| Final | | time | gap | L | 100m | 200m | 300m | Y | | 1. Jana Klotchkova |  Ukraine | 4:09.41 | | 4 | 59.85s | 2:03.30 | 3:06.74 | 82 | | 2. Natalya Baranovskaya |  Belarus | 4:11.37 | +1.96s | 7 | 1:01.59 | 2:05.52 | 3:09.75 | 79 | | 3. Camelia Potec |  Romania | 4:11.76 | +2.35s | 1 | 59.97s | 2:03.87 | 3:08.33 | 82 | | 4. Kirsten Vlieghuis |  Netherlands | 4:12.68 | +3.27s | 5 | 1:01.54 | 2:05.59 | 3:09.75 | 76 | | 5. Simona Paduraru | Romania | 4:12.94 | +3.53s | 8 | 1:01.25 | 2:05.66 | 3:09.96 | 81 | | 6. Maria-Angels Bardina Vidal |  Spain | 4:15.15 | +5.74s | 3 | 1:01.67 | 2:06.73 | 3:11.62 | 80 | | 7. Chantal Strasser |  Switzerland | 4:15.17 | +5.76s | 2 | 1:01.41 | 2:06.56 | 3:11.82 | 78 | | 8. Laetitia Choux |  France | 4:20.76 | +11.35s | 6 | 1:01.84 | 2:07.15 | 3:13.90 | 78 |
| World Record: Janet Evans, United States 4:03.85 OG Seoul, South Korea 22nd September 1988 | | European and Championship Record: Anke Moehring, East Germany 4:05.84 Bonn, West Germany 17th August 1989 |
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Heats - Sunday, 9th July | | Best 8 times advanced to Final. |
| Heat 4 | | time | gap | L | 100m | 200m | 300m | Y | | 6. Natalya Baranovskaya | Belarus | 4:16.29 | +1.89s | 3 | 1:02.50 | 2:07.34 | 3:12.78 | 79 | | 7. Camelia Potec | Romania | 4:16.32 | +1.92s | 4 | 1:01.68 | 2:07.10 | 3:12.81 | 82 | | 8. Simona Paduraru | Romania | 4:16.56 | +2.16s | 2 | 1:01.83 | 2:06.97 | 3:12.76 | 81 | | 10.Flavia Rigamonti | Switzerland | 4:16.70 | +2.30s | 5 | 1:02.93 | 2:08.27 | 3:13.32 | 81 | | 13.Sara Goffi |  Italy | 4:20.14 | +5.74s | 7 | 1:02.44 | 2:08.62 | 3:15.07 | 81 | | 15.Ivanka Moralieva |  Bulgaria | 4:21.56 | +7.16s | 8 | 1:02.86 | 2:09.09 | 3:15.55 | 83 | | 16.Kristyna Kynerova |  Czechia | 4:21.57 | +7.17s | 6 | 1:02.40 | 2:08.75 | 3:15.37 | 79 | | 21.Urska Ros |  Slovenia | 4:25.17 | +10.77s | 1 | 1:02.41 | 2:08.78 | 3:16.76 | 81 |
| Heat 3 | | time | gap | L | 100m | 200m | 300m | Y | | 1. Jana Klotchkova | Ukraine | 4:14.40 | | 4 | 1:00.94 | 2:05.36 | 3:10.50 | 82 | | 5. Chantal Strasser | Switzerland | 4:16.06 | +1.66s | 5 | 1:02.07 | 2:07.38 | 3:12.17 | 78 | | 9. Olena Lapunova | Ukraine | 4:16.65 | +2.25s | 3 | 1:01.84 | 2:07.08 | 3:12.44 | 80 | | 11.Hana Cerna | Czechia | 4:16.84 | +2.44s | 6 | 1:03.02 | 2:08.10 | 3:12.94 | 74 | | 19.Ingrid Bourre | France | 4:22.97 | +2.57s | 2 | 1:03.28 | 2:09.76 | 3:16.42 | 76 | | 20.Jasmin Khalil |  Austria | 4:24.51 | +10.11s | 8 | 1:01.49 | 2:07.28 | 3:15.29 | 83 | | 22.Adi Bichman |  Israel | 4:27.26 | +12.86s | 1 | 1:05.04 | 2:12.00 | 3:19.79 | 83 | | -. Ida Mattson |  Sweden | DNS | | 7 | | | | 85 |
| Heat 2 | | time | gap | L | 100m | 200m | 300m | Y | | 2. Kirsten Vlieghuis | Netherlands | 4:15.26 | +0.86s | 4 | 1:02.12 | 2:07.03 | 3:11.77 | 76 | | 2. Maria-Angels Bardina Vidal | Spain | 4:15.26 | +0.86s | 6 | 1:01.69 | 2:06.28 | 3:11.57 | 80 | | 4. Laetitia Choux | France | 4:15.78 | +1.18s | 3 | 1:02.05 | 2:07.11 | 3:11.96 | 78 | | 12.Sofie Goffin |  Belgium | 4:19.27 | +4.87s | 5 | 1:02.65 | 2:07.58 | 3:13.29 | 79 | | 17.Simona Ricciardi | Italy | 4:22.48 | +8.08s | 7 | 1:03.39 | 2:09.95 | 3:17.06 | 79 | | 18.Marianna Lymperta |  Greece | 4:22.62 | +8.22s | 2 | 1:02.79 | 2:09.24 | 3:16.60 | 79 | | 23.Anja Carman | Slovenia | 4:28.37 | +13.97s | 1 | 1:02.97 | 2:10.08 | 3:19.14 | 85 | | 26.L. Bjargadottir |  Iceland | 4:54.22 | +29.82s | 8 | 1:00.53 | 2:05.11 | 3:33.09 | 81 |
| Heat 1 | | time | gap | L | 100m | 200m | 300m | Y | | 14.Mirjana Bosevska |  Macedonia | 4:20.44 | +6.04s | 3 | 1:02.81 | 2:08.95 | 3:15.02 | 81 | | 24.Anna Builo |  Latvia | 4:36.12 | +21.72s | 4 | 1:04.59 | 2:15.35 | 3:26.98 | 83 | | 25.Mare Merisalu |  Estonia | 4:36.21 | +21.81s | 5 | 1:05.32 | 2:16.21 | 3:27.45 | 83 |
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