title: 2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
text: # 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 | |
  