| 1983 Qualifications Results | ||
| Place | Team | Time |
| 1 | Sigma Chi | 2:20.37 |
| 2 | Phi Delta Theta | 2:20.88 |
| 3 | Beta Theta Pi | 2:21.71 |
| 4 | Sigma Phi Epsilon | 2:23.25 |
| 5 | Wright-Parks | 2:23.40 |
| 6 | Alpha Tau Omega | 2:23.45 |
| 7 | Sigma Pi | 2:23.46 |
| 8 | Rollins House | 2:23.81 |
| 9 | Acacia | 2:23.87 |
| 10 | Team Anything | 2:24.03 |
| 11 | Phi Gamma Delta | 2:24.05 |
| 12 | Sigma Alpha Mu | 2:24.43 |
| 13 | Alpha Epsilon Pi | 2:24.49 |
| 14 | Kappa Sigma | 2:24.75 |
| 15 | Delta Tau Delta | 2:25.73 |
| 16 | Chi Phi | 2:25.77 |
| 17 | Dodds House | 2:25.86 |
| 18 | Jenkins | 2:26.36 |
| 19 | Alpha Sigma Phi | 2:26.42 |
| 20 | Lambda Chi Alpha | 2:26.60 |
| 21 | Willkie Wheelmen | 2:26.90 |
| 22 | Sigma Nu | 2:26.81 |
| 23 | Zeta Beta Tau | 2:26.96 |
| 24 | Tau Kappa Epsilon | 2:26.99 |
| 25 | Foster Martin III | 2:27.21 |
| 26 | Delta Upsilon | 2:27.34 |
| 27 | Phi Kappa Psi | 2:27.61 |
| 28 | Sigma Alpha Epsilon | 2:27.78 |
| 29 | Read-Curry IV Chaingang | 2:28.03 |
| 30 | Pi Kappa Phi | 2:28.37 |
| 31 | Wright-Nichols | 2:28.79 |
| 32 | Wright-Hummer | 2:29.05 |
| 33 | Blitzkriegers | 2:29.21 |