| _ | Start at: 18:37. Temperature: 28 C. Humiduty: 62% |
| Final | time | | SO | bib | | 1. Dawit Seyaum |  ETH | 4:16.69 | | 4 | 230 | | 2. Beso Sado | ETH | 4:18.86 | | 6 | 227 | | 3. Beatrice Chepkoech |  KEN | 4:19.16 | | 8 | 284 | | 4. Amina Bakit |  SUD | 4:20.32 | SB | 14 | 535 | | 5. Caroline Chepkemoi | KEN | 4:20.87 | | 9 | 282 | | 6. Winfred Mbithe | KEN | 4:21.24 | | 5 | 316 | | 7. Kokeb Tesfaye | ETH | 4:22.80 | | 2 | 235 | | 8. Caster Semenya |  RSA | 4:23.00 | | 13 | 475 | | 9. Neide Dias |  ANG | 4:27.30 | SB | 1 | 20 | | 10.Merhawit Ghide |  ERI | 4:28.24 | | 3 | 166 | | 11.Tsepiang Sello |  LES | 4:34.89 | SB | 16 | 351 | | 12.Leo Bafoundissa Missamou |  CGO | 4:36.30 | | 12 | 63 | | 13.Mokulube Makatisi | LES | 4:38.45 | | 11 | 346 | | 14.Elizabet Nabiala Nkengue | CGO | 5:00.15 | SB | 15 | 88 | | -. Elvanie Nymbona |  BDI | DNS | | 7 | 25 | | -. Jina Mam Remeo Ojinga |  SSD | DNS | | 10 | 527 |
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| Intermediate times | | 400m: 1:30.88 | | 800m: Dawit Seyaum (ETH) 2:26.78 | | 1200m: Dawit Seyaum (ETH) 3:34.18 |
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| Records | | Rec | Athlete | time | Birth | Venue | date | | Wr | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:50.00 | 1991 | Monaco | 17/07/2015 | | Ar | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:35.17 | 1991 | Karlsruhe | 01/02/2014 | | Cr | Gelete Burka | ETH | 4:06.89 | | Algiers | 2007 |
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