| Final | time | | gap | ___________ | 1. | Germany | 8:06.11 | | | | Dagmar Hase 2:00.33, Julia Jung 2:03.15, Kerstin Kielgaß 2:00.60, Franziska van Almsick 2:02.03 | 2. | Netherlands | 8:10.17 | | +4.06s | | Carla Geurts 2:01.39, Kirsten Silvester 2:04.21, Minouche Smit 2:02.87, Patricia Stokkers 2:01.70 | 3. | Great Britain | 8:14.31 | | +8.20s | | Vicky Horner 2:03.64, Claire Huddart 2:03.91, Katja Goddard 2:03.99, Alex Bennett 2:02.77 | 4. | Denmark | 8:16.99 | | +10.88s | | Eva Zachariassen 2:05.00, Mette Jacobsen 2:02.24, Ditte Jensen 2:04.28, Mette Nørskov Nielsen 2:05.47 | 5. | France | 8:18.85 | | +23.74s | | Solenne Figuès 2:03.62, Sophie Jacquier 2:06.89, Marianne Le Verge 2:06.91, Hélène Ricardo 2:01.43 | 6. | Romania | 8:19.36 | | +13.25s | | Carla-Creola Negrea 2:03.57, Carmen Herea 2:05.93, Lorena Diaconescu 2:07.37, Luminița Dobrescu 2:02.49 | 7. | Belarus | 8:21.98 | | +15.87s | | Natalia Baranovskaya 2:04.13, Inha Borodich 2:07.58, Sviatlana Zhidko 2:06.08, Alena Popchanka 2:04.19 | 8. | Spain | 8:22.24 | | +16.13s | | Claudia Franco 2:05.31, Blanca Cerón 2:04.34, Esther Martínez 2:06.60, Itziar Esparza 2:05.99 |
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| Heat 1 | time | | Rk | __________ | 1. | Germany | 8:15.30 | Q | 1. | | Dagmar Hase 2:03.28, Julia Jung 2:03.20, Kerstin Kielgaß 2:03.01, Jutta Renner 2:05.81 | 2. | Netherlands | 8:17.04 | Q | 2. | | Carla Geurts 2:03.03, Kirsten Silvester 2:05.96, Minouche Smit 2:04.28, Patricia Stokkers 2:03.77 | 3. | Romania | 8:18.38 | Q | 3. | | Carla-Creola Negrea 2:03.25, Carmen Herea 2:05.10, Lorena Diaconescu 2:06.25, Luminița Dobrescu 2:03.78 | 4. | Great Britain | 8:18.79 | Q | 4. | | Vicky Horner 2:05.45, Claire Huddart 2:04.77, Katja Goddard 2:04.77, Alex Bennett 2:03.80 | 5. | Spain | 8:25.43 | Q | 8. | | Claudia Franco 2:06.26, Blanca Cerón 2:07.59, Esther Martínez 2:05.81, Itziar Esparza 2:05.77 |
| Heat | time | | Rk | __________ | 1. | France | 8:22.61 | Q | 5. | | Solenne Figuès 2:04.28, Sophie Jacquier 2:06.49, Marianne Le Verge 2:07.29, Hélène Ricardo 2:04.55 | 2. | Denmark | 8:23.81 | Q | 6. | | Eva Zachariassen 2:06.67, Ditte Jensen 2:05.72, Mette Nørskov Nielsen 2:05.34, Britt Raaby 2:06.08 | 3. | Belarus | 8:24.26 | Q | 7. | | Natalia Baranovskaya 2:05.27, Inha Borodich 2:07.15, Sviatlana Zhidko 2:05.67, Alena Popchanka 2:06.17, | 4. | Finland | 8:31.26 | | 9. | | Minna Salmela 2:06.95, Irene Turenius 2:08.68, Eva Vuorio 2:12.33, Paula Harmokivi 2:03.30 | -. | Sweden | DQ | | | | Johanna Sjöberg, Magdalena Schultz, Åsa Sandlund, Malin Nilsson |
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