EVENT 702 Mens Open 400m Freestyle - Heats
| Heat Number - 1 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 3 | 1 | Robert CURR | 86 | Serpentine | 11:40.00 |
| 4 | 2 | Richard SKERRETT | 80 | Carm Masters | 11:25.74 |
| 5 | 3 | Chris JESSUP | 69 | Salisbury | 8:15.00 |
| Heat Number - 2 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 4 | Max ZELLER | 77 | Spencer | 7:20.00 |
| 2 | 5 | David HALL | 73 | Witney | 7:20.00 |
| 3 | 6 | Damian MATICH | 56 | Otter | 7:00.00 |
| 4 | 7 | David BELL | 44 | Ards Asc | 6:26.91 |
| 5 | 8 | Geoff STOKES | 76 | Spencer | 6:20.00 |
| 6 | 9 | Peter STEPHENS | 68 | Royal Navy | 6:19.50 |
| 7 | 10 | Terence MANSI | 66 | Sudbury | 6:15.00 |
| 8 | 11 | Derek PARR | 71 | Otter | 6:15.00 |
| Heat Number - 3 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 12 | Clive SMITH | 46 | Etwall | 6:15.00 |
| 2 | 13 | Tony CHERRINGTON | 73 | Gloucester M | 6:12.00 |
| 3 | 14 | John DARBY | 48 | Co Oxford | 6:10.00 |
| 4 | 15 | Duncan LIP | 41 | Co South'ton | 6:08.13 |
| 5 | 16 | Stuart MCLELLAN | 66 | Sudbury | 6:05.00 |
| 6 | 17 | Oggy EAST | 48 | Arfon | 6:04.97 |
| 7 | 18 | Ian JAMES | 45 | Co Oxford | 6:01.59 |
| 8 | 19 | Michael CARSE | 36 | Barnet Copt | 5:56.96 |
| Heat Number - 4 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 20 | Alastair MULLEN | 56 | Totnes | 5:50.00 |
| 2 | 21 | Peter GRUITT | 63 | Co Cant'bury | 5:48.00 |
| 3 | 22 | Duncan MCREADIE | 70 | BBN | 5:40.19 |
| 4 | 23 | Mark STRAW | 57 | Bracknell | 5:35.07 |
| 5 | 24 | Patrick ALLEN | 53 | Guildford Ct | 5:32.47 |
| 6 | 25 | David LEWIS | 54 | East Leeds | 5:27.00 |
| 7 | 26 | Mark SLATER | 41 | Trafford Met | 5:25.00 |
| 8 | 27 | Adam LELEAN | 53 | Team Anglia | 5:24.82 |
| Heat Number - 5 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 28 | Paul STANDEN-PAYNE | 41 | DLL Ebourne | 5:21.00 |
| 2 | 29 | Steven FOLSOM | 62 | Teddington | 5:20.00 |
| 3 | 30 | Mark STRAKOSCH | 54 | Berkhamsted | 5:18.27 |
| 4 | 31 | Mariusz BARCIKOWSKI | 39 | Black Lion | 5:15.18 |
| 5 | 32 | Andrew GRISTWOOD | 51 | Cleethorpes | 5:15.00 |
| 6 | 33 | Glen ISAACS | 50 | Black Lion | 5:12.00 |
| 7 | 34 | Thomas QUINN | 42 | Hibernian Ma | 5:10.00 |
| 8 | 35 | Keith DUNNETT | 45 | Silver City | 5:10.00 |
| Heat Number - 6 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 36 | John MCCARTHY | 55 | Swim4life | 5:07.59 |
| 2 | 37 | Austin SWAIN | 51 | Maidenhead | 5:07.50 |
| 3 | 38 | Simon VEALE | 59 | Totnes | 5:05.64 |
| 4 | 39 | Simon MARSDEN | 41 | Barnet Copt | 5:05.00 |
| 5 | 40 | Paul GOUDIE | 56 | Otter | 5:03.53 |
| 6 | 41 | Chris HOPTON | 40 | Camden Swiss | 5:03.40 |
