{{Short description|British runner (born 2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Max Burgin | nationality = British (English) | image = 800m men semi-finals Budapest 2023 - Max Burgin.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Burgin in 2023 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|5|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Halifax, England | height = | weight = | sport = Athletics | event = 800 metres | club = Halifax Harriers | pb = {{ubl |'''800 m:''' 1:42.29 (Tokyo, 2025) |'''1500 m:''' 3:47.70 (Stretford, 2018) }} | medaltemplates = }}
'''Max Burgin''' (born 20 May 2002) is a British middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.<ref>{{iaaf name|14755557}}</ref> He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
== Biography == In 2022 Burgin became the British 800 metres champion after winning the title at the 2022 British Athletics Championships in a time of 1:44.54.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/26/max-burgin-storms-home-to-win-800m-mens-final-at-uk-championships |title=Max Burgin storms home to win 800m men's final at UK Championships |publisher=The Guardian |work=theguardian.com |date=26 June 2022 |accessdate=11 July 2022 |author=Ingle, Sean}}</ref> He ran a new personal best of 1:43.52 in Turku, Finland on 14 June 2022 at the Paavo Nurmi Games, which was the fourth fastest British 800 time in history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a40296258/max-burgin/ |title=Max Burgin records 4th fastest British 800m of all time |publisher=Runner's World |work=runnersworld.com |date=16 June 2022 |accessdate=11 July 2022 |author=Calvert, Howard}}</ref> He also won the 800m at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships.
After winning the 800 metres silver medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/high-drama-for-paris-contenders-at-thrilling-olympic-trials-1039989095/ |title=High drama for Paris contenders at thrilling Olympic trials |publisher=Athletics Weekly |accessdate=20 July 2024}}</ref> Burgin was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.<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> He came 8th in the 800m final after achieving a new personal best of 1:43.50 in the semi-final.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 August 2024 |title=Max Burgin vows to learn from Paris 2024 experience after debut Olympic final |url=https://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/24510827.max-burgin-vows-learn-paris-2024-experience-debut-final/ |access-date=2 October 2024 |website=North Wales Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>
In May 2025 he lowered his personal best to 1:43.34 to finish second behind Tshepiso Masalela in the 800 metres race at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, finishing ahead of Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/cg4v2vpx2x5o.amp |website=BBC Sport |title=Burgin sets personal best at Diamond League Rabat |date=25 May 2025 |accessdate=28 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 May 2025 |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/news/max-burgin-excels-in-rabat-with-143-34-pb-for-800m-1040001845/ |website=Athletics Weekly |title=MAX BURGIN EXCELS IN RABAT WITH 1:43.34 PB FOR 800M |accessdate=28 May 2025}}</ref> In August 2025 he won his second British outdoor title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/news/max-burgin-powers-to-143-92-win-over-800m-at-uk-champs-1040006760/ |title=Max Burgin powers to 1:43.92 win over 800m at UK Champs |website=Athletics Weekly |date=3 August 2025 |access-date=4 August 2025}}</ref> He was a finalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025 in the men's 800 metres, placing sixth overall in a new personal best time of 1:42.29. It was the first 800m race in history in which all eight competitors ran under 1:43.00.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25/news/report/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-mens-800m |website=World Athletics|accessdate=23 September 2025|title= Wanyonyi runs championship record to win world 800m title in Tokyo|date=20 Sep 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229501 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=24 September 2025|title= World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025|date=21 September 2025 }}</ref>
In May 2026 returned to the Rabat stadium to win his first major Diamond League 800 metres, clocking 1:42.98 and beating Wanyonyi into a distant second.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-31 |title=Diamond League: Max Burgin beats Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi to win 800m in Morocco |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/c5ye44ezedxo |access-date=2026-06-01 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{World Athletics}} * {{British Athletics|max-burgin}} * {{Power of 10|556235}} * {{Team GB|max-burgin/44KAKIkFRLi1dlOYfBTVuX}} * {{Olympics.com|max-burgin}} * {{Instagram}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burgin, Max}} Category:2002 births Category:Living people Category:British men middle-distance runners Category:Sportspeople from Halifax, West Yorkshire Category:Athletes from Yorkshire Category:English men middle-distance runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:21st-century English sportsmen Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain