| |  | 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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