Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sule Utura  Ethiopia 15:38.70
2 Emebet Anteneh Mengistu  Ethiopia 15:40.13
3 Pauline Korikwiang  Kenya 15:40.93
4 Hyvin Jepkemoi  Kenya 15:42.64
5 Esther Ndiema  Kenya 15:43.48
6 Goytetom Gebresilasse  Ethiopia 15:49.90
7 Angeline Myiramsabimana  Rwanda 16:24.04
8 Mekdes Weldu  Eritrea 16:42.69
9 Thandiwe Nyathy  Zimbabwe 17:13.00