Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held at KL Sports City.

## Records

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

| World record | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | 24 August 1994 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | 24 August 1994 |
| Games record | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | 24 August 1994 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Grant Hackett | Australia | 15:19.63 | Q |
| 2 | Graeme Smith | Scotland | 15:20.32 | Q |
| 3 | Ian Wilson | England | 15:34.27 | Q |
| 4 | Kieren Perkins | Australia | 15:34.75 | Q |
| 5 | Daniel Kowalski | Australia | 15:43.39 | Q |
| 6 | Ryk Neethling | South Africa | 15:45.94 | Q |
| 7 | Tim Peterson | Canada | 15:51.65 | Q |
| 8 | Brent Sallee | Canada | 15:54.78 | Q |
| 9 | Dieung Manggang | Malaysia | 16:02.45 | |
| 10 | Michael McWha | Canada | 16:06.27 | |
| 11 | Mark Chay | Singapore | 16:41.60 | |
| 12 | Neil Cameron | Northern Ireland | 16:44.39 | |
| 13 | Cliff Gittens | Barbados | 17:03.01 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Grant Hackett | Australia | 14:50.92 |
| | 7 | Ryk Neethling | South Africa | 15:02.88 |
| | 6 | Kieren Perkins | Australia | 15:03.00 |
| 4 | 2 | Daniel Kowalski | Australia | 15:03.40 |
| 5 | 5 | Graeme Smith | Scotland | 15:23.42 |
| 6 | 3 | Ian Wilson | England | 15:29.83 |
| 7 | 8 | Brent Sallee | Canada | 15:42.85 |
| 8 | 1 | Tim Peterson | Canada | 15:56.56 |
