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:

Results

Heats Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 15:19.63 Q 2 15:20.32 Q 3 15:34.27 Q 4 15:34.75 Q 5 15:43.39 Q 6 15:45.94 Q 7 15:51.65 Q 8 15:54.78 Q 9 16:02.45 10 16:06.27 11 16:41.60 12 16:44.39 13 17:03.01

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 14:50.92 7 15:02.88 6 15:03.00 4 2 15:03.40 5 5 15:23.42 6 3 15:29.83 7 8 15:42.85 8 1 15:56.56

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