| Final 18:30 | time | | SO | bib | | 1. Mekonen Gebremedhin |  ETH | 3:45.73 | | 10 | 202 | | 2. Abdi Waiss Mouhyadine |  DJI | 3:45.98 | | 9 | 150 | | 3. Salim Keddar |  ALG | 3:46.31 | | 12 | 11 | | 4. Ronald Kwemoi |  KEN | 3:47.02 | | 5 | 310 | | 5. Youssouf Hiss Bachir | DJI | 3:47.23 | | 3 | 148 | | 6. Abdessalem Ayouni |  TUN | 3:47.64 | | 4 | 559 | | 7. Aman Kadi | ETH | 3:48.01 | | 2 | 213 | | 8. Tesfu Tewelde |  ERI | 3:48.75 | | 8 | 178 | | 9. Mulugeta Asefa | ETH | 3:49.35 | | 13 | 186 | | 10.Dumisane Hlaselo |  RSA | 3:51.64 | | 11 | 459 | | 11.Alex Ngouare Moissi |  CGO | 3:53.55 | | 6 | 90 | | 12.Ali Udou Hassan |  SOM | 3:56.78 | | 1 | 519 | | -. James Magut | KEN | DNS | | 7 | 313 |
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| Records | | Rec | Athlete | time | Birth | Venue | date | | WR | Hicham El Guerrouj |  MAR | 3:26.00 | 1974 | Roma | 14/07/1998 | | AR | Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | 3:26.00 | 1974 | Roma | 14/07/1998 | | CR | Kip Keino | KEN | 3:34.10 | | Brazzaville | 1965 |
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Heat 1 20:30 | | 2 Athletes equal with 3:52.01. Final expanded to 13 competitors. |
| Ranking | time | | SO | bib | | 1. Mekonen Gebremedhin | ETH | 3:48.32 | | 5 | 202 | | 2. Aman Kadi | ETH | 3:48.58 | | 9 | 213 | | 3. Youssouf Hiss Bachir | DJI | 3:49.04 | | 1 | 148 | | 4. Tesfu Tewelde | ERI | 3:51.58 | | 10 | 178 | | 5. James Magut | KEN | 3:53.01 | | 3 | 313 | | 6. Yousif Abdalla Timbo |  SUD | 3:55.13 | | 8 | 547 | | 7. Ahmed Hussein Hassan | SOM | 3:58.94 | | 7 | 518 | | -. Kevin Bobando | CGO | DNS | | 2 | 67 | | -. Hillary Kemboi | KEN | DNS | | 6 | 292 | | -. David Conj Taban |  SSD | DNS | | 4 | 523 |
| Ranking | time | | SO | bib | | 1. Ronald Kwemoi | KEN | 3:46.52 | | 1 | 310 | | 2. Salim Keddar | ALG | 3:46.95 | | 9 | 11 | | 3. Mulugeta Asefa | ETH | 3:46.96 | | 10 | 186 | | 4. Alex Ngouare Moissi | CGO | 3:47.03 | NR | 7 | 90 | | 5. Dumisane Hlaselo | RSA | 3:49.28 | | 5 | 459 | | 6. Abdi Waiss Mouhyadine | DJI | 3:49.85 | | 8 | 150 | | 7. Abdessalem Ayouni | TUN | 3:51.01 | | 4 | 559 | | 8. Ali Udou Hassan | SOM | 3:53.01 | | 3 | 519 | | 9. Santino Kenyi Oreng | SSD | 4:04.14 | | 2 | 526 | | -. Abdel Moula Hossney | SUD | DNS | | 6 | 539 |
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