Placering | Roddare | Land | Tid |
| Kirsten Barnes, Shannon Crawford, Megan Delehanty, Kathleen Heddle, Marnie McBean, Jessica Monroe, Brenda Taylor, Lesley Thompson och Kay Worthington | Kanada | 6:02,62 |
| Veronica Necula, Adriana Bazon, Maria Păduraru, Iulia Bulie, Doina Robu, Viorica Lepădatu, Doina Șnep-Bălan, Elena Georgescu och Ioana Olteanu | Rumänien | 6:06, 26 |
| Sylvia Dördelmann, Kathrin Haacker, Christiane Harzendorf, Daniela Neunast, Cerstin Petersmann, Dana Pyritz, Annegret Strauch, Ute Schell och Judith Zeidler | Tyskland | 6:07,80 |
4 | Svitlana Fil, Marina Znak, Irina Gribko, Sarmite Stone, Marina Suprun, Natalija Stasjuk, Natalija Grigorjeva, Jekaterina Kotko och Jelena Medvedeva | OSS | 6:09,68 |
5 | Lin Zhiai, Ma Lingin, Pei Jiayun, He Yanwen, Liu Xirong, Liang Xiling, Cao Mianying, Zhou Shouying och Li Ronghua | Kina | 6:12,08 |
6 | Tina Brown, Shannon Day, Betsy McCagg, Mary McCagg, Sarah Gengler, Tracy Rude, Kelley Jones, Diana Olson och Yasmin Farooq | USA | 6:12,25 |