| Final | time | L  |  | 1. Farida Osman |  EGY | 58.83s | 5 |  | 2. Vanessa Mohr |  RSA | 1:00.26 | 4 |  | 3. Rita Naude |  RSA | 1:03.86 | 3 |  | 4. Asma Sammoud |  TUN | 1:04.11 | 6 |  | 5. Emily Muteti |  KEN | 1:04.18 | 2 |  | 6. Tarryn Rennie |  ZIM | 1:04.60 | 7 |  | 7. Mariam Sakr |  EGY | 1:05.55 | 1 |  | 8. Ana Nobrega |  ANG | 1:05.46 | 8 |   
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| Ranking | time |  | 1. Vanessa Mohr |  RSA | 1:00.52 |  | 2. Farida Osman |  EGY | 1:01.38 |  | 3. Rita Naude |  RSA | 1:03.97 |  | 4. Asma Sammoud |  TUN | 1:05.16 |  | 5. Emily Muteti |  KEN | 1:05.23 |  | 6. Tarryn Rennie |  ZIM | 1:05.32 |  | 7. Mariam Sakr |  EGY | 1:05.65 |  | 8. Ana Nobrega |  ANG | 1:06.58 |  |  eliminated |  | 9. Gessica Stagno |  MOZ | 1:07.65  |  | 10.Tessa Ip Hen Chung |  MRI | 1:11.06  |  | -. Rebecca Kamau |  KEN | DNS |  | -. Jannah Sonnenshein |  MOZ | DNS  |   
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