| | Final | time | gap | L | | 1. |  Sweden | 4:06.00 | | 4 | | | Therese Alshammar 1:02.42, Emmea Igelstrom 1:09.61, Johanna Sjoberg 58.95s, Louise Johncke 55.02s | | 2. |  Belgium | 4:09.52 | +3.52s | 5 | | | Sofie Wolfs 1:04.45, Brigitte Becue 1:09.27, Fabienne Dufour 1:00.09, Nina van Koeckhoven 55.27s | | 3. |  Romania | 4:10.05 | +4.05s | 6 | | | Raluca Udroiu 1:04.22, Beatrice Caslaru 1:10.18, Diana Mocanu 59.74s, Camelia Potec 55.91s | | 4. |  France | 4:10.40 | +4.40s | 7 | | | Helene Ricardo 1:04.17, A. Leparanthoen 1:09.75, Cecile Jeanson 1:00.05, Solenne Figues 55.72s | | 5. |  Netherlands | 4:10.80 | +4.80s | 2 | | | Brenda Starink 1:04.89, Madelon Baans 1:09.75, Chantal Groot 1:00.93, Wilma van Rijn 55.23s | | 6. |  Spain | 4:11.17 | +5.17s | 3 | | | Nina Zhivanevskaya 1:01.38, Lourdes Becerra 1:13.06, Maria Pelaez 1:00.39, Laura Roca 56.34s | | 7. |  Poland | 4:12.17 | +6.17s | 1 | | | Aleksandra Miciul 1:04.09, Martyna Krawczyk 1:10.94, Otylia Jedrejczak 1:00.19, A. Braskiewicz 57.55s | | 8. |  Ukraine | 4:22.21 | +16.21s | 8 | | | Nadiya Beshevli 1:05.05, Kateryna Uvarova 1:14.70, Zanna Lozumyrska 1:04.08, Olga Mukomol 58.38s |
| World Record: China 4:01.57 WC Rome, Italy 10th September 1994 | | European Record: East Germany 4:03.69 Moskva, Soviet Union 24th August 1984 | | Championship Record: East Germany 4:04.05 Strasbourg, France 22nd August 1987 |
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Heats - Thursday, 6th July | | Best 8 times advanced to Final. |
| | Heat 1 | time | gap | L | | 1. | Sweden | 4:11.57 | | 4 | | | Camilla Johansson 1:04.55, Maria Ostling 1:10.61, Johanna Sjoberg 1:00.19, Louise Johncke 56.22s | | 2. | Belgium | 4:11.91 | +0.46s | 3 | | | Sofie Wolfs 1:04.82, Brigitte Becue 1:09.95, Fabienne Dufour 1:00.75, Nina van Koeckhoven 56.39s | | 10. |  Turkey | 4:23.96 | +12.39s | 2 | | | Derya Erke 1:06.90, Ilkay Dikmen 1:11.99, Ayse Diker 1:04.49, Gizem Papila 1:00.49 | | 11. |  Ireland | 4:24.38 | +12.81s | 5 | | | Julie Douglas 1:10.77, Louise Robinson 1:13.32, Leonore Kelleher 1:02.28, Chantal Gibney 58.01s | | 12. |  Iceland | 4:26.82 | +15.25s | 7 | | | K. Kristjansdottir 1:07.76, L. Bjargardottir 1:16.28, Eydis Konradsdottir 1:03.12, Elin Sigurdardottir 59.66s | | 13. |  Slovakia | 4:27.59 | +16.02s | 6 | | | Jana Korbasova 1:05.97, Jana Murinova 1:16.54, Ivana Walterova 1:05.39, Natalia Kodajova 59.69s |
| | Heat 2 | time | gap | L | | 3. | Spain | 4:12.64 | +1.07s | 3 | | | Nina Zhivanevskaya 1:01.67, Rosario Zazo 1:13.07, Maria Pelaez 1:01.16, Laura Roca 56.74s | | 4. | Romania | 4:13.19 | +1.62s | 6 | | | Raluca Udroiu 1:04.26, Beatrice Caslaru 1:11.60, Diana Mocanu 1:00.87, Lorena Diaconescu 56.46s | | 5. | Netherlands | 4:13.33 | +1.76s | 7 | | | Brenda Starink 1:04.95, Madelon Baans 1:10.39, Chantal Groot 1:01.55, Thamar Henneken 56.44s | | 6. | France | 4:14.95 | +3.48s | 8 | | | Helene Ricardo 1:04.72, A. Leparanthoen 1:11.15, Cecile Jeanson 1:00.67, Solenne Figues 58.41s | | 7. | Poland | 4:15.24 | +3.67s | 5 | | | Aleksandra Miciul 1:03.99, Martyna Krawczyk 1:12.63, Otylia Jedrejczak 1:00.94, A. Braskiewicz 57.68s | | 8. | Ukraine | 4:15.95 | +4.48s | 4 | | | Nadiya Beshevli 1:05.14, Svitlana Bondarenko 1:10.11, Mariya Ogurtsova 1:03.42, Valentina Tregub 57.28s | | 9. |  Switzerland | 4:20.60 | +9.03s | 2 | | | Dominique Diezl 1:06.60, Agata Czaplicki 1:21.91, Nicole Zahnd 1:02.61, Angela Zumstein 58.48s | | -. |  Israel | DSQ | | 1 | | | Vered Borochovski 1:05.05, Daja Eden 1:14.49, Rotem Peled 1:02.46 (RT: -0.04), Ajia Gostomelsky 57.06s |
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