| <table border="1"> | |
| <tr><td>Rank</td><td>Lane</td><td>Nation</td><td>Swimmers</td><td>Time</td><td>Time behind</td><td>Notes</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>4</td><td>United States</td><td>Samantha Arsenault (1:59.92) Diana Munz (1:59.19) Lindsay Benko (1:59.34) Jenny Thompson (1:59.35)</td><td>7:57.80</td><td>-</td><td>OR</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>5</td><td>Australia</td><td>Susie O'Neill (1:58.70) Giaan Rooney (1:59.37) Kirsten Thomson (2:00.13) Petria Thomas (2:00.32)</td><td>7:58.52</td><td>0.72</td><td>OC</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>2</td><td>Germany</td><td>Franziska van Almsick (1:59.51) Antje Buschschulte (2:00.35) Sara Harstick (2:00.88) Kerstin Kielgass (1:57.90)</td><td>7:58.64</td><td>0.84</td><td>NR</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>Romania</td><td>Camelia Potec (1:59.10) Simona Păduraru (2:01.52) Lorena Diaconescu (2:01.47) Beatrice Câșlaru (1:59.54)</td><td>8:01.63</td><td>3.83</td><td>NR</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>Canada</td><td>Marianne Limpert (1:59.85) Shannon Shakespeare (2:01.78) Joanne Malar (2:00.50) Jessica Deglau (2:00.52)</td><td>8:02.65</td><td>4.85</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>Great Britain</td><td>Nicola Jackson (2:00.56) Karen Legg (2:01.55) Janine Belton (2:00.79) Karen Pickering (2:00.79)</td><td>8:03.69</td><td>5.89</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>Italy</td><td>Sara Parise (2:00.55) Cecilia Vianini (1:59.46) Luisa Striani (2:01.47) Sara Goffi (2:03.20)</td><td>8:04.68</td><td>6.88</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>France</td><td>Solenne Figuès (1:59.67) Laetitia Choux (2:01.86) Katarin Quelennec (2:03.19) Alicia Bozon (2:01.27)</td><td>8:05.99</td><td>8.19</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| </table> | |