| Final | time | L | Y | 50m | 100 | 150m | Pts |  | 1. Sarra Lajnef |  TUN | 2:32.16 | - | 89 | 35.91s | 1:13.08 | 1:52.84 | 871 |  | 2. Sara El Bekri |  MAR | 2:32.43 | - | 87 | 35.24s | 1:14.30 | 1:53.09 | 867 |  | 3. Kathryn Meaklim |  RSA | 2:32.77 | - | 89 | 34.82s | 1:13.90 | 1:53.16 | 861 |  | 4. Ronwyn Roper |  RSA | 2:34.11 | - | 87 | 35.28s | 1:14.14 | 1:54.14 | 839 |  | 5. Lydia Yefsah |  ALG | 2:35.77 | - | 88 | 35.77s | 1:14.90 | 1:55.08 | 812 |  | 6. Yara Elmad Fakhry |  EGY | 2:41.16 | - | 96 | 37.79s | 1:18.34 | 1:59.99 | 733 |  | 7. Rowida Ibrahim |  EGY | 2:42.12 | - | 95 | 38.35s | 1:19.94 | 2:01.76 | 720 |  | 8. Lindemeier Daniela |  NAM | 2:45.07 | - | 92 | 37.13s | 1:19.51 | 2:02.76 | 682 |   
| African Record: Penelope Heyns (RSA), 2:23.64, 24/04/1999, Sydney. |   
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