title: Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
  
  The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Asian Games took place on 26 September 2014 at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Friday, 26 September 2014 | 09:00 | Slowest heat |
  | Friday, 26 September 2014 | 19:41 | Fastest heat |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:31.02 | London, United Kingdom | 4 August 2012 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:31.02 | London, United Kingdom | 4 August 2012 |
  | Games Record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:35.43 | Guangzhou, China | 18 November 2010 |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 2 | Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:49.75 |
  | | 2 | Kohei Yamamoto (JPN) | 14:54.86 |
  | | 2 | Wang Kecheng (CHN) | 15:06.73 |
  | 4 | 2 | Shogo Takeda (JPN) | 15:18.46 |
  | 5 | 2 | Kevin Yeap (MAS) | 15:31.67 |
  | 6 | 2 | Lâm Quang Nhật (VIE) | 15:33.21 |
  | 7 | 2 | Park Seok-hyun (KOR) | 15:36.52 |
  | 8 | 1 | Cho Cheng-chi (TPE) | 15:40.54 |
  | 9 | 1 | Welson Sim (MAS) | 15:43.04 |
  | 10 | 1 | Huang Guo-ting (TPE) | 15:50.30 |
  | 11 | 1 | Teo Zhen Ren (SIN) | 16:08.75 |
  | 12 | 1 | Saurabh Sangvekar (IND) | 16:23.46 |
  | 13 | 1 | Ali Boabbas (KUW) | 16:31.80 |
  | DQ | 2 | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 15:12.15 |
  
  * Park Tae-hwan of South Korea originally finished 4th, but was later disqualified after he tested positive for Nebido.
  