The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 8 and 9 December 2016.

[1] Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The following records were established during the competition: The heats were held at 12:31.

[2] The final was held at 18:37.

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