EVENT 202 Womens Open 1500m Freestyle - Heats
| Heat Number - 1 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 3 | 1 | Ann Humphris | 77 | Barnstaple | 41:44.00 |
| 4 | 2 | Jean Hiatt | 67 | Spondon Mast | 34:00.00 |
| 5 | 3 | Esther Murray | 67 | Gloucester M | 33:56.35 |
| Heat Number - 2 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 4 | Rosemary Johnson | 74 | Wincanton | 33:37.64 |
| 2 | 5 | Iris Bellis | 71 | South Beds | 33:35.00 |
| 3 | 6 | Elaine Bromwich | 72 | Birmingham M | 32:50.43 |
| 4 | 7 | Lorraine Crook | 60 | Caldicot | 32:28.25 |
| 5 | 8 | Julie Evans | 67 | Bicester | 31:52.00 |
| 6 | 9 | Jenny Ball | 76 | Camphill Ed | 31:49.57 |
| 7 | 10 | Andrea Minor | 66 | South Beds | 31:30.00 |
| 8 | 11 | Delia Keen | 53 | Carm Masters | 31:00.00 |
| Heat Number - 3 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 12 | Eleanor Bull | 34 | East Anglian | 27:00.00 |
| 2 | 13 | Rose Dudeney | 67 | Sussex Marts | 26:45.00 |
| 3 | 14 | Joanna Collins | 48 | Chirk | 26:13.05 |
| 4 | 15 | Lucille Thirlby | 50 | Out To Swim | 26:00.00 |
| 5 | 16 | Margaret Tuck | 52 | Long Eaton | 26:00.00 |
| 6 | 17 | Sandra Vincent | 64 | Black Lion | 25:56.52 |
| 7 | 18 | Michele Crowley | 53 | Spencer | 25:45.00 |
| 8 | 19 | Jill Complin | 74 | Romford Town | 25:44.60 |
| Heat Number - 4 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 20 | Anne McAdam | 61 | Phoenix | 25:31.37 |
| 2 | 21 | Sonja Haglund | 48 | Kbss Swe | 25:30.00 |
| 3 | 22 | Estelle Fisher | 55 | Bicester | 25:11.01 |
| 4 | 23 | Claire McMahon | 34 | Barnet Copt | 24:46.00 |
| 5 | 24 | Christine Ayers | 61 | South Beds | 24:30.00 |
| 6 | 25 | Louise Hughes | 21 | Potters Bar | 24:21.32 |
| 7 | 26 | Emma Bexson | 39 | Strat Sharks | 24:18.56 |
| 8 | 27 | Lyn Wilkinson | 40 | StirlingSwim | 23:30.00 |
| Heat Number - 5 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 28 | Carolyn Fox | 53 | Reading | 23:20.00 |
| 2 | 29 | Frances Hegarty | 54 | Launceston | 23:15.00 |
| 3 | 30 | Catherine Hartle | 56 | Spencer | 23:10.00 |
| 4 | 31 | Linda Brown | 56 | Spencer | 23:00.00 |
| 5 | 32 | Diane Asbury | 39 | Wolv'hampton | 23:00.00 |
| 6 | 33 | Rhian Andrews | 45 | Cardiff Mast | 23:00.00 |
| 7 | 34 | Claudia Goldschmidt | 47 | Maidenhead | 23:00.00 |
| 8 | 35 | Melanie Chapman | 40 | East Anglian | 23:00.00 |
| Heat Number - 6 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 36 | Kira Neal | 30 | Romford Town | 22:30.00 |
| 2 | 37 | Charlotte Fisher | 32 | Black Lion | 22:10.00 |
| 3 | 38 | Jayne Ball | 60 | Gloucester M | 22:05.29 |
| 4 | 39 | Karen Bassett | 46 | Bracknell | 22:03.00 |
| 5 | 40 | Judith McGregor-Harper | 44 | Tiverton | 22:02.09 |
| 6 | 41 | Marie Holmberg | 45 | Sk Neptun | 22:00.01 |
| 7 | 42 | Jessica Hill | 21 | Co Ely | 21:35.20 |
| 8 | 43 | Alexandra Christie | 26 | Reading | 21:30.39 |
| Heat Number - 7 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 44 | Josephine Cresswell | 46 | East Anglian | 21:20.56 |
| 2 | 45 | Judy Prior | 44 | Enfield Sq | 21:00.00 |
| 3 | 46 | Vicki Linton-Crook | 50 | Camphill Ed | 20:55.00 |
| 4 | 47 | Carol Cashell | 36 | Dolphin | 20:31.20 |
| 5 | 48 | Sarah Turner | 26 | Maxwell | 20:30.00 |
| 6 | 49 | Jessie Campbell | 44 | Spencer | 20:30.00 |
| 7 | 50 | Sophie Liddament | 22 | UEA Norwich | 20:11.34 |
| 8 | 51 | Gemma Horwell | 29 | G B Police | 20:00.00 |
| Heat Number - 8 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 53 | Rachael Gorman | 23 | Trafford Met | 19:49.67 |
| 2 | 55 | Norma Cahill | 49 | Ennis,irl | 19:15.22 |
| 3 | 57 | Jessica Wooddisse | 39 | Stroud Mast | 18:51.88 |
| 4 | 59 | Kirsten Cameron | 41 | East Leeds | 18:00.00 |
| 5 | 58 | Jessica Thorpe | 29 | Camden Swiss | 18:10.00 |
| 6 | 56 | Lucy Spencer | 22 | Warwick Uni | 19:15.00 |
| 7 | 54 | Keely Empson | 18 | UEA Norwich | 19:29.49 |
| 8 | 52 | Karen Driver | 43 | Colne | 19:54.00 |