Johan Fourie (born December 2, 1959 in Springs) is a South African middle-distance athlete who was one of the world's leading 1500m/mile exponents in the 1980s but was prevented from competing internationally in his prime by reason of the sporting sanctions imposed on South Africa in condemnation of the policy of apartheid. He was raised in Vereeniging in Gauteng Province where he attended school and won his first national 1500m in 1979 while still a junior.