| | Final 18:31 | time | gap | L | | 1. |  Egypt | 3:48.47 | GR | 4 | | 55.86s 1:53.39, 2:50.93 | | 2. |  Algeria | 3:58.06 | +9.59 | 3 | | 58.17s 1:57.15, 2:57.47 | | 3. |  Zimbabwe | 4:07.56 | +19.09s | 6 | | 58.89s 2:03.10, 3:06.70 | | 4. |  Ethiopia | 5:18.96 | +1:30.49 | 2 | | 1:13.79, 2:37.50, 4:00.53 | | -. |  South Africa | DSQ | | 7 | | 58.79s 1:56.02, 2:54.67 | | -. |  Namibia | DSQ | | 3 | | 1:01.58, 2:04.31 | | -. |  Botswana | DNS | | 1 |
| World Record: Australia 3:27.96 WC Fukuoka, Japan 23rd July 2023 | | African Record: South Africa 3:40.29 Port Elizabeth, South Africa 10th April 2021 | | Championship Record: South Africa 3:48.88 Casablanca, Morocco 21st August 2019 |
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