title: Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metres
text: # Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metres
  
  The men's 1500 metres competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 13–14 December at the Thammasat Stadium.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Sunday, 13 December 1998 | 16:00 | Heats |
  | Monday, 14 December 1998 | 15:35 | Final |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  * Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the final.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) | 3:50.43 | Q |
  | 2 | Kiyoharu Sato (JPN) | 3:50.64 | Q |
  | 3 | Bahadur Prasad (IND) | 3:51.00 | Q |
  | 4 | Farhad Heidari (IRI) | 3:51.12 | Q |
  | 5 | Cheng Bing (CHN) | 3:51.13 | q |
  | 6 | Chern Srichudanu (THA) | 3:53.79 | q |
  | 7 | Gyan Bahadur Bohara (NEP) | 3:54.64 | q |
  | 8 | Phan Văn Hoá (VIE) | 4:01.26 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kim Soon-hyung (KOR) | 3:53.93 | Q |
  | 2 | Kiyonari Shibata (JPN) | 3:54.35 | Q |
  | 3 | Song Mingyou (CHN) | 3:54.91 | Q |
  | 4 | Osman Ahmed Taib (QAT) | 3:56.26 | Q |
  | 5 | Lalith Galappaththi (SRI) | 3:56.82 | q |
  | 6 | Bishnu Bahadur Rana (NEP) | 3:58.80 | |
  | 7 | Mohammad Al-Matari (JOR) | 3:59.30 | |
  | 8 | Phichit Julchanpo (THA) | 3:59.65 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) | 3:40.03 |
  | | Kim Soon-hyung (KOR) | 3:40.56 |
  | | Bahadur Prasad (IND) | 3:41.48 |
  | 4 | Kiyoharu Sato (JPN) | 3:43.26 |
  | 5 | Farhad Heidari (IRI) | 3:45.01 |
  | 6 | Song Mingyou (CHN) | 3:46.32 |
  | 7 | Kiyonari Shibata (JPN) | 3:47.87 |
  | 8 | Chern Srichudanu (THA) | 3:48.21 |
  | 9 | Cheng Bing (CHN) | 3:48.95 |
  | 10 | Osman Ahmed Taib (QAT) | 3:50.56 |
  | 11 | Gyan Bahadur Bohara (NEP) | 3:50.80 |
  | 12 | Lalith Galappaththi (SRI) | 3:51.22 |
  