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

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Asian Games
Men's 1500 metre freestyle ; at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium
Date	24 August 2018
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Medalists
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 24 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.^[1]^[2]

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

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

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