Jeff Bannister should not be confused with Jeff Banister.
| Birth Date: | 30 August 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Height: | 191 cm |
| Weight: | 93 kg |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Decathlon |
| Pb: | 100 m – 10.4 (1970) 400 m – 46.8 (1972) 1500 m – 4:10.4 (1972) 110 mH – 14.4 (1970) HJ – 1.98 m (1972) LJ – 7.35 m (1972) |
| Club: | University of New Hampshire Decathlon Club of America |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Jeffrey Granville Bannister (born August 30, 1945) is a retired American decathlete. In 1979 he won the U.S. Olympic Trials and placed 21st at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Bannister played basketball as a forward at University of New Hampshire. In 1966 he won the AAU pentathlon title; in the decathlon he finished third in 1969 and second in 1972.[1]