Ben Pattison (born 15 December 2001) is a British

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

, who specializes in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

. Representing Great Britain in the

2023 World Athletics Championships The 2023 World Athletics Championships (), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, were held from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the National Athletics Centre (Budapest), National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary. The tourna ...

, he won the bronze medal in the 800 metres, mirroring the medal he won for England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Pattison was educated at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

won a silver medal at the 2019 Under-20 European Championships. He finished fourth at the 2021 European U23 Championships and in 2022 recorded a personal best of 1.44.6 becoming the second fastest British runner that year. In 2022, he was selected for the men's 800 metres event at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England betw ...

in Birmingham, where he won a bronze medal. In 2023, Pattison won bronze in the 800 metres at the

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

in Budapest. After winning the 800m gold medal at the

2024 British Athletics Championships The 2024 British Athletics Championships (sponsored by Microplus Timing) is the national championships in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom, which also served as a qualifying event for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The even ...

, Pattison was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

. Pattison got through to the semi-final in the 800m at the Olympics. Pattison moved up to second place on the British all-time 800 metres list when he clocked a new personal best of 1:42.27 to finish fifth at the Herculis Meeting in

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on 12 July 2024.

Personal bests

Outdoor *

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

– 46.76 (

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2022) *

– 1:42.27 (

2024) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

– 3:39.14 (

2022) Indoor *

– 1:49.04 (

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2021)

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Ben Pattison
at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pattison, Ben 2001 births Living people English male middle-distance runners British male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportsmen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games European Games competitors for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Sportspeople from Frimley Alumni of Loughborough University World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Great Britain Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics