |
| 10 | 11 | Leatherhead SC | 16 | Leatherhead | 4:37.09 |