| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ian Thorpe | AUS | 3:40.59 | 1. | | 2. Massimiliano Rosolino | ITA | 3:43.40 | 2. | | 3. Klete Keller | USA | 3:47.00 | 6. | | 4. Emiliano Brembilla | ITA | 3:47.01 | 4. | | 5. Dragoş Coman | ROU | 3:47.38 | 7. | | 6. Chade Carvin | USA | 3:47.58 | 5. | | 7. Grant Hackett | AUS | 3:48.22 | 8. | | 8. Ryk Neethling | RSA | 3:48.52 | 3. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ian Thorpe | AUS | 3:44.65 | 1. | | 2. Emiliano Brembilla | ITA | 3:48.41 | 4. | | 3. Klete Keller | USA | 3:48.62 | 6. | | 4. Nicolas Rostoucher | FRA | 3:51.80 | 12. | | 5. Aleksey Filipets | RUS | 3:52.21 | 14. | | 6. Rick Say | CAN | 3:52.72 | 15. | | 7. Mark Johnston | CAN | 3:54.99 | 21. | | 8. Ihor Chervynsky | UKR | 3:59.84 | 33. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Chade Carvin | USA | 3:48.42 | 5. | | 2. Dragoş Coman | ROU | 3:48.77 | 7. | | 3. Grant Hackett | AUS | 3:48.91 | 8. | | 4. Heiko Hell | GER | 3:50.80 | 9. | | 5. James Salter | GBR | 3:52.01 | 13. | | 6. Vlastimil Burda | CZE | 3:54.40 | 19. | | 7. Spyros Gianniotis | GRE | 3:54.96 | 20. | | 8. Ricardo Monasterio | VEN | 3:55.35 | 23. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Massimiliano Rosolino | ITA | 3:45.65 | 2. | | 2. Ryk Neethling | RSA | 3:48.08 | 3. | | 3. Paul Palmer | GBR | 3:51.06 | 10. | | 4. Masato Hirano | JPN | 3:51.42 | 11. | | 5. Ihor Snitko | UKR | 3:52.97 | 16. | | 6. Luiz Lima | BRA | 3:53.87 | 17. | | 7. Jacob Carstensen | DEN | 3:54.14 | 18. | | 8. Dmitry Koptur | BLR | 3:55.26 | 22. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Torwai Sethsothorn | THA | 3:56.68 | 24. | | 2. Jin Hao | CHN | 3:57.32 | 25. | | 3. Damian Alleyne | BBS | 3:58.12 | 26. | | 4. Jorge Carral | MEX | 3:58.34 | 28. | | 5. Jonathan Duncan | NZL | 3:58.52 | 29. | | 6. Zoltán Szilágyi | HUN | 3:59.40 | 31. | | 7. Jure Bučar | SLO | 4:00.19 | 35. | | 8. Hannes Kalteis | AUT | 4:03.66 | 42. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Cheol U | KOR | 3:58.31 | 27. | | 2. Kwok Kimi Ming | HKG | 3:58.94 | 30. | | 3. Agustín Fiorilli | ARG | 3:59.44 | 32. | | 4. Petar Stoychev | BUL | 3:59.94 | 34. | | 5. Miguel Mendoza | PHI | 4:00.66 | 36. | | 6. Victor Rogut | MDA | 4:01.42 | 38. | | 7. Aytekin Mindan | TUR | 4:01.46 | 39. | | 8. Dieung Mannang | MAS | 4:03.77 | 43. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Sng Ju Wei | SIN | 4:01.34 | 37. | | 2. Giancarlo Zolezzi | CHI | 4:01.51 | 40. | | 3. Li Yun-Lin | TPE | 4:03.10 | 41. | | 4. Hani El-Teir | EGY | 4:04.23 | 44. | | 5. Ivan Ivanov | KGZ | 4:09.33 | 45. | | 6. Marcelino López | NIC | 4:18.89 | 46. |
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