| Birth Date: | 18 May 1927 |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Birth Place: | Tivat, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (present-day Montenegro) |
| Death Place: | Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia |
Boris Škanata (18 May 1927 – 20 October 1962) was a Yugoslav swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1950 European Aquatics Championships. He finished seventh in the same event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Škanata died in a car crash on 20 October 1962 at the 25th kilometre of the Belgrade–Zagreb highway. Also killed with him were FK Partizan footballers Čedomir Lazarević and Bruno Belin and Radnički footballer Vladimir Josipović.[2] [3]
He had a son named Aleksandar (born 1951).[4]