James Randel "Randy" Matson (born March 5, 1945) is an American track and field athlete who mostly competed in the shot put.

In track and field, he was a two-time State Champion in both the shot put and the discus and could run the 100 yard dash in 10.2 seconds.

[4] Matson is one of the greatest shot putters in the history of the sport, based predominantly on his one-meter improvement of the world record in 1965.

During a two-month span in 1965 he broke the world record three times, adding over two feet to the previous mark, until it stood at 21.52 m (70 ft 7 in).

Matson improved his world record to 21.78 m (71 ft 5 in) in 1967, and was rewarded with the James E. Sullivan Award, given to the nation's outstanding amateur athlete.

He earned the Olympic gold medal at the Mexico City Games in 1968, and was named the 1970 Track and Field News Athlete of the Year.

He joined The Association of Former Students in 1972, and served as their executive director from 1979 until his retirement in 1999; he was subsequently honored to be chosen the keynote speaker for the 2000 Aggie Muster held on the A&M campus.