2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2002 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 10–11 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Abdulrahman Suleiman Qatar	Rashid Ramzi Bahrain	Jamal Noor Youssef Qatar

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Rashid Ramzi	Bahrain	3:59.51	Q
2	1	Jamal Noor Youssef	Qatar	3:59.51	Q
3	1	Terukazu Omori	Japan	3:59.51	Q
4	1	Sanje Tulasidharan	India	3:59.76	Q, PB
5	1	Chaminda Indika Wijekoon	Sri Lanka	4:00.02	q
6	1	Thilak Nishantha	Sri Lanka	4:00.60	q
7	2	Abdulrahman Suleiman	Qatar	4:11.43	Q
8	2	Tetsuya Kobayashi	Japan	4:11.87	Q
9	2	Kuldeep Kumar	India	4:12.17	Q
10	2	Mohamed Haidara	Bahrain	4:12.90	Q
11	2	H.K.S. Priyantha	Sri Lanka	4:14.64	q
12	2	Hussain Riyaz	Maldives	4:18.16	q
	1	Mikhail Kolganov	Kazakhstan	DNF
	1	Nader Halawa	Palestine	DNF
	2	Mehdi Jelodarzadeh	Iran	DNF
	2	Lee Phongsanith	Laos	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Abdulrahman Suleiman	Qatar	3:45.98
	Rashid Ramzi	Bahrain	3:46.41
	Jamal Noor Youssef	Qatar	3:46.85
4	Kuldeep Kumar	India	3:48.85
5	Tetsuya Kobayashi	Japan	3:49.93
6	Sanje Tulasidharan	India	3:51.46
7	Chaminda Indika Wijekoon	Sri Lanka	3:52.33
8	Thilak Nishantha	Sri Lanka	3:53.08	PB
9	Mohamed Haidara	Bahrain	3:55.02	PB
10	H.K.S. Priyantha	Sri Lanka	3:58.81	PB
11	Hussain Riyaz	Maldives	4:16.72	SB
	Terukazu Omori	Japan	DNS