Ben Pattison

Ben Pattison 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 Athletics at the [2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres|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 at the 2024 [Summer Olympics|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.

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.

Outdoor

Indoor