John Edward Anderson OAM[1] (born 24 July 1939) is an Australian sailor and Olympic champion.

He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he won a gold medal in the Star class, together with David Forbes.

In 1975, Anderson was part of the winning Soling class crew in the North American Championship and that same year, won the pre Olympic Regatta at Kingston.

He was a member of the Australian Admirals Cup Team on Apollo II (1973), Love and War (1975), and Runnaway (1977).

[4] On 14 July 2000, Anderson was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for "services to sailing, particularly youth and offshore".