Andrew Butchart (born 14 October 1991) is a British runner who competed in the 5000 metres event at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

His time was 13:13.30, four seconds quicker than Muir's record, which had stood for 36 years, and Butchart ran the last lap of the race with only one shoe.

[19][3] Butchart was the third athlete from the small town of Dunblane to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics, after brothers Andy and Jamie Murray.

[24] Butchart was scheduled to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia,[25][11] but later had to withdraw due to a broken foot.

[29] In March 2021, he reached the final in the men's 3000 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Toruń, Poland.

[30] Butchart qualified for the 5,000 metres event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics after coming second at the 2021 British Athletics Championships.

[31] On 29 June 2021, UK Athletics said that they were investigating claims that Butchart faked a COVID-19 test to get entry to the United Kingdom for the Championships.