| 7 | 42 | Robert FRIZE | 48 | Aer Lingus M | 5:02.75 |
| 8 | 43 | David CLARKE | 51 | Wrekin Coll | 5:00.50 |
| Heat Number - 7 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 44 | Matthew GOMEZ | 49 | Co Oxford | 5:00.20 |
| 2 | 45 | Colin STEPHENSON | 57 | Gloucester M | 4:59.55 |
| 3 | 46 | Robert HAMMOND | 42 | UEA Norwich | 4:58.65 |
| 4 | 47 | Philip CROXALL | 46 | Colne | 4:58.20 |
| 5 | 48 | Paul HARE | 55 | Croydon Amph | 4:58.00 |
| 6 | 49 | Darryl VOKES | 30 | Northampton | 4:55.99 |
| 7 | 50 | Samuel CHADWICK | 36 | Godalming | 4:55.00 |
| 8 | 51 | Mark JONES | 55 | Everton | 4:53.00 |
| Heat Number - 8 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 52 | Phillip MOULSON | 49 | East Anglian | 4:51.58 |
| 2 | 53 | David DAPORTA-MENDEZ | 38 | Out To Swim | 4:50.00 |
| 3 | 54 | David GELB | 34 | Barnet Copt | 4:50.00 |
| 4 | 55 | Rinat GILYAZOV | 56 | All Stars | 4:50.00 |
| 5 | 56 | Tommaso TUFARELLI | 31 | Otter | 4:50.00 |
| 6 | 57 | Clive ROBERTS | 50 | Co Chester | 4:49.00 |
| 7 | 58 | David STANNARD | 44 | Reading | 4:48.00 |
| 8 | 59 | Julian PLUMLEY | 50 | Newcastle | 4:45.00 |
| Heat Number - 9 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 60 | Andrew FARRELL | 37 | Templeogue | 4:45.00 |
| 2 | 61 | Mark REYNOLDS | 52 | Barnet Copt | 4:45.00 |
| 3 | 62 | Stephen GREEN | 33 | Newcastle | 4:45.00 |
| 4 | 63 | Lewis KING | 25 | Putteridge | 4:44.91 |
| 5 | 64 | Kyran PARKER | 45 | East Leeds | 4:42.47 |
| 6 | 65 | Lee NORTH | 41 | Rochford | 4:41.00 |
| 7 | 66 | Neil BOWERS | 45 | Newcastle | 4:40.00 |
| 8 | 67 | David ROBERTS | 34 | Otter | 4:38.00 |
| Heat Number - 10 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 68 | Nick VALENTINE | 34 | Newcastle | 4:35.70 |
| 2 | 69 | Erlend ALSTAD | 48 | I.L. Varg | 4:33.64 |
| 3 | 70 | Andrew SWANSTON | 31 | Barnet Copt | 4:30.10 |
| 4 | 71 | Samuel BARRATT | 22 | Otter | 4:30.00 |
| 5 | 72 | Peter SMITH | 35 | East Leeds | 4:26.30 |
| 6 | 73 | Daniel SMITH | 26 | Perry B & TS | 4:25.54 |
| 7 | 74 | Andrew CHAMBERLAIN | 42 | Spencer | 4:25.00 |
| 8 | 75 | Adam WARNER | 25 | Hillingdon | 4:24.36 |
| Heat Number - 11 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 77 | Nicolas BARBER | 31 | CNSW | 4:22.74 |
| 2 | 79 | Daniel JOHN | 28 | Totnes | 4:20.00 |
| 3 | 81 | Timothy ROBINSON | 19 | Bath Univ | 4:14.57 |
| 4 | 83 | Matthew JOHNSON | 20 | Bath Univ | 3:49.67 |
| 5 | 82 | Matthew BRECKON | 25 | Totnes | 4:12.00 |
| 6 | 80 | Philip COHEN | 22 | Bath Univ | 4:19.80 |
| 7 | 78 | David DENNY | 39 | Co Oxford | 4:21.00 |
| 8 | 76 | Eric RICHELLE | 38 | Plouf Club | 4:24.05 |