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Harry Prowell A.A. (10 July 1936 – 27 June 2000) was a Guyanese long distance runner who represented Guyana in the Marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. He is known to be one of the greatest long distance runners Guyana and the Caribbean has ever produced, setting the national record in 1968. To date, he is the only Guyanese ever to compete in the Marathon at the Summer Olympic Games and one of the most prominent Indo-Caribbean long distance runners of his time. At the British West Indies Championships he won the gold medal in the Men's 5000m in 1965 and 1960 as well as the Gold in the 10,000m in 1960. He was a silver medalist in the Half-Marathon at the 1965 games and won Silver at both the 1959 and 1958 games in the Men's 5,000m and 10,000m events.

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  • Harry Prowell A.A. (10 July 1936 – 27 June 2000) was a Guyanese long distance runner who represented Guyana in the Marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. He is known to be one of the greatest long distance runners Guyana and the Caribbean has ever produced, setting the national record in 1968. To date, he is the only Guyanese ever to compete in the Marathon at the Summer Olympic Games and one of the most prominent Indo-Caribbean long distance runners of his time. At the British West Indies Championships he won the gold medal in the Men's 5000m in 1965 and 1960 as well as the Gold in the 10,000m in 1960. He was a silver medalist in the Half-Marathon at the 1965 games and won Silver at both the 1959 and 1958 games in the Men's 5,000m and 10,000m events. Prowell ran the Men's 6 miles in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. He also participated in the Men's 5000m 10,000m and the marathon at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and represented Guyana at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland competing in the Men's 5,000m, 10,000m and the marathon. Prowell holds the Guyana National Track and Field Record in the Marathon with a personal best time of 2:39:11 set on 4 February 1968 in St. Georges, Grenada. He was awarded Guyana's National Sportsman of the Year in 1969 and received the Order of Service of Guyana (Grade II) known as the Golden Arrow of Achievement in 1970. Prowell died on 27 June 2000 at age 63 in Success, East Coast Demerara, Guyana. (en)
  • Harry Prowell (ur. 10 lipca 1936 w Gujanie Brytyjskiej, zm. 27 czerwca 2000) – gujański lekkoatleta (długodystansowiec), olimpijczyk. Wziął udział w igrzyskach olimpijskich w 1968. Zajął 50. miejsce w biegu maratońskim, z czasem 2:57:01,4 (zawody ukończyło 57 biegaczy). Brał udział w Igrzyskach Imperium Brytyjskiego i Wspólnoty Brytyjskiej 1966, na których zajął 11. miejsce w biegu na 6 mil (31:24,0). Cztery lata później wystąpił w maratonie, którego nie ukończył. Zgłoszony był również do biegów na 5000 i 10 000 metrów, jednak nie pojawił się na starcie. Na Igrzyskach Panamerykańskich 1967 zajął ósme miejsce w biegu na 10 000 metrów. W latach 1958-1965 Prowell zdobył osiem medali na . Rekord życiowy w maratonie – 2:39:11 (1968). (pl)
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  • Harry Prowell A.A. (10 July 1936 – 27 June 2000) was a Guyanese long distance runner who represented Guyana in the Marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. He is known to be one of the greatest long distance runners Guyana and the Caribbean has ever produced, setting the national record in 1968. To date, he is the only Guyanese ever to compete in the Marathon at the Summer Olympic Games and one of the most prominent Indo-Caribbean long distance runners of his time. At the British West Indies Championships he won the gold medal in the Men's 5000m in 1965 and 1960 as well as the Gold in the 10,000m in 1960. He was a silver medalist in the Half-Marathon at the 1965 games and won Silver at both the 1959 and 1958 games in the Men's 5,000m and 10,000m events. (en)
  • Harry Prowell (ur. 10 lipca 1936 w Gujanie Brytyjskiej, zm. 27 czerwca 2000) – gujański lekkoatleta (długodystansowiec), olimpijczyk. Wziął udział w igrzyskach olimpijskich w 1968. Zajął 50. miejsce w biegu maratońskim, z czasem 2:57:01,4 (zawody ukończyło 57 biegaczy). W latach 1958-1965 Prowell zdobył osiem medali na . Rekord życiowy w maratonie – 2:39:11 (1968). (pl)
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