| Final | time | | SO | &)bib | | 1. A. Ballard |  AUS | 3:59.20 | | 7 | 1029 | | 2. D. Roy |  CAN | 3:59.55 | | 9 | 1267 | | 3. J. Jones |  ENG | 4:00.19 | | 1 | 1415 | | 4. C. Dawes | AUS | 4:03.43 | | 4 | 1046 | | 5. S. Kinghorn |  SCO | 4:03.95 | | 10 | 2163 | | 6. S. Woods | ENG | 4:06.26 | | 2 | 1490 | | 7. M. Dawson-farrell | SCO | 4:07.86 | | 8 | 2154 | | 8. A. Fordjour |  GHA | 4:11.29 | PB | 5 | 1533 | | 9. L. Rowles | ENG | 4:11.34 | | 6 | 1457 | | 10.A. Mohammed | GHA | 4:30.99 | | 3 | 1542 |
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| Heat 1 | time | | bib | | 1. D. Roy | CAN | 3:52.83 | | 1267 | | 2. C. Dawes | AUS | 3:53.07 | | 1046 | | 3. J. Jones | ENG | 3:53.37 | | 1415 | | 4. M. Dawson-farrell | SCO | 3:58.78 | | 2154 | | 5. A. Fordjour | GHA | 4:21.24 | SB | 1533 | | 6. B. Frimpong | GHA | 4:21.58 | PB | 1534 | | 7. C. Wanjira |  KEN | 5:01.89 | PB | 1795 |
| Heat 2 | time | | bib | | 1. S. Woods | ENG | 4:00.82 | | 1490 | | 2. A. Ballard | AUS | 4:01.69 | | 1029 | | 3. S. Kinghorn | SCO | 4:03.41 | | 2163 | | 4. A. Mohammed | GHA | 4:05.04 | PB | 1542 | | 5. L. Rowles | ENG | 4:08.99 | | 1457 | | 6. E. Otieno | KEN | 4:53.65 | PB | 1787 | | 7. R. Alar | KEN | 4:53.93 | PB | 1727 |
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| Order Heat 1 | PB | SB | bib | | 1. C. Dawes | AUS | 3:32.00 | 3:32.00 | 1046 | | 2. B. Frimpong | GHA | 4:22.62 | 4:27.25 | 1534 | | 3. M. Dawson-farrell | SCO | 3:49.03 | 3:42.47 | 2154 | | 4. J. Jones | ENG | 3:26.35 | 3:25.07 | 1415 | | 5. D. Roy | CAN | 3:33.60 | 3:21.39 | 1267 | | 6. A. Fordjour | GHA | 4:21.61 | 4:18.83 | 1533 | | 7. C. Wanjira | KEN | | 5:03.73 | 1795 |
| Order Heat 2 | PB | SB | bib | | 1. L. Rowles | ENG | 4:07.85 | 4:02.94 | 1457 | | 2. S. Woods | ENG | 3:26.29 | 3:21.22 | 1490 | | 3. E. Otieno | KEN | | 5:10.07 | 1787 | | 4. S. Kinghorn | SCO | 3:36.86 | 3:36.86 | 2163 | | 5. A. Mohammed | GHA | 4:06.85 | 4:07.19 | 1542 | | 6. A. Ballard | AUS | 3:41.93 | 3:34.10 | 1029 | | 7. R. Alar | KEN | | 5:18.22 | 1727 |
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