Rank | Heat+Lane | Nation | Swimmers (split) | Time | Notes |
1 | H3 L4 | United States |
Randall Bal (54.16), Mark Gangloff (1:01.10), Michael Phelps (52.27), Neil Walker (48.55) | 3:36.08 | q |
2 | H1 L4 | Japan |
Tomomi Morita (55.17), Kosuke Kitajima (59.80), Ryo Takayasu (53.10), Hisayoshi Sato (49.30) | 3:37.37 | q |
3 | H3 L5 | Russia |
Arkady Vyatchanin (55.16), Grigory Falko (1:01.61), Evgeny Korotyshkin (52.85), Evgeny Lagunov (48.21) | 3:37.83 | q |
4 | H3 L3 | Australia |
Andrew Lauterstein (55.01), Brenton Rickard (1:00.52), Andrew Richards (53.27), Andrew Mewing (49.43) | 3:38.23 | q |
5 | H1 L3 | Slovenia |
Blaž Medvešek (55.36), Emil Tahirovič (1:00.94), Peter Mankoč (52.52), Jernej Godec (49.58) | 3:38.40 | q |
6 | H2 L4 | Germany |
Steffen Driesen (55.03), Jens Kruppa (1:01.67), Thomas Rupprath (52.56), Stefan Herbst (49.27) | 3:38.53 | q |
7 | H2 L5 | France |
Simon Dufour (56.48), Hugues Duboscq (59.95), Romain Barnier (53.71), Frédérick Bousquet (48.71) | 3:38.85 | q |
8 | H3 L6 | New Zealand |
Scott Talbot (56.10), Glenn Snyders (1:03.09), Moss Burmester (52.94), Cameron Gibson (49.23) | 3:41.36 | q |
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9 | H2 L3 | Canada |
Keith Beavers (58.13), Mike Brown (1:01.43), Mike Mintenko (53.12), Brent Hayden (49.17) | 3:41.85 | |
10 | H3 L8 | Poland |
Tomasz Rumianowski (56.96), Sławomir Kuczko (1:02.12), Paweł Korzeniowski (53.71), Lukasz Gasior (49.40) | 3:42.19 | |
11 | H1 L6 | South Korea |
Seung-Hyeon Lee (58.43), Seung Hun You (1:01.96), Jeong Nam Yu (54.43), Ki Hyuk Sim (51.71) | 3:46.53 | |
12 | H3 L2 | Lithuania |
Pavel Suskov (57.08), Vytautas Janušaitis (1:04.61), Paulius Viktoravicius (54.42), Rolandas Gimbutis (50.63) | 3:46.74 | |
13 | H3 L1 | Israel |
Yoav Gath (57.32), Tom Be'eri (1:04.59), Erez Feren (55.09), Shai Livnat (51.20) | 3:48.20 | |
14 | H1 L7 | Barbados |
Nick Neckles (56.33), Bradley Ally (1:04.08), Shawn Clarke (56.65), Terrence Haynes (52.55) | 3:49.61 | |
15 | H1 L2 | Uzbekistan |
Sergey Pankov (1:00.74), Andrey Morkovin (1:05.52), Oleg Lyashko (56.63), Timur Irgashev (53.17) | 3:56.06 | |
16 | H2 L2 | Singapore |
Gary Tan (1:00.14), Mark Tan (1:06.77), Cheng Xun Ng (56.87), Mark Chay (52.43) | 3:56.21 | |
17 | H2 L8 | Virgin Islands |
Kieran Locke (1:00.46), Kevin Hensley (1:07.39), Scott Hensley (58.63), Josh Laban (53.46) | 3:59.94 | |
18 | H3 L7 | Kenya |
David Dunford (1:01.85), Amar Shah (1:09.44), Rama Vyombo (1:00.29), Jason Dunford (52.51) | 4:04.09 | |
19 | H2 L1 | Macau |
Chi Lon Lei (1:02.91), Chan Wai Ma (1:07.92), Wing Cheun Wong (56.19), Hei Meng Lao (59.43) | 4:06.45 | |
20 | H2 L7 | Senegal |
Khlay Ciss (1:02.09), Malick Fall (1:04.08), Madicke Mbengue (1:02.70), Pape Madiop Ndong (58.55) | 4:07.42 | |
- | H1 L5 | Ukraine |
Pavlo Illichov (57.14), Oleg Lisogor (59.65), Denys Sylantyev (53.18), Yuri Yegoshin (-) | disqualified | |
- | H1 L1 | Mongolia |
not applicable | DNS | |
- | H2 L6 | Italy |
not applicable | DNS | |