|   | Final | time |   | gap | ____________ |  | 1. |   Germany | 7:18.22 |   |   |  |  | Christian Keller 1:50.12, Oliver Lampe 1:50.32, Torsten Spanneberg 1:48.34, Steffen Zesner 1:49.44  |  | 2. |   Sweden | 7:19.95 |   | +1.73s |  |  | Christer Wallin 1:51.85, Anders Holmertz 1:47.67, Lars Frölander 1:48.85, Christoffer Eliasson 1:51.58  |  | 3. |   Italy | 7:20.96 |   | +2.74s |  |  | Massimiliano Rosolino 1:51.25, Piermaria Siciliano 1:48.22, Emanuele Merisi 1:51.40, Emanuele Idini 1:50.09 |  | 4. |   Russia | 7:22.63 |   | +4.41s |  |  | Aleksey Stepanov 1:51.51, Roman Shchegolev 1:49.32, Vlad Pyshnenko 1:49.69, Denis Pankratov 1:52.11  |  | 5. |   Great Britain | 7:26.13 |   | +7.91s |  |  | Paul Palmer 1:50.60, Andrew Clayton 1:52.39, Gavin Meadows 1:52.47, Jamie Salter 1:50.67  |  | 6. |   France | 7:26.25 |   | +8.03s |  |  | Christophe Marchand 1:51.25, Frédéric Lefèvre 1:52.55, Romain Barnier 1:51.52, Christophe Bordeau 1:50.93 |  | 7. |   Netherlands | 7:28.44 |   | +10.22s |  |  | Mark van der Zijden 1:52.16, Pieter van den Hoogenband 1:50.75, Tim Hoeijmans 1:54.55, Marcel Wouda 1:50.98 |  | 8. |   Finland | 7:33.30 |   | +15.08s |  |  | Jani Sievinen 1:51.69, Kalle Varonen 1:54.48, Vesa Hanski 1:54.13, Petteri Lehtinen 1:53.00  |   
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  Heats - 23rd August |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
|   | Heat 1 | time |   | Rk | _____________  |  | 1. |   Russia | 7:26.37 |   | 1. |  |  | Aleksey Stepanov 1:50.83, Roman Shchegolev 1:50.42, Vlad Pyshnenko 1:51.56, Roman Yegorov 1:53.56 |   |  | 2. |   Sweden | 7:26.95 |   | 2. |  |  | Christer Wallin 1:52.53, Anders Holmertz 1:50.44, Christoffer Eliasson 1:51.53, Anders Forsberg 1:52.45  |  | 3. |   Italy | 7:28.32 |   | 3. |  |  | Massimiliano Rosolino 1:52.56, Piermaria Siciliano 1:51.83, Emanuele Idini 1:52.26, Alessandro Berti 1:51.67  |  | 4. |   France | 7:28.49 |   | 4. |  |  | Christophe Marchand 1:51.91, Frédéric Lefèvre 1:53.25, Romain Barnier 1:51.87, Christophe Bordeau 1:51.46  |  | 5. |   Great Britain | 7:28.94 |   | 5. |  |  | Paul Palmer 1:50.89, Andrew Clayton 1:52.98, Gavin Meadows 1:53.52, Jamie Salter 1:51.55  |   
      |   | Heat 2 | time |   | Rk | ______________ |  | 1. |   Germany | 7:29.05 |   | 6. |  |  | Oliver Lampe 1:50.65, Steffen Zesner 1:52.31, Chris-Carol Bremer 1:54.64, Christian Tröger 1:51.45  |  | 2. |   Netherlands | 7:35.96 |   | 7. |  |  | Mark van der Zijden 1:51.70, Pieter van den Hoogenband 1:54.52, Tim Hoeijmans 1:54.65, Pie Geelen 1:55.09  |  | 3. |   Finland | 7:37.71 |   | 8. |  |  | Kalle Varonen 1:54.94, Vesa Hanski 1:55.93, Janne Blomqvist 1:56.32, Antti Kasvio $1:50.52  |  | 4. |   Greece | 7:40.42 |   | 9. |  |  | Manolis Lentaris 1:52.62, Paschalis Ntatsos 1:57.40, Georgios Giziotis 1:53.56, Dimitrios Manganas 1:56.84  |  | 5. |   Slovenia | 7:50.83 |   | 10. |  |  | Igor Majcen 1:56.16, Nače Majčen 1:54.93, Jure Bučar 1:55.95, Marko Milenkovič 1:53.79  |  | 6. |   Luxembourg | 7:58.13 |   | 11. |  |  | Tom Stoltz 1:56.09, Luc Decker 1:59.76, Tom Frising 1:58.61, Marc Biewesch 2:03.67  |   
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