| Final 17:24 | | time | gap | L | Butter | Back | Breast | | 1. Jaouad Syoud |  Algeria | 2:01.44 | | 4 | 25.96s | 57.83s | 1:31.95 | | 2. Andrew Ross |  South Africa | 2:03.26 | +1.82s | 2 | 26.19s | 57.39s | 1:33.87 | | 3. Moncef Balamane | Algeria | 2:05.32 | +3.88s | 6 | 26.75s | 1:00.52 | 1:35.66 | | 4. Ronan Wanternaar |  Namibia | 2:05.35 | +3.89s | 3 | 27.35s | 1:00.24 | 1:34.93 | | 5. Liam Vehbi | South Africa | 2:05.75 | +4.31s | 7 | 27.02s | 59.69s | 1:35.85 | | 6. Karim Mahmoud |  Egypt | 2:07.86 | +7.42s | 1 | 27.14s | 1:00.67 | 1:37.63 | | 7. Oliver Durand | Namibia | 2:09.58 | +8.14s | 5 | 26.92s | 1:00.57 | 1:38.70 | | -. Clinton Opute |  Nigeria | DNS | | - | | | |
| World Record: Ryan Lochte, United States 1:54.00 WC Shanghai, China 28th July 2011 | | African Record: Darian Townsend, South Africa 1:57.03 Montpellier, France 25th April 2009 | | Championship Record: Chad Le Clos, South Africa 2:00.70 Maputo, Mozambique 10th September 2011 |
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