Peter Doak

{{Short description|Australian swimmer (born 1944)}}

{{BLP sources|date=February 2014}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}

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| fullname = Peter John Doak

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| national_team = Australia

| strokes = Freestyle

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|3|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Australia}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1964 Tokyo | 4×100 m freestyle relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|British Empire and Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1962 Perth|Men's 4x110 yd Freestyle Relay}}

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Peter John Doak, OAM (born 9 March 1944){{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2=Jeroen Heijmans |author3=Bill Mallon |author4=Hilary Evans |title = Peter Doak Bio, Stats, and Results|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|date = April 2014|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/peter-doak-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072220/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/peter-doak-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 16 June 2014}} was 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. He attended Geelong College between 1955 and 1960 where he joined the swimming team in 1958.{{cite web | url=http://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au:8080/wiki/Print.aspx?Page=DOAK-Peter-John | title=DOAK, Peter John OAM | date=4 February 2014 | publisher=Geelong College | access-date=24 February 2014 }}

Doak combined with Bob Windle, David Dickson and John Ryan 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. Doak had previously won gold in the 4×110-yard freestyle relay at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, and finished fourth in the corresponding individual event. In 2014, Doak was awarded the medal of the Order of Australia.