Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 24 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.

## Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Friday, 24 August 2018 | 09:33 | Slowest heat |
| Friday, 24 August 2018 | 18:40 | Fastest heat |

## Records

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

| World Record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:31.02 | London, United Kingdom | 4 August 2012 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:31.02 | London, United Kingdom | 4 August 2012 |
| Games Record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:35.43 | Guangzhou, China | 18 November 2010 |

## Results

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 2 | Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:58.53 |
| | 2 | Nguyễn Huy Hoàng (VIE) | 15:01.63 |
| | 2 | Ji Xinjie (CHN) | 15:06.18 |
| 4 | 2 | Shogo Takeda (JPN) | 15:17.13 |
| 5 | 2 | Ayatsugu Hirai (JPN) | 15:24.26 |
| 6 | 2 | Aflah Fadlan Prawira (INA) | 15:24.59 |
| 7 | 1 | Advait Page (IND) | 15:29.96 |
| 8 | 2 | Huang Guo-ting (TPE) | 15:36.52 |
| 9 | 1 | Cheuk Ming Ho (HKG) | 15:38.76 |
| 10 | 1 | Lee Ho-joon (KOR) | 15:44.99 |
| 11 | 1 | Glen Lim (SGP) | 15:45.04 |
| 12 | 2 | Cho Cheng-chi (TPE) | 15:50.94 |
| 13 | 1 | Lam Chak Hang (HKG) | 16:11.50 |
| 14 | 1 | Kenessary Kenenbayev️️️️️️️️️️ (KAZ) | 17:08.44 |
| 15 | 1 | Mubal Azzam Ibrahim (MDV) | 19:26.54 |
