The men's 1500 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 4 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each swimmer only swam once, with the fastest eight (8) entrants swimming in the finals.
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2002 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Sajik Swimming Pool | |||||||||
| Date | 4 October 2002 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 7 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Schedule edit
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 4 October 2002 | 10:00 | Final 1 |
| 19:00 | Final 2 |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record |  Grant Hackett (AUS) |
14:34.56 | Fukuoka, Japan | 29 July 2001 |
| Asian Record |  Masato Hirano (JPN) |
15:14.43 | Sydney, Australia | 22 September 2000 |
| Games Record |  Masato Hirano (JPN) |
15:22.20 | Bangkok, Thailand | 6 December 1998 |
Results edit
- Legend
- DNS — Did not start
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 |  Yu Cheng (CHN)
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15:10.99 | AR |
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2 |  Cho Sung-mo (KOR)
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15:12.32 | |
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2 | Han Kyu-chul (KOR)
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15:22.38 | |
| 4 | 2 |  Shunichi Fujita (JPN)
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15:24.64 | |
| 5 | 2 | Zheng Shibin (CHN)
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15:46.13 | |
| 6 | 2 |  Miguel Mendoza (PHI)
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15:46.40 | |
| 7 | 2 | Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)
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15:57.29 | |
| 8 | 1 |  Chung Kwok Leung (HKG)
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16:05.79 | |
| 9 | 1 |  Naeem Al-Masri (SYR)
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16:37.91 | |
| 10 | 1 |  Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT)
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17:41.59 | |
| 11 | 1 | Ahmed Salamoun (QAT)
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19:12.90 | |
| — | 2 | Carlo Piccio (PHI)
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DNS |