Bryan Saunders

{{Short description|Canadian sprinter (1952–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Bryan Saunders

| image =

| caption =

| nationality = Canadian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprinting/400 metres

| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|7|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

| death_date = April 2022 (aged 69)

| death_place = Markham, Ontario, Canada

| height =183 cm

| weight =68 kg

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's athletics }}

{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 1975 Mexico City | 4 x 400 m relay }}

{{Medal|Competition|Universiade}}

{{Medal|Bronze| 1975 Rome|400 metres}}

{{Medal|Country | 20px Americas }}

{{Medal|Competition | IAAF World Cup }}

{{Medal|Bronze | 1977 Düsseldorf |4 x 400 m relay }}

}}

Bryan Saunders (9 July 1952 – April 2022) was a Canadian sprinter.{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Buffery |date=May 4, 2022 |url=https://torontosun.com/sports/olympics/former-canadian-sprinter-bryan-saunders-dead-at-69 |title=Former Canadian sprinter Bryan Saunders dead at 69 |work=Toronto Sun |access-date=8 May 2022}} He competed in the 400 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/brian-saunders-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418044432/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/brian-saunders-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Brian Saunders Olympic Results |access-date=3 August 2017}}

Saunders won a bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 1975 Summer Universiade and in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1975 Pan American Games. He finished second behind David Jenkins in the 400 metres event at the British 1976 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19760816/343/0011 |title=Weekend sport |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=16 August 1976 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=1 June 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19750803/288/0033 |title=Stewart Mystery |work=Sunday Mirror |date=3 August 1975 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=1 June 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=30 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=1 June 2025}}

Saunders represented Canada in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.