Martin Dent (8 February 1979 in Woking, UK) is an English-born Australian Olympian marathon runner, who ran at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

[1] He made his season best time of 2 hours, 16 minutes and 29 seconds in the marathon in 28th place.

[2] Dent attended Berkeley Vale Community High School on the Central Coast of New South Wales.

This is the same school that produced Australia Rugby Union Wallaby star Adam Ashley-Cooper, The Entrance Cricket Club icon Michael Thorpe, Scottish and British Lions player Nathan Hines and NRL player and Wests Tigers Assistant Coach Paul Stringer.

Dent was a member of Tuggerah Lakes Little Athletics Club, which at the time held their weekly competitions at Killarney Vale Public School.