Michael John East (born 20 January 1978 in Reading[citation needed], England) is a retired middle-distance athlete.

His best result came in winning the 1500 metres gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.

He nearly added to his medal tally when finishing third at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary only to find himself disqualified for interfering with the run of the Kenyan Laban Rotich.

As a result, in November 2007 he had his lottery funding removed, making it much harder for him to return to top rank competition.

"[2] He returned to compete at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships but was not selected for the squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics as he could finish only 8th in the trials held in July.