| Final | time | | 1. Sureyya Ayhan |  TUR | 3:58.79 | | 2. Gabriela Szabo |  ROU | 3:58.81 | | 3. Tatyana Tomashova |  RUS | 4:01.28 | | 4. Judit Varga |  HUN | 4:02.37 | | 5. Daniela Yordanova |  BUL | 4:03.03 | | 6. Natalia Rodriguez |  ESP | 4:06.15 | | 7. Alesya Turova |  BLR | 4:06.64 | | 8. Nuria Fernandez | ESP | 4:07.11 | | 9. Lidia Chojecka |  POL | 4:10.56 | | 10.Iryna Lishchynska |  UKR | 4:11.70 | | 11.Iris Maria Fuentes-Pila | ESP | 4:13.02 | | 12.Carla Sacramento |  POR | 4:17.01 |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Judit Varga | HUN | 4:07.71 | | 2. Daniela Yordanova | BUL | 4:07.76 | | 3. Iris Maria Fuentes-Pila | ESP | 4:07.89 | | 4. Kelly Holmes |  GBR | 4:08.11 | | 5. Elena Iagar-Buhaianu | ROU | 4:09.37 | | 6. Yekaterina Puzanova | RUS | 4:11.49 | | 7. Maria Tsirba |  GRE | 4:12.75 | | 8. Trine Pilskog |  NOR | 4:13.84 | | 9. Rasa Drazdauskaite |  LTU | 4:16.80 | | 10.Anjolie Wisse |  NED | 4:17.89 |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Sureyya Ayhan | TUR | 4:04.42 | | 2. Iryna Lishchynska | UKR | 4:08.89 | | 3. Natalia Rodriguez | ESP | 4:08.91 | | 4. Kathleen Friedrich |  GER | 4:08.98 | | 5. Helen Pattinson | GBR | 4:09.66 | | 6. Lena Nilsson |  SWE | 4:09.89 | | 7. Veerle Dejaeghere |  BEL | 4:10.88 | | 8. Geraldine Hendricken |  IRL | 4:18.13 | | 9. Helena Javornik |  SLO | 4:18.46 | | 10.Livia Toth | HUN | 4:19.53 | | 11.Sara Palmas |  ITA | 4:28.31 |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:05.04 | | 2. Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 4:05.14 | | 3. Nuria Fernandez | ESP | 4:05.42 | | 4. Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:05.70 | | 5. Alesya Turova | BLR | 4:05.75 | | 6. Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:05.78 | | 7. Hayley Tullett | GBR | 4:10.68 | | 8. Mariah Lynch | IRL | 4:14.41 | | 9. Heidi Jensen |  DEN | 4:16.01 | | 10.Kristin Roset | NOR | 4:17.40 | | 11.Sonja Roman | SLO | 4:19.87 |
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