Steven Earl Riddick (born September 18, 1951) is an American athlete and winner of the gold medal in 4×100 meter relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

[2] Riddick was a late starter in track, concentrating on team sports until his junior year at high school.

[2] After high school, Riddick attended at Norfolk State University, having been recruited by coach Dick Price.

[2] He had started that year by causing some amazement and amusement when he ran and won an indoor race in his sweat pants.

[4] At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Riddick was eliminated in the semi-final of the 100 m race, but ran the anchor leg for the gold medal-winning American 4 × 100 m relay team (with Harvey Glance, Johnny 'Lam' Jones, and Millard Hampton).

[3] Surprisingly, Riddick never achieved much success at the USA National Championships outdoors during his career - his best was fourth in the 100 m (in 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1979) and fifth in the 200 m (in 1977 and 1979)[7] - he was, however, twice United States champion indoors at 60 y in 1977 and 1979.

Riddick enjoyed some early success in the role,[17] but his reputation was tarnished when he was embroiled in a scandal over the misappropriation of university travel funds for which he was sacked.