Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 30–31 July.

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Michael East England	William Chirchir Kenya	Youcef Abdi Australia

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Anthony Whiteman	England	3:43.25	Q, SB
2	2	Julius Achon	Uganda	3:43.32	Q
3	2	David Kiplak	Kenya	3:43.56	Q
4	2	Graham Hood	Canada	3:44.88	Q
5	2	Thomas Mayo	England	3:45.56	q
6	2	Colm McLean	Northern Ireland	3:45.72	q
7	2	Francis Munthali	Malawi	3:45.81	q, NR
8	1	William Chirchir	Kenya	3:46.75	Q
9	1	Youcef Abdi	Australia	3:46.79	Q
10	1	Michael East	England	3:46.90	Q
11	1	Kevin Sullivan	Canada	3:47.21	Q
12	1	Jonathan McCallum	Scotland	3:47.37	q
13	2	Lee Merrien	Guernsey	3:47.68
14	1	Matthew Shone	Wales	3:47.83
15	1	Nickie Peters	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3:53.09	PB
16	1	Michael Tomlin	Jamaica	3:54.50
17	1	Jimmy Sandy Sam	Vanuatu	4:13.15
18	2	Henry Foufaka	Solomon Islands	4:18.39

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Michael East	England	3:37.35	PB
	William Chirchir	Kenya	3:37.70
	Youcef Abdi	Australia	3:37.77
4	Anthony Whiteman	England	3:38.04	SB
5	Graham Hood	Canada	3:38.08	SB
6	Julius Achon	Uganda	3:38.33	SB
7	Kevin Sullivan	Canada	3:40.95	SB
8	Thomas Mayo	England	3:41.70
9	David Kiplak	Kenya	3:42.87
10	Francis Munthali	Malawi	3:43.50	NR
11	Jonathan McCallum	Scotland	3:48.02
12	Colm McLean	Northern Ireland	3:51.90