| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | KL Sports City | |||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 9 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 14:50.92 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held at KL Sports City.
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | KL Sports City | |||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 9 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 14:50.92 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held at KL Sports City.
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 | [1] |
| Commonwealth record | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | 24 August 1994 | [1] |
| Games record | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | 24 August 1994 | [1] |
| 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 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 |
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