| Place | Performance | Athlete | Team |
| 1 | 04:05.26 | Q: VAN DER LINDE - BERTUS | ATHLETICS CENTRAL NORTHWEST |
| 2 | 04:05.29 | Q: MALAHLELA - JACK | LIMPOPO ATHLETICS |
| 3 | 04:05.37 | Q: BRITS - MARCEL | ATHLETICS GAUTENG NORTH |
| 4 | 04:05.61 | Q: LAMPRECHT - DE VILLIERS | ATHLETICS FREE STATE |
| 5 | 04:06.20 | Q: COETZER - RICO | ATHLETICS GAUTENG NORTH |
| 6 | 04:06.62 | Q: MOTHAE - NEO | CENTRAL GAUTENG ATHLETICS |
| 7 | 04:07.03 | Q: TSHIVULA - TSHEPANG | ATHLETICS GAUTENG NORTH |
| 8 | 04:08.11 | q: SIBIYA - ALWANDE | KWAZULU-NATAL ATHLETICS |
| 9 | 04:08.85 | -: LUBUZO - SIGCOBILE | ATHLETICS TRANSKEI |
| 10 | 04:09.66 | -: WILLIAMSON - SCOTT | ATHLETICS NORTHWEST NORTH |
| 11 | 04:11.57 | -: BEKKER - ADRIAAN | ATHLETICS VAAL TRIANGLE |
| 12 | 04:15.09 | -: DANIELS - DEVANTE | WESTERN PROVINCE ATHLETICS |
| 13 | 04:17.55 | -: MAMPURU - BOKGONI | ATHLETICS GAUTENG NORTH |
| 14 | 04:32.43 | -: BROWN - CHRISTIANO | EASTERN PROVINCE ATHLETICS |