| Final 25.03 20.12 | time | L | -time |  | 1. | Australia | 3:35.48s | 3 | CR |  |  Lisbeth Lenton 53.42s, Melanie Schlanger 53.95s, Shayne Reese 54.90s, Jodie Henry 53.21s |  | 2. | United States | 3:35.68 | 4 | 0.20s |  |  Natalie Coughlin 54.13s, Lacey Nymeyer 53.50s, Amanda Weir 54.02s, Kara Joyce Lynn 54.03s |  | 3. | Netherlands | 3:36.81 | 5 | 1.33s |  |  Inge Dekker 54.57s, Ranomi Kromowidjojo 54.82s, Femke Heemskerk 54.13s, Marleen Veldhuis 53.29s |  | 4. | Germany | 3:36.94 | 2 | 1.46s  |  |  Petra Dallmann 55.11s, Annika Lurz 54.56s, Daniela Samulski 54.62s, Britta Steffen 52.65s |  | 5. | Sweden | 3:39.23 | 6 | 3.75s  |  |  Josefin Lillhage 54.62s, Magdalena Kuras 55.38s, Therese Alshammar 54.35s, Ida Marko-Varga 54.88s |  | 6. | France | 3:40.09 | 1 | 4.61s |  |  Alena Popchanka 55.42s, Malia Metella 54.73s, Celine Couderc 54.35s, Aurore Mongel 55.59s |  | 7. | China | 3:40.48 | 7 | 5.00s |  |  Yi Tang 55.67s, Yu Yang 55.01s, Yanwei Xu 55.12s, Yingwen Zhu 54.68s |  | 8. | Great Britain | 3:40.94 | 8 | 5.46s |  |  Francesca Halsall 54.80s, Melanie Marshall 54.42s, Julia Beckett 56.06s, Rosalind Brett 55.66s |   
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