Peter Roland Waddington (13 January 1937 - 24 June 2022) was an Australian former representative rower.

He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1960 Summer Olympics[1] and won two medals at the 1958 Commonwealth Games.

[2] Selection racing for the 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games was conducted in January 1958 and New South Wales oarsmen and combinations dominated.

A coxed four was selected as the fourth priority boat and a New South Wales four was picked with Waddington in the three seat.

In Rome they were the only Australian crew to make the Olympic final and finished in fifth place.