| Final | Team | time |   | L | Y |  | 1. Jason Dunford | KEN | 52.13s | CR | 5 | 24 |  | 2. Chad Le Clos | RSA | 52.17s |   | 4 | 19 |  | 3. Neil Watson | RSA | 55.14s |   | 3 | 22 |  | 4. Oussama Sahnoune | ALG | 56.32s |   | 2 | 19 |  | 5. Yellow Weiyah | NGR | 56.71s |   | 6 | 26 |  | 6. Quinton Delie | NAM | 57.40s |   | 7 | 19 |  | 7. Joao Matias | ANG | 57.53s |   | 1 | 24 |  | 8. Sofyan Elgadi | LBA | 58.27s |   | 8 | 19 |   
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| Record -2007 |  | Jason Dunford (KEN) 53.40s |   
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| Heats | Team | time | seed | Y |  | 1. Chad Le Clos | RSA | 55.01s | 52.44s | 19 |  | 2. Jason Dunford | KEN | 56.30s | 49.87s | 24 |  | 3. Neil Watson | RSA | 56.84s | 53.80s | 22 |  | 4. Yellow Weiyah | NGR | 56.99s | 57.56s | 26 |  | 5. Oussama Sahnoune | ALG | 57.94s | 56.00s | 19 |  | 6. Quinton Delie | NAM | 58.11s | 57.99s | 19 |  | 7. Joao Matias | ANG | 58.89s | 56.81s | 24 |  | 8. Sofyan Elgadi | LBA | 59.17s | 57.72s | 19 |  | 9. Jughurta Boumalie | ALG | 59.26s | 58.00s | 20 |  | 10.Oluseyi Fatayi-Williams | NGR | 59.42s | 57.96s | 23 |  | 11.Valdo Rourenco | MOZ | 1:00.31 | 1:03.24 | 18 |  | 12.Nuno Rola | ANG | 1:00.59 | 57.01s | 28 |  | 13.Sloane Marshall | ZIM | 1:01.49 | 1:00.89 | 16 |  | 14.Papa Madiop Ndong | SEN | 1:01.81 | 1:01.53 | 23 |  | 15.Kiptolo Boit | KEN | 1:02.03 | 1:03.20 | 20 |  | 16.Matar Samb | SEN | 1:02.26 | 1:02.12 | 20 |  | 17.Valdo Joao | MOZ | 1:02.50 | 59.97s | 21 |  | 18.Shane Mangroo | SEY | 1:04.09 | 1:01.00 | 18 |  | 19.Atta Tano Pierre Claver | IVC | 1:04.22 | 1:03.75 | 25 |  | 20.Fiseha Kiros Habte | ETH | 1:06.74 | 1:09.10 | 35 |  | 21.Robel Kiros Habte | ETH | 1:09.78 | 1:15.06 | 19 |  | -. Taki Mrabet | TUN | DNS | 54.62s | 22 |   
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