| Final 17:44 | | time | gap | L | 200 | 400 | 600m | | 1. Catherine van Rensburg |  South Africa | 8:50.78 | | 4 | 2:08.68 | 4:21.00 | 6:35.40 | | 2. Lojine Hamed |  Egypt | 9:08.82 | +18.04s | 5 | 2:09.54 | 4:25.94 | 6:47.01 | | 3. Majda Chebaraka |  Algeria | 9:39.28 | +48.50s | 3 | 2:19.08 | 4:44.48 | 7.10:26 | | 4. Rafaela Santo |  Angola | 9:44.66 | +53.88s | 6 | 4:47.72 | 4:46.82 | 7:16.62 | | 5. Reza Westerduin |  Namibia | 9:52.02 | +1:01.24 | 2 | 4:50.88 | 4:51.63 | 7:24.01 | | 6. Dorianne Danielle Britol |  Seychelles | 10:26.40 | +1:35.62 | 7 | 4:50.88 | 5:06.30 | 7:47.79 | | 7. Tasmine Nabbie | South Africa | 10:41.03 | +1:50.25 | 8 | 5:16.55 | 5:11.23 | 7:56.78 | | 8. Lois Eliora Irishura |  Burundi | 11:30.00 | +2:39.22 | 1 | 5:35.92 | 5:36.25 | 8:35.49 |
| World Record: Katie Ledecki, United States 8:04.79 OG Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12th August 2016 | | African Record: Wendy Trott, South Africa 8:25.71 WC Rome, Italy 14th June 2009 | | Championship Record: Kirsty Coventry, South Africa 8:43.89 Algiers, Algeria 7th July 2007 |
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