Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 3 and 4 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

| World record | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 14:34.56 | Fukuoka, Japan | 29 August 2001 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 14:34.56 | Fukuoka, Japan | 29 August 2001 |
| Games record | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | 18 August 1994 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Grant Hackett | Australia | 15:20.63 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Graeme Smith | Scotland | 15:21.51 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Craig Stevens | Australia | 15:26.92 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | David Davies | Wales | 15:33.60 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Andrew Hurd | Canada | 15:41.73 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Andrew Jameson | Scotland | 15:42.29 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Adam Faulkner | England | 15:42.44 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Stuart Trees | England | 15:52.79 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Colin Bensadon | Gibraltar | 17:34.69 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Grant Hackett | Australia | 14:54.29 |
| | 5 | Graeme Smith | Scotland | 15:07.19 |
| | 3 | Craig Stevens | Australia | 15:09.24 |
| 4 | 1 | Adam Faulkner | England | 15:13.34 |
| 5 | 2 | Andrew Hurd | Canada | 15:14.37 |
| 6 | 6 | David Davies | Wales | 15:17.87 |
| 7 | 7 | Andrew Jameson | Scotland | 15:31.78 |
| 8 | 8 | Stuart Trees | England | 15:34.83 |
