| Final | time | | gap | _____________ | 1. | Germany | 4:09.97 | | | | Cathleen Rund 1:03.17, Jana Dörries 1:11.33, Julia Voitovitsch 1:01.37, Franziska van Almsick 54.10s | 2. | Hungary | 4:12.00 | | +2.03s | | Krisztina Egerszegi 1:00.93, šgnes Kovács 1:10.57, Edit Klocker 1:01.95, Gyöngyvér Lakos 58.55s | 3. | Spain | 4:12.52 | | +2.55s | | Ivette María 1:04.05, María Olay 1:11.28, María Peláez 1:01.37, Claudia Franco 55.82s | 4. | Italy | 4:12.85 | | +2.88s | | Lorenza Vigarani 1:03.08, Manuela Dalla Valle 1:11.18, Ilaria Tocchini 1:01.85, Viviana Susin 56.74s | 5. | Sweden | 4:13.20 | | +3.23s | | Therèse Alshammar 1:04.15, Hanna Jaltner 1:11.02, Johanna Sjöberg 1:01.88, Ellenor Svensson 56.15s | 6. | France | 4:14.94 | | +4.97s | | Hélène Ricardo 1:03.76, Aude Heinrich 1:13.41, Cécile Jeanson 1:01.13, Solenne Figuès 56.64s | 7. | Russia | 4:15.60 | | +5.63s | | Nina Zhivanevskaya 1:04.07, Yelena Makarova 1:12.79, Svetlana Pozdeyeva 1:02.00, Nataliya Meshcheryakova 56.74s | 8. | Denmark | 4:16.45 | | +6.48s | | Mette Jacobsen 1:03.16, Britta Vestergaard 1:14.66, Sophia Skou 1:01.54, Mette Nørskov Nielsen 57.09s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | gap | __________ | 1. | Hungary | 4:13.57 | Q | | | Krisztina Egerszegi 1:01.22, šgnes Kovács 1:11.43, Edit Klocker 1:02.39, Gyöngyvér Lakos 58.53s | 2. | Sweden | 4:13.75 | Q | +0.18s | | Therèse Alshammar 1:04.61, Hanna Jaltner 1:10.64, Johanna Sjöberg 1:01.84, Louise Jöhncke 56.66s | 3. | France | 4:16.31 | Q | +2.74s | | Roxana Maracineanu 1:04.92, Aude Heinrich 1:12.86, Cécile Jeanson 1:01.13, Solenne Figuès 57.40s | 4. | Denmark | 4:17.33 | Q | +3.76s | | Mette Jacobsen 1:03.62, Britta Vestergaard 1:14.30, Sophia Skou 1:01.53, Mette Nørskov Nielsen 57.88s | 5. | Great Britain | 4:18.05 | | +4.48s | | Kathy Osher 1:06.21, Marie Hardiman 1:12.03, Alex Bennett 1:03.77, Karen Pickering 56.04s | 6. | Netherlands | 4:18.71 | | +5.14s | | Brenda Starink 1:06.58, Madelon Baans 1:12.08, Inge de Bruijn 1:01.81, Patricia Stokkers 58.24s | 7. | Romania | 4:21.81 | | +8.34s | | Cătălina Căşaru 1:05.13, Larisa Lăcusță 1:13.99, Loredana Zisu 1:03.21, Luminița Dobrescu 59.48s |
| Heat 2 | time | | gap | __________ | 1. | Germany | 4:14.51 | Q | | | Jana Dörries 1:11.66, Julia Voitovitsch 1:01.96, Antje Buschschulte 1:04.03, Kerstin Kielgaß 56.86s | 2. | Spain | 4:15.53 | Q | +1.02s | | Ivette María 1:04.29, María Olay 1:12.51, María Peláez 1:02.25, Claudia Franco 56.48s | 3. | Italy | 4:16.26 | Q | +1.75s | | Lorenza Vigarani 1:04.38, Manuela Dalla Valle 1:11.74, Ilaria Tocchini 1:02.52, Viviana Susin 57.62s | 4. | Russia | 4:16.61 | Q | +2.10s | | Nina Zhivanevskaya 1:04.44, Yelena Makarova 1:13.75, Svetlana Pozdeyeva 1:01.21, Svetlana Leshukova 57.21s | 5. | Portugal | 4:19.29 | | +4.78s | | Maria Carlos Santos, Joana Soutinho, Joana Arantes 1:04.71, Ana Alegria 57.91s | 6. | Poland | 4:20.58 | | +6.07s | | Izabela Burczyk 1:04.54, Dagmara Ajnenkiel 1:12.70, Anna Uryniuk 1:04.19, Dagmara Komorowicz 59.15 | 7. | Greece | 4:24.55 | | +10.04s | | Aikaterini Klepkou 1:05.55, Katia Sarakatsani 1:16.42, Marina Karystinou 1:05.02, Tonia Makhaira 57.56s | -. | Belgium | DQ | | | | Yseult Gervy, Brigitte Becue, Delphine Brimioulle, Stéphanie Close |
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