| | Final | time | gap | L | | 1. |  Russia | 3:18.75 | | 4 | | | Denis Pimankov 50.07s, Dnikitri Chernyshev 50.20s, Andrei Kapralov 49.69s, Alexander Popov 48.79s | | 2. |  Germany | 3:19.16 | +2.93s | 3 | | | Stefan Herbst 50.65s, Lars Conrad 49.52s, Christian Troger 49.48s, Stephan Kunzelmann 49.51s | | 3. |  France | 3:20.37 | +4.04s | 5 | | | Romain Barnier 49.54s, Nicolas Kintz 5034s, Hugo Viart 50.88s, Frederic Bousquet 49.61s | | 4. |  Italy | 3:20.39 | +4.07s | 6 | | | Mauro Gallo 51.26s, Simone Cercato 49.96s, Klaus Lanzarini 49.60s, Lorenzo Vismara 49.57s | | 5. |  Ukraine | 3:21.70 | +4.11s | 1 | | | Vyacheslav Shyrshov 50.44s, Alexey Jokirko 50.74s, Rostyslav Svanidze 50.53s, Pavlo Khnykin 49.99s | | 6. |  Belarus | 3:22.56 | +5.91s | 2 | | | Pavel Lagoun 51.17s, Dmitri Kalinovski 50.44s, Igor Koleda 50.50s, Oleg Roukhlevitch 50.45s | | 7. |  Finland | 3:23.57 | +6.84s | 8 | | | Jani Sievinen 51.04s, Jere Hard 50.25s, Vesa Hanski 51.64s, Juha Lindfors 50.64s | | 8. |  Israel | 3:25.21 | +7.20s | 7 | | | Alexei Manziula 51.43s, Oren Azrad 50.86s, Tal Stricker 52.11s, Yoav Bruck 50.81s |
| World Record: United States 3:15.11 Atalanta, United States 12.08.1995 | | European and Championship Record: Netherlands 3:16.27 Istanbul, Turkey 26.07.1999 |
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Heats - Monday, 3rd July | | Best 8 times advanced to Final. |
| | Heat 3 | time | gap | L | | 2. | France | 3:20.93 | +0.29s | 5 | | | Nicolas Kintz 51.30s, Frederik Bousquet 50.10s, Hugo Viart 50.37s, Romain Barnier 49.16s | | 4. | Italy | 3:21.66 | +1.02s | 2 | | | Andrea Beccari 51.14s, Mauro Gallo 50.47s, Simone Cercato 50.16s, Klaus Lanzarini 49.89s | | 5. | Belarus | 3:22.60 | +1.96s | 6 | | | Pavel Lagoun 51.27s, Dmitri Kalinovski 51.32s, Igor Koleda 50.13s, Oleg Roukhlevitch 49.88s | | 6. | Israel | 3:23.26 | +2.62s | 1 | | | Alexei Manziula 51.32s, Oren Azrad 51.12s, Yoav Bruck 50.92s, Eithan Urbach 49.90s | | 12. |  Netherlands | 3:24.05 | +3.41s | 7 | | | Dennis Rynbeeh 51.89s, Ewout Holst 50.22s, Martijn Zuijdweg 51.80s, Mark Veens 50.14s | | 15. |  Denmark | 3:25.22 | +4.58s | 4 | | | Henrik Andersen 51.81s, Bo West 51.67s, Dennis Otzen 50.58s, Jeppe Nielsen 51.16s | | 17. |  Romania | 3:27.59 | +6.95s | 3 | | | Nicolae Ivan 51.32s, Ioan Gherghel 51.99s, Cezar Badita 52.42s, Flavius Dalea 51.86s |
| | Heat 2 | time | gap | L | | 1. | Russia | 3:20.64 | | 7 | | | Denis Pimankov 50.29s, Leonid Khokhlov 50.73s, Dmitri Chernyshev 50.05s, Andrei Kapralov 49.57s | | 3. | Germany | 3:21.12 | +0.48s | 2 | | | Stephan Kunzelmann 50.85s, Alexander Luederitz 50.65s, Lars Conrad 49.67s, Stefan Herbst 49.95s | | 7. | Finland | 3:23.36 | +2.72s | 3 | | | Jani Sievinen 51.08s, Jere Hard 50.17s, Vesa Hard 501.17s, Vesa Hanski 51.48s, Juha Lindfors 50.63s | | 7. | Ukraine | 3:23.36 | +2.72s | 6 | | | Alexey Jokirko 51.09s, Artem Goncharenko 51.47s, Pavlo Khnykin 50.33s, Juha Lindfors 50.63s | | 14. |  Belgium | 3:24.51 | +3.87s | 4 | | | Renaat Dreesen 50.82s, Thierry Wouters 50.64s, Christiaan van Camp 51.43s, Hans Bijlemans 51.62s | | 19. |  Moldova | 3:39.86 | +19.22s | 5 | | | Andrei Checan 57.09s, Andrei Zaharov 56.04s, Victor Roglit 52.32s, Sergei Stolearenco 54.41s |
| | Heat 1 | time | gap | L | | 9. |  Croatia | 3:23.91 | +3.27s | 2 | | | Duje Draganj 50.74s, Marijan Kanjer 50.42s, Ivan Mladina 51.11s, Gordan Kozulj 51.64s | | 10. |  Sweden | 3:23.96 | +3.32s | 3 | | | Johan Wallberg 51.49s, Stefan Nystrand 50.14s, Johan Nystrom 50.75s, Anders Lyrbring 51.58s | | 11. |  Spain | 3:24.01 | +3.37s | 4 | | | Juan Benavides 52.07s, Eduardo Lorente 50.54s, Jorge Ulibarri 50.01s, Javier Botello 51.39s | | 13. |  Lithuania | 3:24.13 | +3.49s | 5 | | | Arunas Savickas 51.64s, Minvydas Packevicius 51.01s, Saulius Binevicius 51.40s, Rolandas Gimbutis 50.08s | | 16. |  Switzerland | 3:26.18 | +5.54s | 7 | | | Christoph Buhler 51.58s, Philippe Meyer 51.85s, Adrian Andermatt 51.93s, Karel Novy 50.82s | | 18. |  Estonia | 3:38.68 | +18.04s | 6 | | | Toni Meijel 54.75s, Margus Saia 54.28s, Danil Haustov 54.71s, Tarmo Klik 54.94s |
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