| 1959 Qualifications Results | ||
| Place | Team | Time |
| 1 | Acacia | 2:35.0 |
| 2 | Phi Gamma Delta | 2:35.6 |
| 3 | Sigma Alpha Epsilon | 2:35.9 |
| 4 | Phi Kappa Psi | 2:36.4 |
| 5 | Sigma Nu | 2:37.9 |
| 6 | Chi Phi | 2:38.7 |
| 7 | Rollins House | 2:38.8 |
| 8 | Sigma Chi | 2:43.0 |
| 9 | Delta Chi | 2:44.5 |
| 10 | Beta theta Pi | 2:45.4 |
| 11 | Ruter House | 2:46.0 |
| 12 | Phi Delta Theta | 2:46.8 |
| 13 | Dunn House | 2:47.4 |
| 14 | Delta Tau Delta | 2:47.4 |
| 15 | West Linden Hall | 2:47.5 |
| 16 | Dodds House | 2:47.7 |
| 17 | Alpha Tau Omega | 2:48.2 |
| 18 | Todd House | 2:49.2 |
| 19 | Pi Kappa Phi | 2:50.0 |
| 20 | Delta Upsilon | 2:50.0 |
| 21 | Sigma Phi Epsilon | 2:50.0 |
| 22 | Lambda Chi Alpha | 2:50.9 |
| 23 | South Hall Buccaneers | 2:51.0 |
| 24 | Phi Sigma Kappa | 2:52.0 |
| 25 | Zeta Beta Tau | 2:53.9 |
| 26 | Hickory Hall West | 2:54.0 |
| 27 | West Hall Trojans | 2:54.1 |
| 28 | Sigma Pi | 2:54.5 |
| 29 | Kappa Sigma | 2:54.8 |
| 30 | Ferguson House Vikings | 2:55.0 |
| 31 | North Hall Friars | 2:55.9 |
| 32 | Sigma Alpha Mu | 2:55.9 |
| 33 | Theta Chi | 2:58.0 |