Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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{{Infobox sports competition event

|event = Men's 1500 metre freestyle

|games = 2010 Asian Games

|venue = Aoti Aquatics Centre

|date = 18 November 2010

|competitors = 13

|nations = 11

|win_value = 14:35.43 {{AsianR|swimming}}

|gold = Sun Yang

|goldNOC = CHN

|silver = Park Tae-hwan

|silverNOC = KOR

|bronze = Zhang Lin

|bronzeNOC = CHN

|prev = 2006

|next = 2014

}}

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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 18 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 13 competitors from 11 countries who took part in this event. 8 swimmers with the fast qualifying time were in the fast heat, the others were in the slow heat. The final ranking was arranged by the times from both heats.

Sun Yang from China won the gold medal in a new Asian record of 14 minutes 35.43 seconds. It was the second all-time behind only Grant Hackett's world record of 14:34.56 from the 2001 World Championships,{{cite web | url = http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/25711.asp?q=Asian%20Games:%20Sun%20Yang%20Rattles%20Grant%20Hackett's%20World%20Record,%20Ye%20Shiwen%20Shines | title = Asian Games: Sun Yang Rattles Grant Hackett's World Record, Ye Shiwen Shines | date = 2010-11-18 | accessdate = 2010-12-07 | work = SwimmingWorldMagazine.com}} the gap between the world record is less than one second.