The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.

[1] It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908.

In the third heat Boy Charlton set a new Olympic record with 21:20.4 minutes, but in the next heat Arne Borg bettered his own world record to 21:11.4 minutes.

In the final both swimmers were under the standing world record with Boy Charlton bettered the record by more than a minute to 20:06.6 minutes.

Sunday July 13, 1924: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.