| Final | time | L | | 1. Devon Brown |  RSA | 2:01.71 | 4 | | 2. Mohamed Khaled |  EGY | 2:02.38 | 5 | | 3. Ayton Sweeney | RSA | 2:04.22 | 2 | | 4. Ahmed Mathlouti |  TUN | 2:04.44 | 3 | | 5. Mohamed Samy | EGY | 2:04.53 | 6 | | 6. Pedro Pinotes |  ANG | 2:08.84 | 1 | | 7. James Lawson |  ZIM | 2:11.07 | 7 | | 8. Kimani Maina |  KEN | 2:14.55 | 8 |
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Heats - Friday 11.09 10:33 | | 2 Heats - 10:33, 10:37. | | Kimani Maina (KEN) replaced Ralph Goveia (ZAM). |
| Ranking | time | L | Heat | Rk. | birth | | 1. Devon Brown | RSA | 2:09.61 | 6 | Heat 2 | 1. | 1992 | | 2. Mohamed Khaled | EGY | 2:09.78 | 4 | Heat 2 | 2. | 1991 | | 3. Ahmed Mathlouti | TUN | 2:10.04 | 5 | Heat 2 | 3. | 1989 | | 4. Mohamed Samy | EGY | 2:10.17 | 5 | Heat 1 | 1. | 1997 | | 5. Ayrton Sweeney | RSA | 2:10.81 | 4 | Heat 1 | 2. | 1993 | | 6. James Lawson | ZIM | 2:10.94 | 6 | Heat 1 | 3. | 1995 | | 7. Pedro Pinotes | ANG | 2:11.14 | 3 | Heat 2 | 4. | 1989 | | 8. Ralph Goveia |  ZAM | 2:13.12 | 2 | Heat 1 | 4. | 1996 | | eliminated | | 9. Kimani Maina | KEN | 2:16.88 | 2 | Heat 2 | 5. | 1998 | | 10.Igor Mogne |  MOZ | 2:17.02 | 7 | Heat 2 | 6. | 1996 | | 11.Andre Van Der Merwe |  BOT | 2:23.32 | 7 | Heat 1 | 5. | 1998 | | 12.Abdulmajid Kadermani | KEN | 2:27.95 | 1 | Heat 2 | 7. | 1996 | | -. Michael Botha | BOT | DNS | | Heat - | | 1998 | | -. Lies Abdelghani Nefsi |  ALG | DNS | | Heat - | | 1993 |
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