| Final | Team | time | Y |  | 1. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 2:13.70 | 4 | 27 |  | 2. Mandy Loots | RSA | 2:15.71 | 5 | 33 |  | 3. Kathryn Meaklim | RSA | 2:18.60 | 6 | 22 |  | 4. Sarra Lajnef | TUN | 2:20.16 | 3 | 22 |  | 5. Samantha Welch | ZIM | 2:30.02 | 2 | 15 |  | 6. Elodie Poo Cheong | MRI | 2:33.48 | 1 | 14 |  | 7. Gessica Stagno | MOZ | 2:35.37 | 7 | 18 |  | -. Sarah Hadj Abdelrahmane | ALG |   | 8 | 21 |   
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| Record - 2007 |  | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) 2:13.02  |   
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| Heats | Team | time | L | H | seed | Y |  | 1. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 2:20.74 | 4 | 2. | 2:11.36 | 27 |  | 2. Mandy Loots | RSA | 2:21.27 | 5 | 2. | 2:16.77 | 33 |  | 3. Sarra Lajnef | TUN | 2:28.12 | 5 | 1. | 2:17.81 | 22 |  | 4. Kathryn Meaklim | RSA | 2:33.34 | 4 | 1. | 2:14.98 | 22 |  | 4. Samantha Welch | ZIM | 2:33.34 | 6 | 2. | 2:28.23 | 15 |  | 6. Shrone Austin | SEY | 2:36.09 | 3 | 2. | 2:26.00 | 22 |  | 7. Gessica Stagno | MOZ | 2:37.48 | 7 | 2. |   | 18 |  | 8. Elodie Poo Cheong | MRI | 2:38.66 | 6 | 1. | 2:29.72 | 14 |  | 9. Sarah Hadj Abdelrahmane | ALG | 2:42.48 | 3 | 1. | 2:28.00 | 21 |  | 10.Fatoumata Samassekou | MLI | 3:09.11 | 2 | 2. | 2:38.41 | 23 |  | 11.Selamhikiot Kiros Habte | ETH | 3:10.36 | 2 | 1. | 3:15.00 | 13 |   
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| S6-S10 Day 6 | Team | time | Y |  | 1. Natalie Du Toit | RSA | 2:35.01 | 27 |  | 2. Emily Gray | RSA | 2:50.20 | 20 |  | 3. Vera Toma Agbe-ere | NGR | 3:14.06 | 25 |   
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