James Aloysius Bernard Bausch, a.k.a. "Jarring Jim" (born March 29, 1906 - July 9, 1974) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the Decathlon.

Bausch went to college at the University of Kansas, where he starred in football and basketball. He competed for a United States in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California in the Decathlon where he won the Gold medal over the heavily favored Finn Akilles Järvinen.