| Final 19:53 | Team | time | seed | Y | | 1. Roxanne Tammadge | RSA | 4:19.73 | 4:18.47 | 20 | | 2. Sara Lajnef | TUN | 4:20.75 | 4:20.75 | 22 | | 3. Rene D'Warnes | RSA | 4:21.58 | 4:19.22 | 19 | | 4. Kirsten Lapham | ZIM | 4:25.61 | 4:26.24 | 22 | | 5. Melia Bekhouche | ALG | 4:30.09 | 4:29.00 | 23 | | 6. Shannon Austin | SEY | 4:33.27 | 4:28.00 | 18 | | 7. Shrone Austin | SEY | 4:38.91 | 4:26.00 | 22 | | 8. Raquel Lourenco | MOZ | 5:18.64 | | 16 |
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| Record - 2007 | | Melissa Corfe (RSA) - 4:15.53 |
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