| Final | Team | time | | L | Y | | 1. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 1:00.86 | CR | 5 | 27 | | 2. Karin Prinsloo | RSA | 1:01.46 | | 4 | 21 | | 3. Amel Melih | ALG | 1:07.27 | | 2 | 18 | | 4. Rene D'Warnes | RSA | 1:07.56 | | 3 | 19 | | 5. Fella Benaceur | ALG | 1:08.06 | | 1 | 26 | | 6. Jessica Cossa | MOZ | 1:08.19 | | 6 | 16 | | 7. Kirsten Lapham | ZIM | 1:09.48 | | 7 | 22 | | 8. Talisa Lanoe | KEN | 1:09.92 | | 8 | 17 |
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| Record - 2007 | | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) 1:01.28 |
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| Heats | Team | time | L | H | seed | Y | | 1. Karin Prinsloo | RSA | 1:03.11 | 4 | 1. | 1:01.34 | 21 | | 2. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 1:03.62 | 4 | 2. | 1:00.76 | 27 | | 3. Rene D'Warnes | RSA | 1:07.18 | 5 | 1. | 1:06.25 | 19 | | 4. Jessica Cossa | MOZ | 1:08.49 | 6 | 2. | 1:09.17 | 16 | | 5. Amel Melih | ALG | 1:08.59 | 3 | 2. | 1:06.50 | 18 | | 6. Kirsten Lapham | ZIM | 1:09,71 | 3 | 1. | 1:07.88 | 22 | | 7. Fella Benaceur | ALG | 1:10.58 | 5 | 2. | 1:03.50 | 26 | | 8. Talisa Lanoe | KEN | 1:10.62 | 2 | 2. | 1:10.16 | 17 | | 9. Jade Howard | ZAM | 1:10.83 | 6 | 1 | 1:09.35 | 16 | | 10.Mareme Faye | SEN | 1:15.54 | 2 | 1. | 1:19.28 | 24 | | 11.Joyce Tafataha | MAW | 1:15.86 | 7 | 2. | 1:20.76 | 13 | | 12.Yanet Seyoum | ETH | 1:22.19 | 7 | 1. | 1:31.79 | 17 | | 13.Fatoumata Samassekou | MLI | 1:28.93 | 1 | 2. | 1:35.70 | 23 |
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| S6-S10 | Team | time | Y | | 1. Natalie Du Toit | RSA | J1:11.73 | 27 | | 2. Sireen Sapiro | RSA | J1:10.86 | 20 | | 3. Irene Bandeira | ANG | J1:57.66 | 29 | | 4. Emily Gray | RSA | J1:17.99 | 20 | | 5. Blessing Kingdom | NGR | 2:09.24 | 24 | | 6. Anne Wacuka | KEN | 2:40.64 | 18 | | -. Vera Toma Agbe-ere | NGR | DQ | 25 |
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