Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle Heats Heats

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 7 | Samuel Pizzetti | Italy | 15:07.02 |
| 3 | 7 | Takeshi Matsuda | Japan | 15:09.17 |
| 5 | 8 | Gergő Kis | Hungary | 15:09.67 |
| 2 | 2 | Tom Vangeneugden | Belgium | 15:11.04 |
| 1 | 5 | Florian Janistyn | Austria | 15:12.46 |
| 5 | 7 | Troyden Prinsloo | South Africa | 15:12.64 |
| 3 | 1 | Sergey Fesenko | Ukraine | 15:13.03 |
| 2 | 4 | Maciej Hreniak | Poland | 15:16.16 |
| 3 | 8 | Richard Charlesworth | Great Britain | 15:17.27 |
| 4 | 8 | Marcos Rivera | Spain | 15:18.98 |
| 3 | 2 | Sébastien Rouault | France | 15:21.14 |
| 2 | 1 | Dragoș Coman | Romania | 15:24.05 |
| 2 | 7 | Fernando Costa | Portugal | 15:26.21 |
| 1 | 3 | Petar Stoychev | Bulgaria | 15:28.84 |
| 5 | 2 | Nikita Lobintsev | Russia | 15:35.47 |
| 1 | 6 | Ryan Arabejo | Philippines | 15:42.77 |
| 2 | 8 | Ricardo Monasterio | Venezuela | 15:45.98 |