|   | Final | time | gap | L | Rc |   |  | 1. |   Sweden | 7:17.74 | - | 6 | - |  |  | Christer Wallin 25 1:51.34, Tommy Werner 28 3:40.89, Lars Frolander 20 5:30.61, Anders Holmertz 25 7:17.74 |  | 2. |   Russia | 7:18.13 | +0.39 | 5 | - |  |  | Yuri Mukhin 23 1:51.08, Vlad Pyshnenko 24 3:40.84, Denis Pankratov 20 5:30.30, Roman Shegolev 21 7:18.13 |  | 3. |   Germany | 7:19.10 | +1.36 | 3 | - |  |  | Andreas Szigat 22 1:50.94, Christian Keller 22 3:40.94, Oliver Lampe 20 5:30.28, Steffen Zesner 26 7:19.10 |  | 4. |   United States | 7:19.54 | +1.80 | 4 | - |  |  | Chad Carvin 20 1:50.97, Ugur Taner 20 3:40.35, Chris Eckermann 5:30.33, Joshua Clark Davis 22 7:19.54 |  | 5. |   Australia | 7:20.86 | +3.12 | 1 | - |  |  | Daniel Kowalski 19 1:50.35, Matthew Dunn 21 3:41.83, Glen Housman 23 5:32.09, Kieren Perkins 7:20.86 |  | 6. |   Italy | 7:22.06 | +4.32 | 2 | - |  |  | Pier-Maria Siciliano 20 1:50.37, Emanuele Ifini 23 3:41.30, Massimo Treviasan 26 5:30.38, Alessandro Berti 7:22.06 |  | 7. |   New Zealand | 7:25.35 | +7.61 | 8 | - |  |  | Trent Bray 21 1:48.63, Craig Ford 3:42.91, Guy Callaghan 23 5:36.22, Danyon Loader 19 07:25.35 |  | 8. |   France | 7:25.69 | +7.95 | 7 | - |  |  | Christophe Marchand 24 1:51.38, Frederic Lefevre 24 3:44.45, Thierry Leleuch 5:36.18, Lionel Poirot 21 7:25.69 |   
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 Heats - Tuesday, 6th September 12:35 |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
|   | Heat 2 | time | gap | L | Rc |   |  | 1. |   United States | 7:19.82 | - | 4 | - |  |  | Clark Davis 22 1:49.92, Ugur Taner 20 3:39.72, Chris Eckermann 5:29.54, Greg Burgess 22 7:19.82 |  | 4. |   Sweden | 7:24.89 | +5.07 | 3 | - |  |  | Christer Wallin 25 1:51.18, Christoffer Eliasson 3:43.05, Tommy Werner 28 5:35.29, Anders Holmertz 25 7:24.89 |  | 7. |   Australia | 7:27.95 | +8.13 | 5 | - |  |  | Glen Housman 23 1:51.53, Daniel Kowalski 19 3:41.46, Bruce Bourke 5:34.36, Kieren Perkins 21 7:27.95 |  | 8. |   New Zealand | 7:30.23 | +10.41 | 6 | - |  |  | Trent Bray 21 1:50.27, Craig Ford 3:44.67, Guy Callaghan 23 5:38.89, Danyon Loader 19 7:30.23 |  | 10. |   Uzbekistan | 7:45.31 | +25.49 | 2 | - |  |  | Aleksandr Agafonov 19 1:56.49, Stanislav Vecherkin 3:53.87, Viacheslav Kabanov 26 5:49.25, Oleg Tsvetkovskiy 24 7:45.31 |  | 11. |   Taiwan | 8:26.75 | +1:06.93 | 7 | - |  |  | Wei-Chieh Tseng 2:02.31, Chan-Wei Hsu 4:04.69, Chih-Yung Huang 15 6:16.03, Shih-Ming Tseng 8:26.75  |  | 13. |   Macau | 8:45.90 | +1:26.08 | 7 | - |  |  | Ngou Teng Wu 2:08.11, Kam Soi Ng 4:18.31, Ming Yuen Lee 6:31.34, Ka Kit Ma 8:45.90 |   
|   | Heat 1 | time | gap | L | Rc |   |  | 2. |   Russia | 7:22.49 | +2.67 | 5 | - |  |  | Aleksey Steapnov 01:52.68, Yuri Mukhin 23 3:42.10, Vlad Pyshnenko 24 5:33.34, Roman Shegolev 7:22.49 |  | 3. |   Germany | 7:23.52 | +3.70 | 4 | - |  |  | Dirk Bludau 1:51.31, Christian Troger 24 3:42.20, Torsten Spanneberg 19 5:33.42, Oliver Lampe 7:23.52 |  | 5. |   Italy | 7:25.58 | +5.76 | 3 | - |  |  | Emanuele Idini 23 1:51.86, Pier-Maria Siciliano 20 3:42.92, Massimo Trevisan 26 5:32.83, Alessandro Berti 7:25.58 |  | 6. |   France | 7:27.43 | +7.61 | 6 | - |  |  | Christophe Marchand 24 1:51.80, Frederic Lefevre 24 3:44.65, Thierry Leleuch 5:37.60, Lionel Poirot 21 7:27.43 |  | 9. |   Japan | 7:30.33 | +10.51 | 2 | - |  |  | Taihei Maeda 1:51.55, Masayuki Fujimoto 3:43.42, Yukihiro Matsushita 21 5:35.74, Masato Hirano 19 7:30.33 |  | 12. |   Seychelles | 8:35.48 | +1:15.66 | 7 | - |  |  | Jean Paul Adam 17 2:03.77, Ivan Roberts 21 4:17.06, Daren Romain 6:28.18, Kenny Roberts 16 8:35.48  |   
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