| Final | Team | time | | L | Y | | 1. Mandy Loots | RSA | 59.86s | CR | 4 | 33 | | 2. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 1:02.20 | | 5 | 27 | | 3. Bianca Meyer | RSA | 1:03.14 | | 3 | 22 | | 4. Fella Benaceur | ALG | 1:04.10 | | 6 | 26 | | 5. Sarah Hadj Abdelrahmane | ALG | 1:06.25 | | 7 | 21 | | 6. Emily Chan Chee | MRI | 1:06.99 | | 1 | 15 | | 7. Binta Zahra Diop | SEN | 1:07.62 | | 2 | 21 | | 8. Faith Edorodion | NGR | 1:07.71 | | 8 | 18 |
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| Record - 2007 | | Mandy Loots (RSA) 1:00.09 |
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| Heats | Team | time | L | H | seed | Y | | 1. Mandy Loots | RSA | 1:00.41 | 4 | 2. | 59.76s | 33 | | 2. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 1:04.29 | 5 | 2. | 1:03.00 | 27 | | 3. Bianca Meyer | RSA | 1:04.96 | 4 | 1. | 1:02.98 | 22 | | 4. Fella Benaceur | ALG | 1:05.42 | 6 | 2. | 1:06.00 | 26 | | 5. Binta Zahra Diop | SEN | 1:06.30 | 3 | 1. | 1:04.87 | 21 | | 6. Sarah Hadj Abdelrahmane | ALG | 1:07.47 | 3 | 2. | 1:04.50 | 21 | | 7. Emily Chan Chee | MRI | 1:08.55 | 2 | 2. | 1:10.01 | 15 | | 8. Faith Edorodion | NGR | 1:08.58 | 2 | 1. | 1:15.94 | 18 | | 9. Gessica Stagno | MOZ | 1:09.74 | 6 | 1. | 1:08.71 | 18 | | 10.Selamhikiot Kiros Habte | ETH | 1:21.02 | 7 | 1. | 1:30.00 | 13 | | 11.Ophelia Swayne | GHA | 1:23.41 | 7 | 2. | 1:18.00 | 14 | | -. Zeineb Khalfallah | TUN | DNS | 5 | 1. | 1:03.51 | 18 |
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