| Final | time | L | | 1. Ayrton Sweeney |  RSA | 2:14.41 | 4 | | 2. Wassim Elloumi |  TUN | 2:17.80 | 6 | | 3. Yossif Elkamash |  EGY | 2:19.03 | 5 | | 4. Abdelkader Mohamme Afane |  ALG | 2:21.76 | 2 | | 5. Mohamed Eissa | EGY | 2:21.88 | 7 | | 6. James Lawson |  ZIM | 2:22.52 | 3 | | 7. Edward Johannisen | RSA | 2:28.02 | 1 | | 8. Ahllan Bique |  MOZ | 2:47.57 | 8 |
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| Ranking | time | | 1. Ayrton Sweeney | RSA | 2:19.16 | | 2. Yossif Elkamash | EGY | 2:21.33 | | 3. James Lawson | ZIM | 2:23.20 | | 4. Wassim Elloumi | TUN | 2:23.96 | | 5. Abdelkader Mohamme Afane | ALG | 2:25.56 | | 6. Mohamed Eissa | EGY | 2:26.31 | | 7. Malick Fall | SEN | 2:28.51 | | 8. Edward Johannisen | RSA | 2:29.43 | | eliminated. | | 9. Ahllan Bique | MOZ | 2:43.74 | | 10.Mathew Shone |  ZAM | 2:48.54 | | 11.Moris Beals |  SLE | 3:02.89 |
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