First 3 in each heat and next 2 fastest progress to the final.
| Place | Centre | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Districts A | 2:31.22 | Q | |
| 2 | Western Athletics C | 2:41.35 | Q | |
| 3 | Southern Hills A | 2:42.23 | Q | |
| 4 | Port Adelaide A | 2:43.32 | q | |
| 5 | Magill A | 2:56.27 | ||
| 6 | Northern Districts A | 2:59.97 | ||
| 7 | Enfield A | 3:05.15 | ||
| Plympton B | DNS | |||
| Salisbury A | DNS |
| Place | Centre | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plympton A | 2:30.79 | Q | |
| 2 | Western Athletics A | 2:37.29 | Q | |
| 3 | Eastern Districts B | 2:44.19 | Q | |
| 4 | Western Athletics B | 2:46.43 | q | |
| 5 | Tea Tree Gully A | 2:52.59 | ||
| Adelaide Harriers/Eastern Dist A | DQ | TR44.6 | ||
| Mt Barker A | DQ | TR44.6 | ||
| Gawler/Magill B | DNS |
| Place | Centre | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plympton A | 2:30.79 | Q | |
| 2 | Eastern Districts A | 2:31.22 | Q | |
| 3 | Western Athletics A | 2:37.29 | Q | |
| 4 | Western Athletics C | 2:41.35 | Q | |
| 5 | Southern Hills A | 2:42.23 | Q | |
| 6 | Eastern Districts B | 2:44.19 | Q | |
| 7 | Port Adelaide A | 2:43.32 | q | |
| 8 | Western Athletics B | 2:46.43 | q | |
| 9 | Tea Tree Gully A | 2:52.59 | ||
| 10 | Magill A | 2:56.27 | ||
| 11 | Northern Districts A | 2:59.97 | ||
| 12 | Enfield A | 3:05.15 | ||
| Adelaide Harriers/Eastern Dist A | DQ | TR44.6 | ||
| Mt Barker A | DQ | TR44.6 | ||
| Gawler/Magill B | DNS | |||
| Plympton B | DNS | |||
| Salisbury A | DNS |