First 3 in each heat and next 2 fastest progress to the final.
| Place | Centre | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enfield A | 1:56.11 | Q | |
| 2 | Golden Grove A | 1:56.32 | Q | |
| 3 | Adelaide Harriers A | 2:01.65 | Q | |
| 4 | Eastern Districts A | 2:06.06 | q | |
| 5 | Salisbury A | 2:11.05 | q | |
| 6 | Western Athletics B | 2:15.75 | ||
| 7 | Tea Tree Gully B | 2:19.87 |
| Place | Centre | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Athletics A | 2:00.24 | Q | |
| 2 | Tea Tree Gully A | 2:01.84 | Q | |
| 3 | Lyndoch & Districts A | 2:09.85 | Q | |
| 4 | Southern Hills A | 2:11.61 | ||
| Woodville A | DNS | |||
| Hills A | DNS |
| Place | Centre | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enfield A | 1:56.11 | Q | |
| 2 | Western Athletics A | 2:00.24 | Q | |
| 3 | Golden Grove A | 1:56.32 | Q | |
| 4 | Tea Tree Gully A | 2:01.84 | Q | |
| 5 | Adelaide Harriers A | 2:01.65 | Q | |
| 6 | Lyndoch & Districts A | 2:09.85 | Q | |
| 7 | Eastern Districts A | 2:06.06 | q | |
| 8 | Salisbury A | 2:11.05 | q | |
| 9 | Southern Hills A | 2:11.61 | ||
| 10 | Western Athletics B | 2:15.75 | ||
| 11 | Tea Tree Gully B | 2:19.87 | ||
| Woodville A | DNS | |||
| Hills A | DNS |