John Sydney Ryan (born 23 February 1944) is an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The West Australian combined with Bob Windle, David Dickson and Peter Doak to win Bronze in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, behind the United States and German teams, the first time this event had been contested at the Olympics. He also made the semifinals of the 100-metre freestyle. Ryan later took gold in the freestyle relayfreestyle relay at the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, and finished fourth in the 110-yard freestyle event. See also List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) References 1944 births Living people Olympic swimmers of Australia Sportsmen from Western Australia Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Western Australian Sports Star of the Year winners People educated at Wesley College, Perth Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Australian male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian people Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games