Neil Cochran (born 12 April 1965) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, European championships and World University Games, and swam for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games, during the 1980s.

As a 17-year-old at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, he won a bronze medal as a member of the third-place Scottish team in the men's 4x200-metre freestyle relay, alongside Douglas Campbell, Graeme Wilson and Paul Easter, finishing behind the Australian and English teams.

[3] At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, he won two bronze medals.

When Seoul, South Korea hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics, Cochran qualified in three individual events.

He was eliminated in the preliminary heats of the men's 100-metre backstroke, but advanced to the B Finals of the 100-metre butterfly and 200-metre individual medley, finishing sixteenth and eleventh, respectively.