|   | 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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  Heats - 25th August |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
|   | 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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