| Final 31.03 20:44 | time | L | -time | | 1. | Australia | 3:55.74 | 5 | WR | | Emily Seebohm 1:00.79, Leisel Jones 1:04.94, Jessicah Schipper 57.18s, Lisbeth Lenton 52.83s | | 2. | United States | 3:58.31 | 4 | 2.57s | | Natalie Coughlin 1:00.66, Tara Kirk 1:06.37, Rachel Komisarz 57.06s, Lacey Nymeyer 54.22s | | 3. | China | 4:01.97 | 6 | 6.23s | | Longzi Xutian 1:01.06, Nan Luo 1:09.08, Yafei Zhou 57.84s, Yanwei Xu 53.99s | | 4. | Great Britain | 4:02.18 | 8 | 6.44s | | Melanie Marshall 1:01.85, Kirsty Balfour 1:07.37, Terri Dunning 59.20s, Francesca Halsall 53.76s | | 5. | Russia | 4:03.32 | 1 | 7.58s | | Anastasia Zueva 1:00.85, Elena Bogomazova 1:08.11, Irina Bespalova 58.61s, Olga Shulgina 55.75s | | 6. | Japan | 4:03.33 | 3 | 7.59s | | Reiko Nakamura 1:00.69, Asami Kitagawa 1:08.17, Ayako Doi 58.78s, Maki Mita 55.69s | | 7. | Germany | 4:03.34 | 2 | 7.60s | | Antje Buschschulte 1:01.43, Birte Steven 1:09.46, Daniela Samulski 59.04s, Britta Steffen 53.41s | | 8. | Sweden | 4:06.16 | 7 | 10.42s | | Carin Moller 1:03.00, Hanna Westrin 1:08.64, Gabriella Fagundez 1:00.16, Josefin Lillhage 54.36s |
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