| Final A | Team | Time | pl. | | 1. Ian Thorpe | AUS | 3:46.29 | | 2. Grant Hackett | AUS | 3:46.44 | | 3. Paul Palmer | GBR | 3:48.02 | | 4. Emiliano Brembilla | ITA | 3:48.60 | | 5. Massi Rosolino | ITA | 3:48.89 | | 6. Ihor Snitko | UKR | 3:50.16 | | 7. Hoffmann Jörg | GER | 3:51.70 | | 8. Danyon Loader | NZL | 3:52.26 |
| Final B | Team | Time | pl. | | 9. Ryk Neethling | RSA | 3:50.95 | | 10.Luiz Lima | BRA | 3:52.97 | | 11.John Piersma | USA | 3:53.32 | | 12.Jacob Carstensen | DEN | 3:55.86 | | 13.Masato Hirano | JPN | 3:56.63 | | 14.Bela Szabados | HUN | 3:56.66 | | 15.Andrei Cecan | MLD | 3:56.68 | | 16.Tyler Painter | USA | 3:57.30 |
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| Heat 6. | Team | Time | pl. | | 1. Emiliano Brembilla | ITA | 3:50.61 | 1. | | 2. Ian Thorpe | AUS | 3:51.42 | 2. | | 3. Ryk Neethling | RSA | 3:53.75 | 9. | | 4. Tyler Painter | USA | 3:55.61 | 13. | | 5. Luiz Lima | BRA | 3:55.81 | 14. | | 6. Bela Szabados | HUN | 3:57.12 | 15. | | 7. Frederik Hviid | ESP | 3:57.49 | 18. | | 8. Jure Bucar | SLO | 3:59.51 | 21. |
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| Heat 5. | Team | Time | pl. | | 1. Grant Hackett | AUS | 3:51.68 | 3. | | 2. Paul Palmer | GBR | 3:51.71 | 4. | | 3. Ihor Snitko | UKR | 3:52.24 | 7. | | 4. Masato Hirano | JPN | 3:55.28 | 11. | | 5. Jacob Carstensen | DEN | 3:55.38 | 12. | | 6. Sergi Roure | ESP | 3:57.42 | 17. | | 7. Dimitris Manganas | GRE | 4:01.66 | 24. | | 8. Hao Jin | CHN | 4:04.07 | 27. |
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| Heat 4. | Team | Time | pl. | | 1. Massi Rosolino | ITA | 3:51.93 | 5. | | 2. Jörg Hoffmann | GER | 3:52.15 | 6. | | 3. Danyon Loader | NZL | 3:52.44 | 8. | | 4. John Piersma | USA | 3:54.47 | 10. | | 5. Alexei Stepanov | RUS | 3:58.23 | 19. | | 6. Torlarp Sethsothorn | THA | 3:58.71 | 20. | | 7. Anders Jensen | DEN | 4:01.13 | 23. | | 8. Denis Zavhorodny | UKR | 4:03.65 | 26. |
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| Heat 3. | Team | Time | pl. | | 1. Andrei Cecan | MLD | 3:57.32 | 16. | | 2. Mark Kwok | HKG | 4:00.94 | 22. | | 3. Scott Cameron | NZL | 4:01.82 | 25. | | 4. Yun Lun LI | TPE | 4:05.80 | 28. | | 5. Tom Stoltz | LUX | 4:06.08 | 29. | | 6. Ramon Valle | HON | 4:07.13 | 30. | | 7. Ju Wei Sng | SIN | 4:09.03 | 32. | | 8. Cheng Hua Tseng | TPE | 4:09.07 | 33. |
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| Heat 2. | Team | Time | pl. | | 1. Alex Fong | HKG | 4:08.09 | 31. | | 2. Kurt Niehaus | CRC | 4:11.84 | 34. | | 3. Diego Mularoni | SMR | 4:15.69 | 35. | | 4. Peter Vasiliev | UZB | 4:16.28 | 36. | | 5. Fadi Kouzma | SYR | 4:25.05 | 37. | | 6. Yann Rambert | MRI | 4:26.75 | 38. | | 7. Michael Watson | GUY | 5:27.11 | 39. |
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