James Hartung (born June 7, 1960)[1] is a retired American gymnast.

He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

[2] He competed for the University of Nebraska and was a member of four straight national championship teams: 1979–1982.

[1] He is also considered one of the best NCAA men's gymnasts of all time as the leader of the 5-time in a row winning Nebraska team and because of his record 22 All-Americans.

Gymnastics Hall of Fame as a member of the gold medal Olympic team in 1984 and then in 1997 as an individual.