John Goville

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John Goville (born 5 January 1962) is a retired Ugandan sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.

Govile finished seventh in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Moses Kyeswa, Peter Rwamuhanda and Mike Okot, in a national record time of 3:02.09 minutes.{{cite web | url=http://gbrathletics.com/cm99.htm | title=Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men) }}

On the individual level, he participated in the 200 m at the 1984 Olympics and the 400 m at the 1988 Olympics, both times without reaching the final. At the 1988 Olympics he also participated in the 4 x 100 metres relay.http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/fuloly.html He won the East and Central African Championships in 1983 and 1990.{{cite web | url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ecafc.htm | title=East and Central African Championships }} In 1984 and 1986 he won the 100 m, 200 m and 400 m events at the Ugandan championships.{{cite web | url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/uga.htm | title=Ugandan Championships }}