| Final | Team | time |   | L | Y |  | 1. Karin Prinsloo | RSA | 1:59.84 | CR | 4 | 21 |  | 2. Zeineb Khalfallah | TUN | 2:05.44 |   | 5 | 18 |  | 3. Natasha de Vos | RSA | 2:06.20 |   | 6 | 18 |  | 4. Kirsten Lapham | ZIM | 2:07.22 |   | 3 | 22 |  | 5. Nicole Horn | ZIM | 2:08.00 |   | 7 | 23 |  | 6. Malia Bekhouche | ALG | 2:09.16 |   | 2 | 23 |  | 7. Shannon Austin | SEY | 2:12.36 |   | 1 | 18 |  | 8. Raquel Lourenco | MOZ | 2:32.19 |   | 8 | 16 |   
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| Record -2007 |  | Melissa Corfe 2:02.45 |   
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| Heats | Team | time | seed | Y |  | 1. Karin Prinsloo | RSA | 2:05.32 | 1:59.52 | 21 |  | 2. Zeineb Khalfallah | TUN | 2:07.40 | 2:04.92 | 18 |  | 3. Kirsten Lapham | ZIM | 2:09.71 | 2:06.55 | 22 |  | 4. Natasha de Vos | RSA | 2:09.86 | 2:00.79 | 18 |  | 5. Malia Bekhouche | ALG | 2:09.98 | 2:09.00 | 23 |  | 6. Nicole Horn | ZIM | 2:11.64 | 2:08.72 | 23 |  | 7. Shannon Austin | SEY | 2:15.18 | 2:08.00 | 18 |  | 8. Raquel Lourenco | MOZ | 2:31.26 | 2:34.20 | 16 |  | 9. Faina Salate | MOZ | 2:32.82 | 2:35.38 | 17 |  | -. Sarra Lajnef | TUN | DNS | 2:06.18 | 22 |  | -. Ifiezibe Gagbe | NGR | DNS | 2:20.75 | 20 |   
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