Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2006 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Hamad Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
| Date | 7 December | |||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 1500m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 7, 2006, at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each swimmer only swam once, with the fastest eight (8) entrants swimming in the finals.
Schedule[]
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 7 December 2006 | 10:49 | Final 1 |
| 18:41 | Final 2 |
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record |  Grant Hackett (AUS) |
14:34.56 | Fukuoka, Japan | 29 July 2001 |
| Asian Record |  Zhang Lin (CHN) |
15:00.27 | Macau | 2 November 2005 |
| Games Record |  (CHN) |
15:10.99 | Busan, South Korea | 4 October 2002 |
Results[]
- Legend
- DNS — Did not start
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes |
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2 |  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) |
14:55.03 | AR |
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2 | Zhang Lin (CHN) |
15:03.13 | |
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2 |  Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) |
15:17.18 | |
| 4 | 2 | (KOR) |
15:23.53 | |
| 5 | 2 | (JPN) |
15:29.07 | |
| 6 | 2 | Zhang Enjian (CHN) |
15:35.35 | |
| 7 | 2 |  (THA) |
16:03.88 | |
| 8 | 1 |  (SIN) |
16:04.33 | |
| 9 | 1 |  (SYR) |
16:08.68 | |
| 10 | 1 |  Ryan Arabejo (PHI) |
16:09.10 | |
| 11 | 2 |  (KUW) |
16:18.65 | |
| 12 | 1 |  (TPE) |
16:31.72 | |
| 13 | 1 |  (KGZ) |
18:02.12 | |
| — | 1 |  Mohammad Bidarian (IRI) |
DNS | |
| — | 1 |  Anas Abu-Yousuf (QAT) |
DNS |
References[]
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