The men's 1500 metres event at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships was held at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium on November 10–11.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Mohammed Shaween | Chaminda Wijekoon | Hamza Chatholi |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3:44.82 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 3:46.24 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 3:46.26 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 3:47.41 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 3:47.53 | q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 3:47.53 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 3:47.55 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 3:47.58 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 3:47.66 | Q, SB | |||
| 10 | 2 | Sunil Kumar | 3:47.90 | q | ||
| 11 | 2 | 3:50.20 | q | |||
| 12 | 2 | 3:50.76 | q | |||
| 13 | 2 | 3:50.93 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 3:51.19 | SB | |||
| 15 | 1 | 3:52.25 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 3:55.13 | ||||
| 17 | 1 | 3:55.77 | PB | |||
| 18 | 2 | 4:02.73 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 4:03.03 | ||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 1 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:46.08 | |||||
| 3:47.01 | |||||
| 3:48.44 | |||||
| 3:49.25 | |||||
| Sunil Kumar | 3:49.38 | ||||
| 3:49.48 | |||||
| 3:49.84 | |||||
| 3:52.41 | |||||
| 3:55.02 | |||||
| 10 | 3:55.32 | ||||
| 11 | 3:59.56 | ||||
| 12 | 4:03.85 |