The men's 1500 metres event at the 2002 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 10–11 August.[1]
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Abdulrahman Suleiman | Rashid Ramzi | Jamal Noor Youssef |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Q | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 3:59.51 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 3:59.51 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 3:59.76 | Q, PB | |||
| 5 | 1 | 4:00.02 | q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 4:00.60 | q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 4:11.43 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 4:11.87 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 4:12.17 | Q | |||
| 10 | 2 | 4:12.90 | Q | |||
| 11 | 2 | 4:14.64 | q | |||
| 12 | 2 | 4:18.16 | q | |||
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| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:45.98 | |||||
| 3:46.41 | |||||
| 3:46.85 | |||||
| 3:48.85 | |||||
| 3:49.93 | |||||
| 3:51.46 | |||||
| 3:52.33 | |||||
| 3:53.08 | PB | ||||
| 3:55.02 | PB | ||||
| 10 | 3:58.81 | PB | |||
| 11 | 4:16.72 | SB | |||