| Final | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Pieter van den Hoogenband |  NED | 48.17s | 1. 2. |  | 2. Roland Schoeman |  RSA | 48.23s | 13.1. |  | 3. Ian Thorpe |  AUS | 48.56s | 6. 8. |  | 4. Ryk Neethling |  RSA | 48.63s | 2. 7. |  | 5. Filippo Magnini |  ITA | 48.99s | 11.3. |  | 6. Duje Draganja |  CRO | 49.23s | 4. 6. |  | 7. Salim Iles |  ALG | 49.30s | 16.5. |  | 7. Andrey Kapralov |  RUS | 49.30s | 9. 4. |   
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Salim Iles |  ALG | 49.13s | 5. |  | 2. Duje Draganja |  CRO | 49.14s | 6. |  | 3. Ian Thorpe |  AUS | 49.21s | 8. |  | 4. Aleksandr Popov |  RUS | 49.23s | 9. |  | 5. George Bovell |  TRT | 49.53s | 11. |  | 6. Peter Mankoč |  SLO | 49.71s | 13. |  | 7. Rolandas Gimbutis |  LTU | 49.75s | 14. |  | 8. Luis Rojas |  VEN | 49.85s | 15. |   
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Roland Schoeman |  RSA | 48.39s | 1. |  | 2. Pieter van den Hoogenband |  NED | 48.55s | 2. |  | 3. Filippo Magnini |  ITA | 48.91s | 3. |  | 4. Andrey Kapralov |  RUS | 49.12s | 4. |  | 5. Ryk Neethling |  RSA | 49.18s | 7. |  | 6. Frédérick Bousquet |  FRA | 49.25s | 10. |  | 7. Romain Barnier |  FRA | 49.63s | 12. |  | 8. Torsten Spanneberg |  GER | 49.88s | 16. |   
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| Heat 9 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Romain Barnier |  FRA | 49.49s | 7. |  | 2. Aleksandr Popov |  RUS | 49.51s | 8. |  | 3. Filippo Magnini |  ITA | 49.58s | 11. |  | 4. Salim Iles |  ALG | 49.72s | 16. |  | 5. Jason Lezak |  USA | 49.87s | 21. |  | 6. José Martín Meolans |  ARG | 49.98s | 24. |  | 7. Tiago Venâncio |  POR | 50.18s | 26. |  | 8. Stephan Kunzelmann |  GER | 50.98s | 36. |   
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| Heat 8 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Ian Thorpe |  AUS | 49.17s | 6. |  | 2. Andrey Kapralov |  RUS | 49.52s | 9. |  | 3. George Bovell |  TRT | 49.61s | 12. |  | 4. Roland Schoeman |  RSA | 49.68s | 13. |  | 5. Milorad Čavić |  SCG | 49.74s | 19. |  | 6. Lorenzo Vismara |  ITA | 50.03s | 25. |  | 7. Eduardo Lorente |  ESP | 50.48s | 30. |  | 8. Ashley Callus |  AUS | 50.56s | 31. |   
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Pieter van den Hoogenband |  NED | 48.70s | 1. |  | 2. Ryk Neethling |  RSA | 48.85s | 2. |  | 3. Frédérick Bousquet |  FRA | 49.08s | 5. |  | 4. Peter Mankoč |  SLO | 49.54s | 10. |  | 5. Torsten Spanneberg |  GER | 49.71s | 15. |  | 6. Ian Crocker |  USA | 49.73s | 17. |   
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Duje Draganja |  CRO | 49.07s | 4. |  | 2. Luis Rojas |  VEN | 49.69s | 14. |  | 3. Yuriy Yehoshyn |  UKR | 49.73s | 17. |  | 4. Stefan Nystrand |  SWE | 49.75s | 20. |  | 5. Karel Novy |  SUI | 49.93s | 22. |  | 6. Matthew Kidd |  GBR | 49.97s | 23. |  | 7. Attila Zubor |  HUN | 50.26s | 28. |  | 8. Jader Souza |  BRA | 50.67s | 34. |   
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Rolandas Gimbutis |  LTU | 48.85s | 2. |  | 2. Yoshihiro Okumura |  JPN | 50.24s | 27. |  | 3. Stanislav Neverovsky |  BLR | 50.36s | 29. |  | 4. Aristidis Grigoriadis |  GRE | 50.61s | 32. |  | 5. Matti Rajakylä |  FIN | 50.67s | 33. |  | 6. Danil Haustov |  EST | 51.02s | 37. |  | 7. Cameron Gibson |  NZL | 51.56s | 43. |  | 8. Huang Shaohua |  CHN | 55.46s | 60. |   
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Romāns Miloslavskis |  LAT | 50.94s | 35. |  | 2. Alexandros Aresti |  CYP | 51.10s | 38. |  | 3. Ryan Pini |  PNG | 51.11s | 39. |  | 4. Paul Kutscher |  URU | 51.45s | 41. |  | 5. Kaan Tayla |  TUR | 51.52s | 42. |  | 6. George Gleason |  USV | 51.69s | 44. |  | 7. Hou Ming Ong |  MAS | 52.04s | 50. |  | 8. Raychin Antonov |  BUL | 52.33s | 52. |   
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Carl Probert |  FIJ | 51.42s | 40. |  | 2. Ismael Ortíz |  PAN | 51.74s | 45. |  | 2. Lee Chung-Hui |  KOR | 51.74s | 46. |  | 4. Damian Alleyne |  BBS | 51.89s | 48. |  | 5. Maximiliano Schnettler |  CHI | 51.91s | 49. |  | 6. Vyacheslav Titarenko |  KAZ | 52.09s | 51. |  | 7. Wu Nien-Pin |  TPE | 52.58s | 54. |  | 8. Mark Chay |  SIN | 52.83s | 56. |   
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Octavian Guţu |  MDA | 51.84s | 47. |  | 2. Camilo Becerra |  COL | 52.57s | 53. |  | 3. Panić Željko |  BIH | 52.75s | 55. |  | 4. Aleksandr Agafonov |  UZB | 52.92s | 57. |  | 5. Obaid Ahmed Al-Jassimi |  UAE | 54.17s | 58. |  | 6. Onan Orlando Thom |  GUY | 55.24s | 59. |  | 7. Babak Farhoudi |  IRN | 56.42s | 61. |  | 8. Jean-Laurent Ravera |  MON | 56.47s | 62. |   
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Mohammed Abbas |  IRQ | 56.81s | 63. |  | 2. Andryein Tamir |  MGL | 57.29s | 64. |  | 3. Leonel Matonse |  MOZ | 57.79s | 65. |  | 4. Hesham Shehab |  BRN | 57.94s | 66. |  | 5. Serqey Dyaçkov |  AZE | 58.26s | 67. |  | 6. Mumtaz Ahmed |  PAK | 59.19s | 68. |  | 7. Emery Nziyunvira |  BDI | 1:09.40 | 69. |   
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