Alan Blair Thompson (born 14 June 1959) is a sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-1980s.

[3] Thompson attended his first Summer Olympics in 1980 in Moscow and was part of the small New Zealand team of just four athletes that attended that year, as most western athletes stayed away due to the boycott that year.

[5] Thompson competed at six ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships between 1981 and 1987 and won three medals; two silvers (K-1 1000 m and K-2 500 m: both 1982), and a bronze (K-1 1000 m: 1983).

[2][6] He won both of his Olympic gold medals at Los Angeles in 1984, in the K-1 1000 m and K-4 1000 m events.

[2] Thompson is married to Australian Olympic sprint canoeist Elizabeth Blencowe.