First 2 in each heat and next 2 fastest progress to the final.
| Place | Centre | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coastal Districts A | 2:25.27 | Q | |
| 2 | Hallett Cove A | 2:39.63 | Q | |
| 3 | Tea Tree Gully A | 2:40.50 | q | |
| 4 | Northern Districts A | 2:44.51 | ||
| 5 | Eastern Districts A | 2:53.37 | ||
| 6 | Lyndoch & Districts C | 2:56.92 | ||
| Mt Barker B | DNS | |||
| South Coast: Victor Harbor A | DNS |
| Place | Centre | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plympton A | 2:18.42 | Q | |
| 2 | Enfield A | 2:23.31 | Q | |
| 3 | Lyndoch & Districts B | 2:34.31 | q | |
| 4 | Campbelltown A | 2:44.90 | ||
| 5 | Northern Districts C | 2:49.28 | ||
| 6 | Hallett Cove B | 3:03.01 | ||
| 7 | Gawler/Mt Barker A | 3:05.25 | ||
| 8 | Ingle Farm B | 3:18.45 |
| Place | Centre | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyndoch & Districts A | 2:15.03 | Q | |
| 2 | Adelaide Harriers A | 2:18.98 | Q | |
| 3 | Northern Districts B | 2:41.15 | ||
| 4 | Plympton B | 2:53.73 | ||
| 5 | Ingle Farm A | 3:05.33 | ||
| 6 | Tea Tree Gully B | 3:14.83 | ||
| Mt Barker C | DNS |
| Place | Centre | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyndoch & Districts A | 2:15.03 | Q | |
| 2 | Plympton A | 2:18.42 | Q | |
| 3 | Coastal Districts A | 2:25.27 | Q | |
| 4 | Adelaide Harriers A | 2:18.98 | Q | |
| 5 | Enfield A | 2:23.31 | Q | |
| 6 | Hallett Cove A | 2:39.63 | Q | |
| 7 | Lyndoch & Districts B | 2:34.31 | q | |
| 8 | Tea Tree Gully A | 2:40.50 | q | |
| 9 | Northern Districts B | 2:41.15 | ||
| 10 | Northern Districts A | 2:44.51 | ||
| 11 | Campbelltown A | 2:44.90 | ||
| 12 | Northern Districts C | 2:49.28 | ||
| 13 | Eastern Districts A | 2:53.37 | ||
| 14 | Plympton B | 2:53.73 | ||
| 15 | Lyndoch & Districts C | 2:56.92 | ||
| 16 | Hallett Cove B | 3:03.01 | ||
| 17 | Gawler/Mt Barker A | 3:05.25 | ||
| 18 | Ingle Farm A | 3:05.33 | ||
| 19 | Tea Tree Gully B | 3:14.83 | ||
| 20 | Ingle Farm B | 3:18.45 | ||
| Mt Barker B | DNS | |||
| Mt Barker C | DNS | |||
| South Coast: Victor Harbor A | DNS |