Si sono svolte 3 batterie di qualificazione. Le prime 8 squadre si sono qualificati direttamente per la finale.
Risultati Batterie Pos. Batteria Corsia Nazione Atleti Tempo Note 1 3 3 Stev Theloke (55.54)Jens Kruppa (1:01.39)Thomas Rupprath (52.39)Torsten Spanneberg (49.18) 3:38.50 Q, 2 1 7 Péter Horváth (55.74)Károly Güttler (1:01.52)Zsolt Gáspár (52.36)Attila Zubor (48.96) 3:38.58 Q, 3 3 4 Neil Walker (55.10)Ed Moses (1:01.34)Tommy Hannan (53.32)Jason Lezak (48.83) 3:38.59 Q 4 2 4 Josh Watson (55.39)Ryan Mitchell (1:02.29)Adam Pine (52.87)Ian Thorpe (48.83) 3:39.38 Q 5 3 5 Neil Willey (56.13)Darren Mew (1:01.01)James Hickman (52.84)Sion Brinn (49.62) 3:39.60 Q 6 2 5 Klaas-Erik Zwering (56.99)Marcel Wouda (1:01.74)Joris Keizer (52.24)Mark Veens (49.13) 3:40.10 Q 7 1 6 Simon Dufour (55.82)Hugues Duboscq (1:02.16)Franck Esposito (52.60)Frédérick Bousquet (49.73) 3:40.31 Q 8 1 5 Chris Renaud (56.26)Morgan Knabe (1:00.88)Shamek Pietucha (53.27)Yannick Lupien (50.15) 3:40.56 Q 9 1 4 Vladislav Aminov (56.53)Dmitrij Komornikov (1:01.70)Igor Marchenko (53.75)Denis Pimankov (48.85) 3:40.83 10 1 3 Mattias Ohlin (57.05)Martin Gustavsson (1:01.86)Daniel Carlsson (53.30)Stefan Nystrand (48.67) 3:40.88 11 3 6 Volodymyr Nikolaychuk (56.41)Oleg Lisogor (1:01.84)Denys Sylantyev (52.99)Vyacheslav Shyrshov (49.81) 3:41.05 12 2 3 Alexandre Massura (55.83)Eduardo Fischer (1:03.49)Fernando Scherer (53.80)Gustavo Borges (49.19) 3:42.31 13 2 1 Simon Thirsk (56.88)Brett Petersen (1:02.51)Theo Verster (53.52)Nicholas Folker (49.53) 3:42.44 14 3 8 Gordan Kožulj (56.52)Vanja Rogulj (1:02.19)Miloš Milošević (54.08)Duje Draganja (49.94) 3:42.73 15 3 2 David Ortega (55.68)Santiago Castellanos (1:03.15)Daniel Morales (53.91)Javier Botello (50.02) 3:42.76 16 1 2 Philipp Gilgen (57.31)Remo Lütolf (1:01.64)Philippe Meyer (53.95)Karel Novy (49.88) 3:42.78 17 2 7 Eithan Urbach (56.12)Tal Stricker (1:02.65)Yoav Meiri (54.54)Yoav Bruck (50.08) 3:43.39 18 3 7 Eduardo Germán Otero (58.00)Sergio Andres Ferreyra (1:02.73)Pablo Martín Abal (53.96)José Meolans (48.92) 3:43.61 19 1 8 Aleksandr Shilin (57.88)Alexander Tkachev (1:03.69)Konstantin Ushkov (54.05)Sergey Ashihmin (51.08) 3:46.70 20 3 1 Rodolfo Falcón (55.97)Gunter Rodríguez (1:05.40)Yohan García (55.65)Marcos Hernández (49.86) 3:46.88 21 2 8 Fu Yong (58.34)Zhu Yi (1:03.35)Ouyang Kunpeng (53.96)Xie Xufeng (51.72) 3:47.37 22 1 1 Alex Lim (58.48)Elvin Chia (1:03.18)Anthony Ang (55.70)Allen Ong (50.96) 3:48.32 2 6 Jani Sievinen (56.49)Jarno PihlavaTero VälimaaJere Hård 2 2
Finale Pos. Corsia Nazione Atleti Tempo Distacco Note 3 Lenny Krayzelburg (53.87)Ed Moses (59.84)Ian Crocker (52.10)Gary Hall Jr. (47.92) 3:33.73 2 Matt Welsh (54.29)Regan Harrison (1:01.48)Geoff Huegill (51.33)Michael Klim (48.17) 3:35.27 1.54 4 Stev Theloke (55.07)Jens Kruppa (1:00.52) Thomas Rupprath (52.14)Torsten Spanneberg (48.15) 3:35.88 2.15 4 7 Klaas-Erik Zwering (56.83)Marcel Wouda (1:01.20)Joris Keizer (52.26)Pieter van den Hoogenband (47.24) 3:37.53 3.80 5 5 Péter Horváth (55.90)Károly Güttler (1:01.23)Zsolt Gáspár (52.95)Attila Zubor (49.01) 3:39.09 5.36 6 8 Chris Renaud (55.66)Morgan Knabe (1:01.23)Mike Mintenko (52.66)Craig Hutchison (50.33) 3:39.88 6.15 7 1 Simon Dufour (55.67)Hugues Duboscq (1:01.69)Franck Esposito (52.80)Frédérick Bousquet (49.86) 3:40.02 6.29 8 6 Neil Willey (56.49)Darren Mew (1:01.76)James Hickman (52.53)Sion Brinn (49.41) 3:40.19 6.46
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