| 1 | | 26 | Eritrea | 01:00:26 |
| 1 | | 30 | Eritrea | 01:00:26 |
| 1 | | 18 | Eritrea | 01:00:26 |
| 1 | | 21 | Eritrea | 01:00:26 |
| 2 | | 19 | South Africa | + 04 |
| 2 | | 33 | South Africa | " |
| 2 | | 24 | South Africa | " |
| 2 | | 21 | South Africa | " |
| 3 | | 25 | Mauritius | + 01:43 |
| 3 | | 25 | Mauritius | " |
| 3 | | 21 | Mauritius | " |
| 3 | | 22 | Mauritius | " |
| 4 | | 21 | Ethiopia | + 02:10 |
| 4 | | 20 | Ethiopia | " |
| 4 | | 25 | Ethiopia | " |
| 4 | | 23 | Ethiopia | " |
| 5 | | 31 | Angola | + 02:35 |
| 5 | | 39 | Angola | " |
| 5 | | 23 | Angola | " |
| 5 | | 26 | Angola | " |
| 6 | | 23 | Burkina Faso | + 07:37 |
| 6 | | 27 | Burkina Faso | " |
| 6 | | 22 | Burkina Faso | " |
| 6 | | 24 | Burkina Faso | " |
| 7 | | 27 | Mali | + 08:35 |
| 7 | | 25 | Mali | " |
| 7 | | 18 | Mali | " |
| 7 | | 19 | Mali | " |
| 8 | | 23 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | + 08:49 |
| 8 | | 21 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | " |
| 8 | | 26 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | " |
| 9 | | 24 | Ghana | + 09:45 |
| 9 | | 25 | Ghana | " |
| 9 | | 29 | Ghana | " |
| 9 | | 23 | Ghana | " |
| 10 | | 27 | Benin | + 09:48 |
| 10 | | 22 | Benin | " |
| 10 | | 23 | Benin | " |
| 10 | | 19 | Benin | " |
| 11 | | 26 | Nigeria | + 09:50 |
| 11 | | 19 | Nigeria | " |
| 11 | | 21 | Nigeria | " |
| 11 | | 26 | Nigeria | " |
| 12 | | | Zambia | + 14:14 |
| 12 | | 19 | Zambia | " |
| 12 | | 34 | Zambia | " |
| 12 | | 35 | Zambia | " |
| 13 | | 28 | Djibouti | + 22:06 |
| 13 | | 29 | Djibouti | " |
| 13 | | | Djibouti | " |
| 14 | | | Sierra Leone | + 25:17 |
| 14 | | | Sierra Leone | " |
| 14 | | | Sierra Leone | " |
| 14 | | | Sierra Leone | " |
| DNF | | 37 | Algeria | |
| DNF | | 23 | Algeria | |
| DNF | | 20 | Algeria | |
| DNF | | 21 | Algeria | |
| 16 | | | Tanzania | + 00 |
| 16 | | 31 | Tanzania | " |
| 16 | | | Tanzania | " |
| 16 | | | Tanzania | " |
| | | Djibouti | + 22:06 |