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John Gates Powell (June 25, 1947 – August 19, 2022) was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the discus throw. He set a world record at 69.08 meters in 1975, and his personal best of 71.26 meters ties him for ninth place in the all-time performers list.
This was the 18th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning finalists from the 1972 Games were returning champion and three-time medalist Ludvík Daněk of Czechoslovakia, silver medalist (and three-time finalist) Jay Silvester of the United States, bronze medalist Ricky Bruch of Sweden, fourth-place finisher John Powell ...
Mac Wilkins and John Powell of the United States won silver and bronze; they were the eighth and ninth men to win multiple discus throw medals (both had medaled in 1976). The United States continued its 19-Games streak of earning at least one medal every time it appeared, missing the podium only in the boycotted 1980 Games; however, this would ...
Below a list of all national champions in the Men's Discus Throw event in track and field from several countries ... John Powell; 1984: John Powell; 1985: John Powell ...
The discus throw (pronunciation ... John Powell also threw 72.08 in Klagshamn on 11 September 1987, but the throw was made onto a sloping/downhill sector. Women
William Bartlett (discus thrower) Ben Bartch; John Biller; David Blair (discus thrower) Andy Bloom; Al Blozis; Brian Blutreich; Thomas Bourgeois; John Brenner (athlete) Lance Brooks; Terrance Brooks; Joseph Brown (discus thrower) Carl Brown (discus thrower) Edgar O. Brown; Jon Brown (weightlifter) Matt Brown (parathlete) Rodney Brown (athlete ...
Another American Olympian John Powell—who was consequently elevated to the Pacific Conference discus gold—criticised the fact that bans came top-down from the federation, rather than being seen before a judge or jury. [5] Australia's Gael Mulhall similarly had her shot put and discus titles removed for the same doping violation.
During his discus throw series on May 1, 1976 in San Jose, California, he set the world record three times with consecutive throws of 69.80 m, 70.24 m, and 70.86 m. In 1976 and 1980, Wilkins was ranked #1 in the world in the discus throw. In 1977, he was the indoor national champion in the shot put, with a throw of 69' 1.5" (21.06 m). [2]