EVENT 205 Womens Open 200m Backstroke - Heats
| Heat Number - 1 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 3 | 1 | Jeanette BENN | 64 | Co Lincoln P | 4:30.00 |
| 4 | 2 | Jane ASHER | 84 | Kings Corm | 4:10.00 |
| 5 | 3 | Sally LELEAN | 64 | Diss Otters | 4:08.31 |
| Heat Number - 2 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 2 | 4 | Janet MASTERS | 75 | South Beds | 4:06.70 |
| 3 | 5 | Hilary CRICK | 66 | East Leeds | 3:56.00 |
| 4 | 6 | Janet BROWN | 74 | Spencer | 3:46.00 |
| 5 | 7 | Sharon MCLELLAN | 57 | Sudbury | 3:42.00 |
| 6 | 8 | Anne CUMMINS | 51 | Aer Lingus M | 3:36.38 |
| 7 | 9 | Christine GOODAIR | 58 | Kings Corm | 3:35.00 |
| Heat Number - 3 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 10 | Frances JENKINS | 69 | Southport | 3:30.79 |
| 2 | 11 | Rosalind JOHNSON | 58 | Maidenhead | 3:30.00 |
| 3 | 12 | Mary JOHNSON | 65 | Mid Sussex | 3:28.62 |
| 4 | 13 | Alison COX | 55 | Y Swim | 3:28.58 |
| 5 | 14 | Gillian FERRIS | 61 | Gloucester M | 3:27.79 |
| 6 | 15 | Louise HUGHES | 22 | Potters Bar | 3:25.68 |
| 7 | 16 | Fiona CONWAY | 25 | Loughborough | 3:25.00 |
| 8 | 17 | Lynne DAWSON | 48 | Chapeltown | 3:20.00 |
| Heat Number - 4 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 18 | Margaret TUCK | 53 | Long Eaton | 3:20.00 |
| 2 | 19 | Frances BAKER | 55 | Launceston | 3:19.43 |
| 3 | 20 | Blanaid WALKER | 52 | Witney | 3:18.00 |
| 4 | 21 | Kathleen TUNNICLIFFE | 63 | Etwall | 3:16.00 |
| 5 | 22 | Julie DIAMOND | 41 | Co Coventry | 3:15.00 |
| 6 | 23 | Felicity HURST | 28 | Co Oxford | 3:11.59 |
| 7 | 24 | Fiona MCEWEN | 45 | W Lon Pengu | 3:10.00 |
| 8 | 25 | Clare WILLISON | 60 | Bognor Regis | 3:10.00 |
| Heat Number - 5 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 26 | Kathy BIDNALL | 60 | Mid Sussex | 3:09.70 |
| 2 | 27 | H KULA-PRZEZWANSKI | 56 | Gloucester M | 3:07.49 |
| 3 | 28 | Carrie PAGE | 37 | Putteridge | 3:04.86 |
| 4 | 29 | Samantha CROSBY | 25 | Caradon | 3:04.65 |
| 5 | 30 | Jessica THORPE | 30 | Camden Swiss | 2:55.00 |
| 6 | 31 | Lynda COGGINS | 51 | LRC | 2:54.62 |
| 7 | 32 | Sara LANG | 35 | Bracknell | 2:51.40 |
| 8 | 33 | Natalie ALLEN | 22 | UEA Norwich | 2:51.00 |
| Heat Number - 6 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 34 | Melanie CHAPMAN | 41 | UEA Norwich | 2:50.15 |
| 2 | 35 | Catherine MARKWELL | 34 | UEA Norwich | 2:50.00 |
| 3 | 36 | Carolynn CURTIS | 52 | Spencer | 2:50.00 |
| 4 | 37 | Emma MILES | 27 | Royal Navy | 2:49.79 |
| 5 | 38 | Laura BLOWERS | 32 | East Anglian | 2:48.66 |
| 6 | 39 | Julie HOYLE | 53 | East Leeds | 2:47.50 |
| 7 | 40 | Laura BOWDEN | 28 | Trafford Met | 2:45.00 |
| 8 | 41 | Fleur PARKER | 39 | Basingstoke | 2:41.25 |
| Heat Number - 7 |
| Lane | Comp.No. | Name | AaD | Club/Country | Time |
| 1 | 43 | Michelle WARE | 42 | Guildford Ct | 2:39.53 |
| 2 | 45 | Joanna CORBEN | 45 | Fareham N'ds | 2:26.14 |
| 3 | 47 | Alexandra KAYE | 19 | Bath Univ | 2:20.48 |
| 4 | 49 | Rachel BYRNE | 22 | Wigan BEST | 2:17.79 |
| 5 | 48 | Yolanda SPEARE | 22 | Co Cant'bury | 2:20.40 |
| 6 | 46 | Rebecca COLE | 21 | Loughboro Un | 2:22.91 |
| 7 | 44 | Michelle CURRY | 28 | Romford Town | 2:35.38 |
| 8 | 42 | Lauren WILLCOX | 29 | Saxon Crown | 2:39.90 |