Heat 1 | | time | | 1. Theresia Kiesl | Austria | 4:14.20 | Q | 2. Małgorzata Rydz | Poland | 4:14.35 | Q | 3. Catalina Gheorghiu | Romania | 4:14.40 | Q | 4. Yekaterina Podkopayeva | Russia | 4:14.44 | q | 6. Mayte Zúñiga | Spain | 4:16.06 | q | 9. Sylvia Kühnemund | Germany | 4:17.82 | q | 14.Anila Kasati-Mekshi | Albania | 4:24.18 | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 5. Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 4:15.75 | Q | 7. Simona Ionescu | Romania | 4:16.15 | Q | 8. Frédérique Quentin | France | 4:16.71 | Q | 10.Yelena Bychukovskaya | Belarus | 4:18.05 | | 11.Cristina Petite | Spain | 4:18.31 | | 12.Debbie Gunning | Great Britain | 4:18.32 | | 13.Freda Davoren | Ireland | 4:20.54 | |
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