| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Inge de Bruijn | NED | 56.61s | 1. 1. | | 2. Martina Moravcová | SVK | 57.97s | 6. 5. | | 3. Dara Torres | USA | 58.20s | 5. 4. | | 4. Petria Thomas | AUS | 58.49s | 3. 4. | | 5. Jenny Beth Thompson | USA | 58.73s | 2. 3. | | 6. Junko Onishi | JPN | 59.13s | 7. 6. | | 7. Susie O'Neill | AUS | 59.27s | 9. 7. | | 8. Diana Mocanu | ROU | 59.43s | 12.8. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jenny Beth Thompson | USA | 58.18s | 3. | | 2. Martina Moravcová | SVK | 58.49s | 5. | | 3. Diana Mocanu | ROU | 59.12s | 8. | | 4. Otylia Jędrzejczak | POL | 59.14s | 9. | | 5. Nataliya Sutyagina | RUS | 59.30s | 11. | | 6. Mette Jacobsen | DEN | 59.75s | 13. | | 7. Jeanson Cécile | FRA | 59.80s | 14. | | 8. Anna-Karin Kammerling | SWE | 1:00.40 | 16. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Inge de Bruijn | NED | 57.14s | 1. | | 2. Petria Thomas | AUS | 58.11s | 2. | | 3. Dara Torres | USA | 58.35s | 4. | | 4. Junko Onishi | JPN | 59.04s | 6. | | 5. Susie O'Neill | AUS | 59.05s | 7. | | 6. Johanna Sjöberg | SWE | 59.15s | 10. | | 7. Mandy Loots | RSA | 59.63s | 12. | | 8. Sophia Skou | DEN | 59.89s | 15. |
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Inge de Bruijn | NED | 57.60s | 1. | | 2. Petria Thomas | AUS | 58.52s | 3. | | 3. Otylia Jędrzejczak | POL | 58.66s | 4. | | 4. Nataliya Sutyagina | RUS | 59.50s | 10. | | 5. Mandy Loots | RSA | 59.94s | 16. | | 6. Vered Borochovski | ISR | 1:00.34 | 19. | | 7. Maki Mita | JPN | 1:00.97 | 22. | | 8. Ruan Yi | CHN | 1:01.16 | 25. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Dara Torres | USA | 58.76s | 5. | | 2. Martina Moravcová | SVK | 58.95s | 6. | | 3. Mette Jacobsen | DEN | 59.45s | 8. | | 4. Johanna Sjöberg | SWE | 59.59s | 11. | | 5. Diana Mocanu | ROU | 59.72s | 12. | | 6. Jeanson Cécile | FRA | 59.96s | 17. | | 7. Liu Limin | CHN | 59.98s | 18. | | 8. Joscelin Yeo | SIN | 1:01.28 | 26. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jenny Beth Thompson | USA | 57.66s | 2. | | 2. Junko Onishi | JPN | 59.11s | 7. | | 3. Susie O'Neill | AUS | 59.49s | 9. | | 4. Franziska van Almsick | GER | 59.72s | 12. | | 5. Anna-Karin Kammerling | SWE | 59.88s | 15. | | 6. Jessica Deglau | CAN | 1:00.97 | 21. | | 7. Daniela Samulski | GER | 1:01.31 | 27. | | 8. Yekaterina Vinogradova | RUS | 1:01.54 | 31. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Sophia Skou | DEN | 59.79s | 14. | | 2. Jen Button | CAN | 1:00.83 | 20. | | 3. Fabienne Dufour | BEL | 1:01.15 | 23. | | 3. Orsolya Ferenczy | HUN | 1:01.15 | 24. | | 5. Renate du Plessis | RSA | 1:01.32 | 28. | | 6. María Peláez | ESP | 1:01.47 | 29. | | 7. Margaretha Pedder | GBR | 1:01.53 | 30. | | 8. Marja Päivinen-Pärssinen | FIN | 1:01.94 | 33. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Maria Papadopoulou | CYP | 1:01.64 | 32. | | 2. ZAM Melakhroinou | GRE | 1:02.06 | 34. | | 3. Lee Bo-Eun | KOR | 1:02.22 | 35. | | 4. Fabíola Molina | BRA | 1:02.77 | 36. | | 5. Minpraphal Praphalsai | THA | 1:02.99 | 37. | | 6. Mariya Ohurtsova | UKR | 1:03.00 | 38. | | 7. Eydis Konráðsdóttir | ISL | 1:03.27 | 39. | | 8. Siobhan Cropper | TRT | 1:03.34 | 40. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Hsieh Shu-Ting | TPE | 1:03.52 | 41. | | 2. Kong Yan Kay | HKG | 1:04.09 | 42. | | 3. Ayse Diker | TUR | 1:04.65 | 43. | | 4. María Pereyra | ARG | 1:04.75 | 44. | | 5. Ellen Hight | ZAM | 1:09.34 | 47. | | 6. Mariya Bugakova | UZB | 1:09.94 | 48. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lisa de la Motte | SWA | 1:06.70 | 45. | | 2. Angela Galea | MLT | 1:07.88 | 46. | | 3. Tracy Ann Route | MCR | 1:13.53 | 49. |
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