| Final 17:26 | | time | gap | L | 50m | 100m | 150m | | 1. Abdalla Nasr |  Egypt | 2:01.87 | | 4 | 27.29s | 58.01s | 1:29.22 | | 2. Fares Benzidoune |  Algeria | 2:02.21 | +0.34s | 5 | 26.50s | 56.76s | 1:28.75 | | 3. Liam Vehbi |  South Africa | 2:03.79 | +1.92s | 3 | 27.59s | 59.17s | 1:30.53 | | 4. Jarden Eaton | South Africa | 2:06.51 | +4.64s | 6 | 26.17s | 57.06s | 1:29.61 | | 5. Oliver Durand |  Namibia | 2:08.07 | +6.20s | 2 | 27.20s | 58.84s | 1:32.56 | | 6. Clinton Opute |  Nigeria | 2:09.43 | +7.56s | 7 | 27.58s | 59.82s | 1:33.12 | | 7. Kaio de Araujo Fatine |  Mozambique | 2:12.14 | +10.27s | 8 | 28.68s | 1:02.08 | 1:36.65 | | 8. Cleyton Munguambe | Mozambique | 2:12.74 | +10.87s | 1 | 28.79s | 1:01.84 | 1:36.72 |
| World Record: K. Milak, Hungary 1:50.34 Jinan, China 21st October 2009 | | African Record: Chad Le Clos, South Africa 1:52.96 OG London, Great Britain 31st July 2012 | | Championship Record: Chad Le Clos, South Africa 1:56.17 Maputo, Mozambique 9th September 2011 |
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