Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metres
# Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 13–14 December at the Thammasat Stadium.

## Schedule

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 13 December 1998 | 16:00 | Heats |
| Monday, 14 December 1998 | 15:35 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

* Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the final.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) | 3:50.43 | Q |
| 2 | Kiyoharu Sato (JPN) | 3:50.64 | Q |
| 3 | Bahadur Prasad (IND) | 3:51.00 | Q |
| 4 | Farhad Heidari (IRI) | 3:51.12 | Q |
| 5 | Cheng Bing (CHN) | 3:51.13 | q |
| 6 | Chern Srichudanu (THA) | 3:53.79 | q |
| 7 | Gyan Bahadur Bohara (NEP) | 3:54.64 | q |
| 8 | Phan Văn Hoá (VIE) | 4:01.26 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kim Soon-hyung (KOR) | 3:53.93 | Q |
| 2 | Kiyonari Shibata (JPN) | 3:54.35 | Q |
| 3 | Song Mingyou (CHN) | 3:54.91 | Q |
| 4 | Osman Ahmed Taib (QAT) | 3:56.26 | Q |
| 5 | Lalith Galappaththi (SRI) | 3:56.82 | q |
| 6 | Bishnu Bahadur Rana (NEP) | 3:58.80 | |
| 7 | Mohammad Al-Matari (JOR) | 3:59.30 | |
| 8 | Phichit Julchanpo (THA) | 3:59.65 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) | 3:40.03 |
| | Kim Soon-hyung (KOR) | 3:40.56 |
| | Bahadur Prasad (IND) | 3:41.48 |
| 4 | Kiyoharu Sato (JPN) | 3:43.26 |
| 5 | Farhad Heidari (IRI) | 3:45.01 |
| 6 | Song Mingyou (CHN) | 3:46.32 |
| 7 | Kiyonari Shibata (JPN) | 3:47.87 |
| 8 | Chern Srichudanu (THA) | 3:48.21 |
| 9 | Cheng Bing (CHN) | 3:48.95 |
| 10 | Osman Ahmed Taib (QAT) | 3:50.56 |
| 11 | Gyan Bahadur Bohara (NEP) | 3:50.80 |
| 12 | Lalith Galappaththi (SRI) | 3:51.22 |
