{{Short description|British middle-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Ben Pattison | image = 2022-08-21 European Championships 2022 – Men's 800 Metres by Sandro Halank–001.jpg | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = Pattison 2022 in Munich | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|12|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Frimley, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = 800m | club = Basingstoke & Mid Hants | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2023 Budapest|800 m}} {{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Birmingham|800 m}} }}
'''Ben Pattison''' (born 15 December 2001) is a British middle-distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres.<ref name=Birm22>{{cite web |url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/62723 |title=Official Commonwealth Games profile |publisher=Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/ben-pattison-14706169 |title=Ben Pattison profile |publisher=World Athletics |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Birm22/>
== Biography == Pattison was educated at Loughborough University.<ref name=bbc24>{{cite web |last1=Poole |first1=Harry |title=Ben Pattison: Britain's world 800m medallist eyes Paris 2024 Olympic title bid |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/68152914 |website=BBC |access-date=6 December 2025 |date=16 April 2024}}</ref> He won a silver medal at the 2019 Under-20 European Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=444384 |title=Athlete profile |publisher=The Power of 10 |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref name=TE>{{cite web |url=https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/ben-pattison |title=Team England profile |publisher=Team England |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>
In 2022, he was selected for the men's 800 metres event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham,<ref name=Birm22/><ref name=TE/> where he won a bronze medal.<ref>[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-07/ATHM800M--------------FNL-000100--__C73G_1.0.pdf Final results]</ref>
In 2023, Pattison won bronze in the 800 metres at the World Championships in Budapest.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ben Pattison overcomes heart condition to claim world 800m bronze | World Athletics Championships | The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/aug/26/ben-pattison-overcomes-heart-condition-to-claim-world-800m-bronze |date=26 August 2023 |access-date=2 October 2024 |last=Ingle |first=Sean |website=amp.theguardian.com}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cd1646n46zpo |title=Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad |website=BBC Sport |access-date=6 July 2024}}</ref> Pattison got through to the semi-final in the 800m at the Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 2024 |title=Ben Pattison's Olympic medal dreams dashed with semi-final defeat |url=https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/24508669.ben-pattisons-olympic-dreams-dashed-semi-final-defeat/ |access-date=2 October 2024 |website=Basingstoke Gazette |language=en |last=Sajan |first=Kiran}}</ref><ref name="Paris 2024">{{cite web |title=PATTISON Ben |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/ben-pattison_1924486 |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007111706/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/ben-pattison_1924486 |archive-date=7 October 2024}} ([https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/ben-pattison_1924486 alternate link])</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/c147nd5pjx2o |title=Pattison goes second on British 800m all-time list |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=12 July 2024}}</ref>
== 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.<ref name=bbc24></ref>
== 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)
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{British Athletics|ben-pattison}} * {{Team GB|2odHbzlaojTkU4p5JqqD42}} * {{Team England|ben-pattison}} * {{Instagram}}
{{British Athletics Championships men's 800 metres champions}} {{British Indoor Athletics Championships men's 800 metres champions}}
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