| Event: | Men's 1500 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 2002 Asian Games |
| Venue: | Sajik Swimming Pool |
| Date: | 4 October 2002 |
| Competitors: | 12 |
| Nations: | 7 |
| Gold: | Yu Cheng |
| Goldnoc: | CHN |
| Silver: | Cho Sung-mo |
| Silvernoc: | KOR |
| Bronze: | Han Kyu-chul |
| Bronzenoc: | KOR |
| Prev: | 1998 |
| Next: | 2006 |
See main article: Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games.
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.
All times are Korea Standard Time
| width=220 | Date | width=50 | Time | width=100 | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 4 October 2002 | 10:00 | Final 1 | |||
| 19:00 | Final 2 |
| width=40 | Rank | width=40 | Heat | width=250 | Athlete | width=80 | Time | width=50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 15:10.99 | ||||||||
| 2 | 15:12.32 | ||||||||
| 2 | 15:22.38 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 15:24.64 | |||||||
| 5 | 2 | 15:46.13 | |||||||
| 6 | 2 | 15:46.40 | |||||||
| 7 | 2 | 15:57.29 | |||||||
| 8 | 1 | 16:05.79 | |||||||
| 9 | 1 | 16:37.91 | |||||||
| 10 | 1 | 17:41.59 | |||||||
| 11 | 1 | 19:12.90 | |||||||
| — | 2 | DNS |