Ben Pattison

Ben Pattison
Pattison 2022 in Munich
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (2001-12-15) 15 December 2001 (age 24)
Frimley, England
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
800m
ClubBasingstoke & Mid Hants
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Budapest800 m
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 Birmingham800 m

Ben Pattison (born 15 December 2001) is a British middle-distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres. 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.

Biography

Pattison was educated at Loughborough University. He 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 in Birmingham, where he won a bronze medal.

In 2023, Pattison won bronze in the 800 metres at the World Championships in Budapest.

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. 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 Monaco on 12 July 2024.

Personal life

Pattison was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome at the age of 18. He had surgery performed during the COVID-19 pandemic which allowed him to continue running.

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ben Pattison profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 Poole, Harry (16 April 2024). "Ben Pattison: Britain's world 800m medallist eyes Paris 2024 Olympic title bid". BBC. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "Athlete profile". The Power of 10. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Team England profile". Team England. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Final results
  7. ↑ Ingle, Sean (26 August 2023). "Ben Pattison overcomes heart condition to claim world 800m bronze | World Athletics Championships | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  9. ↑ Sajan, Kiran (9 August 2024). "Ben Pattison's Olympic medal dreams dashed with semi-final defeat". Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "PATTISON Ben". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. (alternate link)
  11. ↑ "Pattison goes second on British 800m all-time list". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 July 2024.