Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Time behind Notes
1 4 United States Michael Phelps (1:46.49)
Ryan Lochte (1:47.52)
Peter Vanderkaay (1:47.79)
Klete Keller (1:45.53)
7:07.33 AM
2 5 Australia Grant Hackett (1:47.50)
Michael Klim (1:47.62)
Nicholas Sprenger (1:48.16)
Ian Thorpe (1:44.18)
7:07.46 0.13
3 7 Italy Emiliano Brembilla (1:48.16)
Massimiliano Rosolino (1:46.24)
Simone Cercato (1:49.85)
Filippo Magnini (1:47.58)
7:11.83 4.50
4 6 Great Britain Simon Burnett (1:47.90)
Gavin Meadows (1:48.46)
David O'Brien (1:49.05)
Ross Davenport (1:47.19)
7:12.60 5.27
5 2 Canada Brent Hayden (1:49.08)
Brian Johns (1:49.15)
Andrew Hurd (1:48.09)
Rick Say (1:47.01)
7:13.33 6.00
6 3 Germany Jens Schreiber (1:49.08)
Heiko Hell (1:49.15)
Lars Conrad (1:48.23)
Christian Keller (1:50.05)
7:16.51 9.18
7 8 France Amaury Leveaux (1:48.57)
Fabien Horth (1:48.67)
Nicolas Kintz (1:50.01)
Nicolas Rostoucher (1:50.18)
7:17.43 10.10
8 1 Greece Apostolos Antonopoulos (1:50.34)
Dimitrios Manganas (1:51.33)
Andreas Zisimos (1:50.26)
Nikolaos Xylouris (1:51.09)
7:23.02 15.67