| Final | Time | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | | 1. France | 42.59s | Katia Benth | Frederique Bangue | Sylviane Felix | Christine Arron | | 2. Germany | 42.68s | Melanie Paschke | Gabriele Rockmeier | Birgit Rockmeier | Andrea Philipp | | 3. Russia | 42.73s | Oksana Ekk | Galina Malchugina | Natalya Voronova | Irina Privalova | | 4. Ukraine | 43.58s | Irina Pukha | Tatyana Lukiyanenko | Anzhelika Shevchuk | Anzhela Kravchenko | | 5. Greece | 44.01s | Maria Tsoni | Ekaterini Koffa | Panayota Koutrouli | Ekaterini Thanou | | 6. Finland | 44.10s | Heidi Hannula | Sanna Kyllonen | Johanna Manninen | Heli Koivula | | 7. Italy | 44.46s | Elena Apollonio | Manuela Grillo | M. Ruggeri | Manuela Levorato | | 8. Belarus | 44.76s | Tatyana Barashko | M. Molchan | Natalya Sologub | Natalya Safronnikova |
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| Heat 1 | Time | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | | 1.Germany | 43.23s | Melanie Paschke | Gabriele Rockmeier | Birgit Rockmeier | Andrea Philipp | | 2.Russia | 43.56s | Oksana Ekk | Galina Malchugina | Natalya Voronova | Irina Privalova | | 3.Ukraine | 43.60s | Irina Pukha | Tatyana Lukiyanenko | Anzhelika Shevchuk | Anzhela Kravchenko | | 4.Belarus | 44.41s | Tatyana Barashko | M. Molchan | Natalya Sologub | Natalya Safronnikova | | 5. Hungary | 44.76s | Petronella Arva | Eniko Szabo | Eva Barati | Tunde Vaszi | | 6. Portugal | 44.87s | Maria Carmo Tavares | Natalia Moura | Lucrecia Jardim | Severina Cravid |
| Heat 2 | Time | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | | 1.France | 42.87s | Katia Benth | Frederique Bangue | Sylviane Felix | Christine Arron | | 2.Greece | 44.32s | Maria Tsoni | Ekaterini Koffa | Panayota Koutrouli | Ekaterini Thanou | | 3.Italy | 44.41s | Elena Apollonio | Manuela Grillo | M. Ruggeri | Manuela Levorato | | 4.Finland | 44.59s | Heidi Hannula | Sanna Kyllonen | Johanna Manninen | Heli Koivula | | 5. Spain | 44.64s | Carmen Blay | Elena Corcoles | Arantxa Iglesias | S. Martin | | -. Poland | DQ | Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz | Kinga Leszczynska | Monika Borejza | Irena Sznajder |
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