Ben Pattison

Ben Pattison (born 15 December 2001) is a British middle-distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres.^[1][2] Representing Great Britain in the 2023 World Athletics Championships, he won the bronze medal in the 800 metres, mirroring the medal he won for England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.^[1]

Ben Pattison

Pattison 2022 in Munich
Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(2001-12-15) 15 December 2001 (age 23) Frimley, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800m
Club	Basingstoke & Mid Hants
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Great Britain World Championships 2023 Budapest 800 m Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 800 m

Biography

Pattison was educated at Loughborough University^[3] 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.^[4]

In 2022, he was selected for the men's 800 metres event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham,^[1][4] where he won a bronze medal.^[5]

In 2023, Pattison won bronze in the 800 metres at the World Championships in Budapest.^[6]

After winning the 800m gold medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, Pattison was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[7] Pattison got through to the semi-final in the 800m at the Olympics.^[8]

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 Monaco on 12 July 2024.^[9]

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 400 metres – 46.76 (Loughborough 2022)
• 800 metres – 1:42.27 (Monaco 2024)
• 1500 metres – 3:39.14 (Loughborough 2022)

Indoor

• 800 metres – 1:49.04 (Manchester 2021)