| Final | time | L | Y | Fly | Back | Breast | Pts |  | 1. Jay Cee Thomson |  RSA | 4:21.06 | - | 90 | 1:00.65 | 2:07.77 | 3:21.57 | 903 |  | 2. Taki Nrmrabet |  TUN | 4:24.80 | - | 89 | 59.89s | 2:07.64 | 3:22.35 | 865 |  | 3. Devon Brown |  RSA | 4:32.52 | - | 92 | 58.39s | 2:06.53 | 3:30.08 | 794 |  | 4. Ryad Djendouci |  ALG | 4:35.42 | - | 88 | 58.95s | 2:08.20 | 3:29.36 | 769 |  | 5. Mohamed Gadallah |  EGY | 4:37.16 | - | 88 | 1:01.20 | 2:14.17 | 3:32.05 | 754 |  | 6. Morad Berrada |  MAR | 4:42.62 | - | 91 | 1:04.72 | 2:16.98 | 3:38.43 | 711 |  | -. Pierre Medhat |  EGY | DNS | - | 92 |   |   
| African Record: 4:10.53 Oussama Mellouli (TUN), 4:10.53, 29/06/2009, Pescara |   
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