| 1982 Qualifications Results | ||
| Place | Team | Time |
| 1 | Sigma Phi Epsilon | 2:20.22 |
| 2 | Sigma Alpha Epsilon | 2:20.95 |
| 3 | Alpha Tau Omega | 2:22.04 |
| 4 | Sigma Chi | 2:22.71 |
| 5 | Hummer House | 2:22.92 |
| 6 | Chi Phi | 2:23.36 |
| 7 | Beta Theta Pi | 2:23.38 |
| 8 | Parks House | 2:23.50 |
| 9 | Phi Gamma Delta | 2:23.87 |
| 10 | Acacia | 2:24.45 |
| 11 | Dodds House | 2:24.58 |
| 12 | Alpha Epsilon Pi | 2:24.86 |
| 13 | Curry II Zoo | 2:25.12 |
| 14 | Phi Delta Theta | 2:25.58 |
| 15 | Willkie Wheelmen | 2:25.75 |
| 16 | Kappa Sigma | 2:25.75 |
| 17 | Delta Tau Delta | 2:25.98 |
| 18 | Rollins House | 2:26.05 |
| 19 | Boisen I | 2:26.46 |
| 20 | Martin II | 2:26.93 |
| 21 | Albatross | 2:27.05 |
| 22 | Lambda Chi Alpha | 2:27.29 |
| 23 | Phi Kappa Psi | 2:27.36 |
| 24 | Pi Kappa Phi | 2:27.46 |
| 25 | Wissler 3-2 | 2:27.68 |
| 26 | Tau Kappa Epsilon | 2:27.68 |
| 27 | Pi Kappa Alpha | 2:27.95 |
| 28 | Delta Chi | 2:28.91 |
| 29 | Theta Chi | 2:29.33 |
| 30 | Storm | 2:29.50 |
| 31 | Jenkins House | 2:29.61 |
| 32 | Nichols House | 2:29.66 |
| 33 | Sigma Pi | 2:30.31 |
| 34 | Delta Upsilon | 2:30.98 |
| 35 | Exit | 2:31.44 |
| 36 | Wissler V | 2:31.82 |
| 37 | Martin III | 2:31.85 |
| 38 | Zeta Beta Tau | 2:32.47 |
| 39 | Evans Scholars | 2:32.76 |
| 40 | Anything | 2:32.93 |