| Michael Nikolay | |
| Birth Date: | 13 December 1956 |
| Birth Place: | East Berlin, East Germany |
| Height: | 1.75 m |
| Weight: | 65 kg |
| Discipline: | MAG |
| Club: | SC Dynamo Berlin |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Michael Nikolay (born 13 December 1956) is a retired German gymnast. He competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze and a silver medal with the East German team, respectively. Individually he won two bronze medals in the pommel horse at both Games; he also finished fourth on the horizontal bar and on the parallel bars in 1980.
At the world championships, he won a gold medal in the pommel horse in 1981 and a bronze in the team competition in 1978. He also won a European silver in the pommel horse in 1977.