EVENT 101 Mens Open 1500m Freestyle - Heats
| Heat Number - 1 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 1 | Duncan Lip | 40 | Co South'ton | 28:00.00 |
| 2 | 2 | Keith Williams | 56 | Gloucester M | 27:00.00 |
| 3 | 3 | Daryl Lynch | 52 | Heads Valley | 27:00.00 |
| 4 | 4 | Anthony Pearce | 69 | Barnes SC | 26:30.00 |
| 5 | 5 | Christopher Anderson | 62 | Tavistock | 26:00.00 |
| 6 | 6 | Terence Mansi | 65 | Sudbury | 25:45.00 |
| 7 | 7 | Paul Allen | 30 | Black Lion | 25:00.00 |
| 8 | 8 | Andrew Desmond | 49 | Ireland | 25:00.00 |
| Heat Number - 2 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 9 | Tony O'Brien | 66 | Aer Lingus | 25:00.00 |
| 2 | 10 | Michael Carse | 35 | Barnet Copt | 24:45.00 |
| 3 | 11 | David Bell | 43 | Ards Asc | 24:30.94 |
| 4 | 12 | Mark Straw | 56 | Basingstoke | 24:10.13 |
| 5 | 13 | Peter Stephens | 67 | Royal Navy | 23:45.55 |
| 6 | 14 | Stuart McLellan | 65 | Sudbury | 23:40.00 |
| 7 | 15 | Peter Gruitt | 62 | Co Cant'bury | 23:30.00 |
| 8 | 16 | Michael Battersby | 56 | Cardiff Mast | 22:38.32 |
| Heat Number - 3 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 17 | Terry Wright | 53 | Bracknell | 22:33.44 |
| 2 | 18 | Leigh Wright | 27 | Bletchley | 22:08.34 |
| 3 | 19 | Lawrence Turner | 34 | East Anglian | 22:00.00 |
| 4 | 20 | David Edwards | 51 | Silver City | 21:57.00 |
| 5 | 21 | Brian Armstrong | 52 | Gloucester M | 21:30.00 |
| 6 | 22 | Paul Standen-Payne | 40 | DLL Ebourne | 21:15.00 |
| 7 | 23 | Martin Hawley | 50 | Ealing | 21:11.25 |
| 8 | 24 | Simon Marsden | 40 | Barnet Copt | 21:00.00 |
| Heat Number - 4 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 25 | Stephen Crane | 49 | Coalville | 20:45.00 |
| 2 | 26 | Jonathan Quainton | 22 | Bletchley | 20:40.60 |
| 3 | 27 | Guy Armstrong | 32 | Black Lion | 20:35.00 |
| 4 | 28 | Mark Strakosch | 53 | Berkhamsted | 20:31.44 |
| 5 | 29 | Andrew Gristwood | 50 | Cleethorpes | 20:30.00 |
| 6 | 30 | Ian Burns | 45 | Jersey | 20:20.50 |
| 7 | 31 | Gary Brickley | 49 | Eastbourne | 20:20.00 |
| 8 | 32 | Ceall O'Dunlaing | 43 | Dublin Sc | 20:15.00 |
| Heat Number - 5 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 33 | Glen Isaacs | 49 | Black Lion | 20:15.00 |
| 2 | 34 | Paul Goudie | 55 | Otter | 20:07.80 |
| 3 | 35 | Nigel Gaskin | 37 | G B Police | 20:00.00 |
| 4 | 36 | Mariusz Barcikowski | 38 | Black Lion | 19:59.99 |
| 5 | 37 | David Bailey | 45 | Co Derby | 19:54.00 |
| 6 | 38 | Thomas Cooper | 20 | Bridport Bar | 19:51.83 |
| 7 | 39 | Samuel Chadwick | 35 | Guildford Ct | 19:45.00 |
| 8 | 40 | Tony Cruise | 54 | Terenure S C | 19:30.05 |
| Heat Number - 6 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 42 | Kyran Parker | 44 | East Leeds | 19:05.00 |
| 2 | 44 | Pip Bennett | 33 | Otter | 18:45.00 |
| 3 | 46 | Andrew Chamberlain | 41 | Spencer | 17:35.35 |
| 4 | 48 | Matthew Breckon | 24 | Epsom Dist | 15:58.71 |
| 5 | 47 | Adam Warner | 24 | Hillingdon | 16:47.48 |
| 6 | 45 | David Smith | 21 | Garioch | 18:03.30 |
| 7 | 43 | Nicholas Parkes | 53 | Mbro | 19:00.50 |
| 8 | 41 | Mark Jones | 54 | Everton | 19:25.00 |