| Final | Team | time | | 1. Caleb Ndiku | KEN | 3:39.12 | | 2. Collins Cheboi | KEN | 3:39.72 | | 3. Taoufik Makhloufi | ALG | 3:39.99 | | 4. Imad Touil | ALG | 3:40.39 | | 5. Aman Wete | ETH | 3:41.04 | | 6. Anyaleh Souleiman | DJI | 3:44.77 | | 7. Soresa Fida | ETH | 3:45.10 | | 8. Ghyrmay Yowhanes | ERI | 3:45.88 | | 9. Abdalla Abdelgadir | SUD | 3:48.13 | | 10.Cornelius Panga | TAN | 3:48.22 | | -. Dawit Wolde | ETH | DNF | | -. Boaz Lalang | KEN | |
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| Heats - Wednesday 14.09 - First 5 and Best 2 progress. |
| Heat 1 | Team | time | | 1. Aman Wete Fete | ETH | 3:47.29 | | 2. Soresa Fida | ETH | 3:47.49 | | 3. Imad Touil | ALG | 3:47.77 | | 4. Abdalla Abdelgadir | SUD | 3:47.98 | | 5. Ghyrmay Yowhanes | ERI | 3:48.90 | | 6. Boaz Lalang | KEN | 3:49.0- | | 7. Cornelius Panga | TAN | 3:49.01 | | 8. Godfrey Rutayisire | RWA | 3:51.41 | | 9. Lourenco B. Antonio | ANG | 3:56.34 | | 10.Benjamin-M Enzema Owo | GEQ | 4:04.80 | | -. Roberto Mandje | GEQ | DNF |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | | 1. Caleb Ndiku | KEN | 3:48.92 | | 2. Taoufik Makhloufi | ALG | 3:48.96 | | 3. Collins Cheboi | KEN | 3:49.10 | | 4. Dawit Wolde | ETH | 3:49.22 | | 5. Anyaleh Souleiman | DJI | 3:49.27 | | 6. Osman Yahya | SUD | 3:50.82 | | 7. Bazil John | TAN | 3:52.44 | | 8. Flavio Daniel Seholhi | MOZ | 3:53.90 | | 9. Kristof Shaanika | NAM | 3:55.51 | | 10.Ngouari Mouissi | CGO | 3:58.60 | | 11.Moussa Camara | MLI | 3:58.85 |
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