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| <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>Amy Van Dyken (55.08) Dara Torres (53.51) Courtney Shealy (54.40) Jenny Thompson (53.62)</td><td>3:36.61</td><td>-</td><td>WR</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>5</td><td>Netherlands</td><td>Manon van Rooijen (56.35) Wilma van Rijn (55.19) Thamar Henneken (54.88) Inge de Bruijn (53.41)</td><td>3:39.83</td><td>3.22</td><td>EU</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>7</td><td>Sweden</td><td>Louise Jöhncke (55.93) Therese Alshammar (53.78) Johanna Sjöberg (55.06) Anna-Karin Kammerling (55.53)</td><td>3:40.30</td><td>3.69</td><td>NR</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>Germany</td><td>Antje Buschschulte (55.67) Katrin Meissner (54.92) Franziska van Almsick (55.02) Sandra Völker (54.70)</td><td>3:40.31</td><td>3.70</td><td>NR</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>Great Britain</td><td>Karen Pickering (56.01) Alison Sheppard (54.95) Rosalind Brett (54.92) Sue Rolph (54.66)</td><td>3:40.54</td><td>3.93</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>Australia</td><td>Susie O'Neill (54.79) Sarah Ryan (54.80) Elka Graham (55.57) Giaan Rooney (55.75)</td><td>3:40.91</td><td>4.30</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>7</td><td>1</td><td>Canada</td><td>Marianne Limpert (56.32) Shannon Shakespeare (55.10) Laura Nicholls (55.30) Jessica Deglau (56.20)</td><td>3:42.92</td><td>6.31</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>Italy</td><td>Cecilia Vianini (55.96) Luisa Striani (56.22) Sara Parise (55.88) Cristina Chiuso (56.43)</td><td>3:44.49</td><td>7.88</td><td>-</td></tr> | |
| </table> | |