Manfred Donike (23 August 1933, Köttingen, Rhine Province – 21 August 1995, on a flight from Frankfurt am Main to Johannesburg) was a German cyclist and chemist, known for his research on doping.

By 1972, Donike had developed a procedure capable of accurate detection of banned substances and their metabolites through analysis, using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, of urine.

In 1977, Donike was hired by the German Sport University Cologne to lead the biochemistry department.

[1] Donike died of a heart attack on 21 August 1995 in an airplane while en route to Johannesburg, South Africa.

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