"A great championship finish with a success for our team," said Francesca Halsall. "I'm pleased to have got two gold, two silver and one bronze, a medal tally I never expected. It's amazing."

Sweden (Henriette Stenkvist, Joline Hoestman, Therese Alshammar, Sarah Sjoestroem) won silver in 4:01.18 seconds while Germany (Jenny Mensing, Caroline Ruhnau, Daniela Samulski, Silke Lippok) took bronze with a time of 4:03.22.

Britain also won gold in the women's 400m freestyle. Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington who had finished a disappointing seventh earlier in the week in the 800 meter freestyle comfortably took gold with a time of 4:04.55, ahead of Ophelie Cyriell Etienne of France in 4:05.40.

"After an awful performance in the 800 meter free, this race was very important to me," Adlington said. "I was mentally strong enough to come back and I also noticed that the French girl was leading for a long time."

In the women's 50 meter freestyle final, Sweden's Therese Alshammar won gold with a time of 24.45 seconds, ahead of Hinkelien Schreuder of the Netherlands in 24.66 and Britain's Francesca Halsall, who won the 100 meter freestyle, in 24.67 seconds.

"It's going so well for me, so why should I retire? The 2012 Olympics are a great goal," Alshammar said.

Elsewhere on the final day of competition, Tania Cagnotto and Francesca Dallape won gold for Italy in the 3 meter synchro springboard final, while Sascha Klein of Germany won gold in the men's 10 meter platform final.

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