| Final | time | | gap | ________________ | 1. | Russia | 3:18.84 | | | | Vladimir Predkin 50.40s, Roman Shchegolev 49.59s, Roman Yegorov 49.80s, Aleksandr Popov 49.05s | 2. | Germany | 3:19.76 | | +0.92s | | Christian Tröger 50.31s, Christian Keller 50.88s, Torsten Spanneberg 49.42s, Björn Zikarsky 49.15s | 3. | Sweden | 3:21.07 | | +2.23s | | Lars Frölander 50.16s, Christer Wallin 50.78s, Fredrik Letzler 50.15s, Anders Holmertz 49.98s | 4. | Finland | 3:22.01 | | +3.17s | | Jani Sievinen 49.77s, Janne Blomqvist 51.38s, Antti Kasvio 49.87s, Petteri Lehtinen 50.99s | 5. | Netherlands | 3:22.38 | | +3.54s | | Pie Geelen 51.20s, Mark Veens 50.61s, Tim Hoeijmans 50.98s, Pieter van den Hoogenband 49.59s | 6. | France | 3:22.57 | | +3.73s | | Christophe Kalfayan 50.30s, Nicolas Gruson 51.06s, Peirrick Chavatte 50.38s, Romain Barnier 50.83s | 7. | Romania | 3:23.83 | | +4.99s | | Alexandru Ioanovici 51.04s, Răzvan Petcu 51.28s, Nicolae Butacu 50.66s, Nicolae Ivan 50.85s | 8. | Hungary | 3:23.86 | | +5.02s | | Attila Zubor 50.84s, Béla Szabados 50.72s, Péter Horváth 51.92s, Attila Czene 50.39s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | Rk | ____________ | 1. | Sweden | 3:22.47 | | 1. | | Lars Frölander 50.45s, Christer Wallin 50.76s, Fredrik Letzler 50.45s, Håkan Karlsson 50.81s | 2. | Russia | 3:22.58 | | 2. | | Roman Shchegolev 49.90s, Roman Yegorov 51.16s, Vladislav Kulikov 50.88s, Vlad Pyshnenko 50.64s | 3. | France | 3:23.08 | | 5. | | Christophe Kalfayan 50.89s, Nicolas Gruson 50.82s, Peirrick Chavatte 50.58s, Romain Barnier 50.79s | 4. | Netherlands | 3:23.31 | | 6. | | Pie Geelen 50.59s, Mark Veens 50.65s, Tim Hoeijmans 52.01s, Pieter van den Hoogenband 50.06s | 5. | Romania | 3:24.62 | | 8. | | Alexandru Ioanovici 52.22s, Răzvan Petcu 50.97s, Nicolae Butacu 50.92s, Nicolae Ivan 50.51s | 6. | Israel | 3:27.31 | | 9. | | Yoav Bruck 51.19s, Dan Kutler 53.44s, Eithan Urbach 50.94s, Dmitry Ribinsky 51.74s | 7. | Italy | 3:27.52 | | 10. | | Emanuele Idini 52.13s, René Gusperti 51.80s, Luis Alberto Laera 52.13s, Massi Rosolino 51.46s |
| Heat 2 | time | | Rk | __________________ | 1. | Germany | 3:22.73 | | 3. | | Christian Tröger 50.30s, Christian Keller 50.25s, Björn Zikarsky 51.65s, Silko Günzel 50.53s | 2. | Finland | 3:22.85 | | 4. | | Jani Sievinen 49.96s, Antti Kasvio 59.90s, Petteri Lehtinen 51.43s, Vesa Hanski 51.56s | 3. | Hungary | 3:23.46 | | 7. | | Attila Zubor 51.03s, Béla Szabados 50.79s, Péter Horváth 51.29s, Attila Czene 50.35s | 4. | Lithuania | 3:35.97 | | 11. | | Algis Statkevičius 53.01s, Arūnas Savickas 53.96s, Mindaugas Bružas 55.19s, Tomas Tobulevičius 53.81s | DQ. | Great Britain | [3:24.25] | | | | Nick Shackell 50.83s, Adam Ruckwood, Andrew Clayton, Mark Foster | DQ. | Croatia | [3:24.56] | | | | Marijan Kanjer [51.28s], Miloš Milošević [51.22s], Miroslav Vučetić [50.75s], Alen Lončar | DQ. | Greece | [3:27.57] | | | | Georgios Giziotis [51.97s], Manolis Lentaris, Kostas Tsiligiris, Paschalis Ntatsos | -. | Luxembourg | DNS | | | | |
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