| Final | time | L | Y | 100m | 200m | 300m | Pts |  | 1. Leone Vorster |  RSA | 4:18.80 | - | 88 | 1:01.45 | 2:08.41 | 3:14.93 | 836 |  | 2. Rene Warnes |  RSA | 4:19.22 | - | 92 | 1:01.76 | 2:08.59 | 3:14.80 | 832 |  | 3. Shahd Mostafa |  EGY | 4:25.88 | - | 93 | 1:01.80 | 2:09.78 | 3:18.72 | 771 |  | 4. Malya Mghezzi Bakhouche |  ALG | 4:26.08 | - | 88 | 1:03.07 | 2:10.55 | 3:18.07 | 769 |  | 5. Nesrine Khelifati |  TUN | 4:34.57 | - | 94 | 1:04.68 | 2:14.53 | 3:25.51 | 700 |  | 6. Rowan Elbadry |  EGY | 4:34.88 | - | 95 | 1:03.78 | 2:13.41 | 3:24.66 | 698 |  | 7. Rania El Abdi |  MAR | 4:38.44 | - | 94 | 1:03.93 | 2:13.61 | 3:25.89 | 671 |  | 8. Noufissa Chbihi |  MAR | 4:42.25 | - | 90 | 1:04.27 | 2:13.88 | 3:27.45 | 644 |   
| African Record: Wendy Trott (RSA), 4:08.38, 10/08/2008, Beijing. |  | Championship Record: Melissa Corfe (RSA), 4:14.23, 07/05/2004, Casablanca |   
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