Michael Spence (born May 20, 1978) is an American former athlete who competed in long-distance running events.

[1] Raised in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Spence attended East Stroudsburg High School and was a District 11 cross country champion, before taking up the steeplechase as a specialty while a varsity athlete at Princeton University.

He won the 1997 USA junior steeplechase title and trained in Utah under Olympics coach Chick Hislop.

[2] Spence was a silver medalist for the United States in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, behind countryman Joshua McAdams who passed him in the final lap.

[3] At the 2008 U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, Spence missed out on a place for Beijing after coming in sixth position.