| Final 17:07 | | time | gap | L | Butter | Back | Breast | | 1. Jaouad Syoud |  Algeria | 4:24.59 | | 4 | 58.09s | 2:06.24 | 3:18.75 | | 2. Ramzi Chouchar | Algeria | 4:30.95 | +6.36s | 5 | 59.97s | 2:11.67 | 3:27.86 | | 3. Liam Vehbi |  South Africa | 4:31.54 | +6.95s | 3 | 1:00.64 | 2:09.82 | 3:28.25 | | 4. Oliver Durand |  Namibia | 4:32.04 | +7.45s | 1 | 1:02.19 | 2:14.08 | 3:32.13 | | 5. Ahmed Ali |  Egypt | 4:34.53 | +9.94s | 7 | 1:00.25 | 2:13.38 | 3:33.28 | | 6. Karim Mahmoud | Egypt | 4:35.28 | +10.69s | 6 | 1:00.60 | 2:12.31 | 3:30.68 | | 7. Kaio de Araujo Fatine |  Mozambique | 4:49.54 | +24.95s | 8 | 1:02.80 | 2:17.35 | 3:43.12 |
| World Record: L. Marchand, France 4:02.50 WC Fukuoka, Japan 23rd July 2023 | | African Record: O. Mellouli, Tunisia 4:10.53 MG Pescara, Italy1 29th June 2009 | | Championship Record: Chad Le Clos, South Africa 4:16.88 Maputo, Mozambique 6th September 2011 |
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