The men's 1500 metres competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 13–14 December at the Thammasat Stadium.
Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes | 1 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Mohamed Suleiman|QAT|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:50.43 | Q |
2 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Kiyoharu Sato|JPN|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:50.64 | Q |
3 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Bahadur Prasad|IND|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:51.00 | Q |
4 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Farhad Heidari|IRI|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:51.12 | Q |
5 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Cheng Bing|CHN|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:51.13 | q |
6 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Chern Srichudanu|THA|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:53.79 | q |
7 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Gyan Bahadur Bohara|NEP|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:54.64 | q |
8 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Phan Văn Hoá|VIE|1998 Asian Games}} | 4:01.26 |
Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes | 1 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Kim Soon-hyung|KOR|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:53.93 | Q |
2 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Kiyonari Shibata|JPN|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:54.35 | Q |
3 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Song Mingyou|CHN|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:54.91 | Q |
4 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Osman Ahmed Taib|QAT|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:56.26 | Q |
5 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Lalith Galappaththi|SRI|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:56.82 | q |
6 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Bishnu Bahadur Rana|NEP|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:58.80 |
7 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Mohammad Al-Matari|JOR|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:59.30 |
8 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Phichit Julchanpo|THA|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:59.65 |
Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes | {{Gold1}} | {{flagIOC2athlete|Mohamed Suleiman|QAT|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:40.03 |
{{Silver2}} | {{flagIOC2athlete|Kim Soon-hyung|KOR|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:40.56 |
{{Bronze3}} | {{flagIOC2athlete|Bahadur Prasad|IND|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:41.48 |
4 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Kiyoharu Sato|JPN|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:43.26 |
5 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Farhad Heidari|IRI|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:45.01 |
6 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Song Mingyou|CHN|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:46.32 |
7 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Kiyonari Shibata|JPN|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:47.87 |
8 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Chern Srichudanu|THA|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:48.21 |
9 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Cheng Bing|CHN|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:48.95 |
10 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Osman Ahmed Taib|QAT|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:50.56 |
11 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Gyan Bahadur Bohara|NEP|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:50.80 |
12 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Lalith Galappaththi|SRI|1998 Asian Games}} | 3:51.22 |