Rank | Heat/Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
1 | H4 L4 | United States |
Randall Bal, Ed Moses Michael Phelps, Neil Walker |
3:34.80 | q, CR |
2 | H4 L3 | Japan |
Tomomi Morita, Kosuke Kitajima Takashi Yamamoto, Daisuke Hosokawa |
3:37.08 | q |
3 | H3 L3 | France |
Simon Dufour, Hugues Duboscq Franck Esposito, Frédérick Bousquet |
3:37.57 | q |
4 | H2 L4 | Russia |
Evgueni Alechine, Dmitry Komornikov Evgueni Korotychkine, Denis Pimankov |
3:38.14 | q |
5 | H3 L5 | Ukraine |
Volodymyr Nikolaychuk, Oleg Lisogor Andrii Serdinov, Vyacheslav Shyrshov |
3:38.50 | q |
6 | H4 L1 | Netherlands |
Klaas Erik Zwering, Thijs van Valkengoed Joris Keizer, Pieter van den Hoogenband |
3:38.81 | q |
7 | H2 L3 | Canada |
Riley Janes, Morgan Knabe Mike Mintenko, Brent Hayden |
3:39.41 | q |
8 | H4 L6 | Great Britain |
Gregor Tait, James Gibson Todd Cooper, Chris Cozens |
3:39.80 | q |
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9 | H2 L5 | Hungary |
Péter Horváth, Károly Güttler Zsolt Gáspár, Attila Zubor |
3:39.83 | |
10 | H4 L7 | Slovenia |
Blaž Medvešek, Emil Tahirovič Peter Mankoč, Jernej Godec |
3:40.79 | |
11 | H4 L5 | Germany |
Toni Helbig, Mark Warnecke Johannes Dietrich, Torsten Spanneberg |
3:41.33 | |
12 | H2 L6 | Finland |
Jani Sievinen, Jarno Pihlava Tero Välimaa, Matti Rajakylä |
3:41.49 | |
13 | H3 L6 | Sweden |
Jens Petersson, Martin Gustavsson Lars Frölander, Stefan Nystrand |
3:42.63 | |
14 | H4 L8 | Lithuania |
Darius Grigalionis, Vytautas Janušaitis Rimvydas Šalčius, Paulius Viktoravičius |
3:43.63 | |
15 | H4 L2 | Croatia |
Gordan Kožulj, Vanja Rogulj Krešimir Čač, Igor Čerenšek |
3:43.73 | |
16 | H3 L2 | China |
Ouyang Kunpeng, Haibo Wang Hao Jin, Zuo Chen |
3:43.80 | |
17 | H2 L2 | Brazil |
Paulo Machado, Eduardo Fischer Kaio Almeida, Gustavo Borges |
3:44.61 | |
18 | H3 L7 | Switzerland |
Karel Novy, Remo Lutolf Philipp Gilgen, Dominik Meichtry |
3:45.76 | |
19 | H1 L4 | Estonia |
Martin Viilep, Vladimir Labzin Ken Tomson, Danil Haustov |
3:52.49 | |
20 | H3 L8 | Hong Kong |
Yau Sun Fai, Chi Kin Tam Shui Ki Szeto, Kin Lun Doo |
3:57.51 | |
21 | H1 L3 | Macau |
Chi Lon Lei, Chan Wai Ma Wing Cheung Victor Wong, Kuan Fong Lao |
4:04.45 | |
22 | H1 L6 | Nigeria |
Olufolahan Oluwole, Eric Williams Musa Bakare, Gentle Offoin |
4:09.17 | |
- | H2 L1 | South Africa |
Gerhard Zandberg, Chris Stewart Roland Schoeman, Ryk Neethling |
DQ | |
- | H3 L4 | Australia |
Josh Watson, Jim Piper Adam Pine, Ian Thorpe |
DQ | |
- | H3 L1 | Algeria |
Raouf Benabid, Sofiane Daid Aghiles Slimani, Salim Iles |
DQ | |
- | - | Italy | | DNS | |
- | - | Uzbekistan | | DNS | |
- | - | Cote d'Ivoire | | DNS | |