Rodney Strachan (born October 16, 1955) is an American former high school and college competition swimmer, 1976 Olympic gold medalist, and physician with a specialization in internal medicine.

Ron's Foothill teams featured several championship swimmers that included future Olympic medalists Bruce and Steve Furniss who also swam with him at Anaheim Aquatics.

[5][6] At the 1973 CIF Championship in his Senior year, Ron placed second in the 200 Individual Medley, and fifth in the 400 freestyle, helping Foothill High to win the meet.

[12] As a college freshman at the NCAA championships in Long Beach in March 1974, he placed second in the 500-yard free, behind teammate and future Olympian John Naber, helping USC win the meet against rivals Tennessee and Indiana.

[18] In the final competition in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, in July, at the high point of his athletic career, he took the gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley event, while setting a new world record of 4:23.68.