Max Burgin (born 20 May 2002) is a British middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.[1] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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.[2] 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.[3] 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,[4] Burgin was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[5] He came 8th in the 800m final after achieving a new personal best of 1:43.50 in the semi-final.[6]
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.[7][8] In August 2025 he won his second British outdoor title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships.[9] 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.[10][11]
