Using 3.07 pb - 1 of data collected in the energy range 0.60-0.97 GeV by CMD-2, about 150 events of the process e + e - ->π + π - π + π - have been selected. The energy dependence of the cross section agrees with the assumption of the a 1 (1260)π intermediate state which is dominant above 1 GeV. For the first time π + π - π + π - events are observed at the ρ meson energy. Under the assumption that all these events come from the ρ meson decay, the value of the cross section at the ρ meson peak corresponds to the following decay width:Γ(ρ 0 ->π + π - π + π - )=(2.8+/-1.4+/-0.5)keVor to the branching ratioB(ρ 0 ->π + π - π + π - )=(1.8+/-0.9+/-0.3).10 - 5 .