Jan Johnson (born November 11, 1950, in Hammond, Indiana) is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.

He competed for the United States in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany, where he won the bronze medal.

In 1972, the gymnasium of Rickover Junior High School in Sauk Village, Illinois was dedicated and named in his honor.

[2][3] Jan Johnson runs "Sky Jumpers," a pole vault camp based on the central coast of California.

[4] Johnson also hosts auxiliary "Sky Jumpers" camps annually in Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.