Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Venue	KL Sports City
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	14:50.92
Medalists
Grant Hackett    Australia   Ryk Neethling    South Africa   Kieren Perkins    Australia

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held at KL Sports City.

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

World record	Kieren Perkins (AUS)	14:41.66	Victoria, Canada	24 August 1994	[1]
Commonwealth record	Kieren Perkins (AUS)	14:41.66	Victoria, Canada	24 August 1994	[1]
Games record	Kieren Perkins (AUS)	14:41.66	Victoria, Canada	24 August 1994	[1]

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Grant Hackett	Australia	15:19.63	Q
2	Graeme Smith	Scotland	15:20.32	Q
3	Ian Wilson	England	15:34.27	Q
4	Kieren Perkins	Australia	15:34.75	Q
5	Daniel Kowalski	Australia	15:43.39	Q
6	Ryk Neethling	South Africa	15:45.94	Q
7	Tim Peterson	Canada	15:51.65	Q
8	Brent Sallee	Canada	15:54.78	Q
9	Dieung Manggang	Malaysia	16:02.45
10	Michael McWha	Canada	16:06.27
11	Mark Chay	Singapore	16:41.60
12	Neil Cameron	Northern Ireland	16:44.39
13	Cliff Gittens	Barbados	17:03.01

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Grant Hackett	Australia	14:50.92
	7	Ryk Neethling	South Africa	15:02.88
	6	Kieren Perkins	Australia	15:03.00
4	2	Daniel Kowalski	Australia	15:03.40
5	5	Graeme Smith	Scotland	15:23.42
6	3	Ian Wilson	England	15:29.83
7	8	Brent Sallee	Canada	15:42.85
8	1	Tim Peterson	Canada	15:56.56