David Russell Batten (13 December 1926 – 11 September 2013) was a New Zealand sprinter who won two bronze medals at the 1950 British Empire Games.

[1] He was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School.

[2] In 1954 he married Barbara Alice Jones in Christchurch; the couple went on to have two children but later divorced.

[1][3] In 1980 he married Joan Elizabeth Le Cren (née Cornish).

[4] At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, Batten won two bronze medals; one in the men's 440 yards, and one as part of the men's 440 yards relay alongside John Holland, Derek Steward and Jack Sutherland.