Who holds the London Athletics Meet men's 1500 m record of 3:28.82?

Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech holds the London Athletics Meet men’s 1500 m record with 3:28.82.

Koech set the record on 19 July 2025 in London, winning a highly competitive Diamond League race in a personal breakthrough. His time was also a UK all-comers’ record, meaning it was the fastest 1500 m ever run by an athlete competing in the United Kingdom, regardless of nationality.

Born in 2006, Koech was only 18 when he produced the performance. He finished ahead of Britain’s Josh Kerr, the 2023 world champion, who ran 3:29.37. The result announced Koech as one of Kenya’s emerging middle-distance talents.

The listed alternatives are famous 1500 m runners, but none won this London race or owns this meeting record. Jakob Ingebrigtsen is especially easy to confuse with the answer because he has previously won major 1500 m titles and held the London meeting record before Koech’s 2025 performance.