2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
# 2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2002 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 10–11 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Abdulrahman Suleiman Qatar | Rashid Ramzi Bahrain | Jamal Noor Youssef Qatar |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | 3:59.51 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Jamal Noor Youssef | Qatar | 3:59.51 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Terukazu Omori | Japan | 3:59.51 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Sanje Tulasidharan | India | 3:59.76 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | Chaminda Indika Wijekoon | Sri Lanka | 4:00.02 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Thilak Nishantha | Sri Lanka | 4:00.60 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Abdulrahman Suleiman | Qatar | 4:11.43 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Tetsuya Kobayashi | Japan | 4:11.87 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Kuldeep Kumar | India | 4:12.17 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Mohamed Haidara | Bahrain | 4:12.90 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | H.K.S. Priyantha | Sri Lanka | 4:14.64 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Hussain Riyaz | Maldives | 4:18.16 | q |
| | 1 | Mikhail Kolganov | Kazakhstan | DNF | |
| | 1 | Nader Halawa | Palestine | DNF | |
| | 2 | Mehdi Jelodarzadeh | Iran | DNF | |
| | 2 | Lee Phongsanith | Laos | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Abdulrahman Suleiman | Qatar | 3:45.98 | |
| | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | 3:46.41 | |
| | Jamal Noor Youssef | Qatar | 3:46.85 | |
| 4 | Kuldeep Kumar | India | 3:48.85 | |
| 5 | Tetsuya Kobayashi | Japan | 3:49.93 | |
| 6 | Sanje Tulasidharan | India | 3:51.46 | |
| 7 | Chaminda Indika Wijekoon | Sri Lanka | 3:52.33 | |
| 8 | Thilak Nishantha | Sri Lanka | 3:53.08 | PB |
| 9 | Mohamed Haidara | Bahrain | 3:55.02 | PB |
| 10 | H.K.S. Priyantha | Sri Lanka | 3:58.81 | PB |
| 11 | Hussain Riyaz | Maldives | 4:16.72 | SB |
| | Terukazu Omori | Japan | DNS | |
