|   | Final | time |   | gap | ____________ |  | 1. |   Russia | 3:38.11 |   |   |  |  | Vladimir Selkov 55.49s, Andrey Korneyev 1:01.83, Denis Pankratov 51.73s, Aleksandr Popov 49.08s  |  | 2. |   Hungary | 3:40.88 |   | +2.77s |  |  | Tamás Deutsch 56.53s, Károly Güttler 1:00.88, Péter Horváth 53.97s, Attila Czene 49.50s  |  | 3. |   Germany | 3:41.55 |   | +3.44s |  |  | Tino Weber 56.33s, Mark Warnecke 1:01.64, Fabian Hieronimus 53.69s, Björn Zikarsky 49.89s |  | 4. |   Poland | 3:42.39 |   | +4.28s |  |  | Mariusz Siembida 56.47s, Marek Krawczyk 1:02.74, Rafał Szukała 53.06s, Bartosz Kizierowski 50.12s |  | 5. |   Belgium | 3:44.14 |   | +6.03s |  |  | Stefaan Maene 56.52s, Fred Deburghgraeve 1:01.08, Frédéric Tonus 55.93s, Hans Bijlemans 50.61s |  | 6. |   Israel | 3:44.94 |   | +6.83s |  |  | Eithan Urbach 58.40s, Vadim Alekseyev 1:01.96, Dan Kutler 54.91s, Yoav Bruck 49.67s |  | 7. |   France | 3:45.56 |   | +7.45s |  |  | Michael Masanelli 59.11s, Stéphan Perrot 1:02.86, Franck Esposito 54.53s, Christophe Kalfayan 49.06s |  | 8. |   Netherlands | 3:48.45 |   | +10.34s |  |  | Bram van Haandel 59.71s, Benno Kuipers 1:03.32, Stefan Aartsen 54.44s, Pieter van den Hoogenband 50.98s  |   
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|   | Heat 1 | time |   | Rk | ___________ |  | 1. |   Hungary | 3:44.08 |   | 2. |  |  | Tamás Deutsch 56.65s, Károly Güttler 1:01.69, Péter Horváth 54.91s, Attila Zubor 50.83s |  | 2. |   Poland | 3:44.42 |   | 3. |  |  | Mariusz Siembida 57.06s, Marek Krawczyk 1:02.95, Rafał Szukała 53.99s, Bartosz Kizierowski 50.42s |  | 3. |   Israel | 3:46.71 |   | 5. |  |  | Eithan Urbach 58.90s, Vadim Alekseyev 1:02.90, Dan Kutler 55.20s, Yoav Bruck 49.71s  |  | 4. |   France | 3:46.99 |   | 7. |  |  | Michael Masanelli 59.62s, Stéphan Perrot 1:03.30s, Franck Esposito 54.41s, Christophe Kalfayan 49.66s  |  | 5. |   Lithuania | 3:50.71 |   | 12. |  |  | Arūnas Savickas 58.50s, Nerijus Beiga 1:04.94, Artiom Zaicev 56.65s, Raimundas Mažuolis 50.62s  |  | 6. |   Turkey | 3:59.27 |   | 13. |  |  | Can Kulduk 59.40s, Hakan Kiper 1:07.32, Can Ergenekan 57.06s, Derya Büyükuncu 55.49s |  | DQ. |   Ukraine | [3:47.13] |   |   |  |  | Volodymyr Nikolaichuk, Oleksandr Dzhaburiya, Denys Sylantiev, Pavlo Khnykin  |   
      |   | Heat 2 | time |   | Rk | __________ |  | 1. |   Russia | 3:43.72 |   | 1. |  |  | Sergey Ostapchuk 57.94s, Roman Ivanovsky 1:01.93, Denis Pimankov 53.90s, Roman Shchegolev 49.95s |  | 2. |   Germany | 3:46.62 |   | 4. |  |  | Tino Weber 56.91, Mark Warnecke, Fabian Hieronimus, Björn Zikarsky  |  | 3. |   Belgium | 3:46.85 |   | 6. |  |  | Stefaan Maene 57.02s, Fred Deburghgraeve 1:01.75, Frédéric Tonus 56.95s, Hans Bijlemans 51.13s  |  | 4. |   Netherlands | 3:47.34 |   | 8. |  |  | Bram van Haandel 59.40s, Benno Kuipers 1:03.10, Stefan Aartsen 54.20s, Pieter van den Hoogenband 50.64s  |  | 5. |   Great Britain | 3:47.42 |   | 9. |  |  | Neil Willey 57.72s, Gavin Brettell 1:04.44, Andrew Clayton 55.21s, Nick Shackell 50.05s  |  | 6. |   Croatia | 3:50.15 |   | 10. |  |  | Tomislav Karlo 57.36s, Krešimir Ŭač 1:06.74, Miloš Milošević 54.63s, Marijan Kanjer 51.42s  |  | 7. |   Luxembourg | 4:03.34 |   | 11. |  |  | Luc Decker 1:02.46, Alwin de Prins 1:06.67, Tom Stoltz 1:00.32, Tom Frising 53.89s |  | DQ. |   Italy | [3:47.10] |   |   |  |  | Mirko Mazzari [57.33s], Domenico Fioravanti, Luis Alberto Laera, Piermaria Siciliano  |   
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