John Howard (born August 16, 1947 in Springfield, Missouri) is an Olympic cyclist from the United States, who set a land speed record of 152.2 miles per hour (245 km/h) while motor-pacing[1] on a pedal bicycle on July 20, 1985 on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats.

A competitor at the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Summer Olympics,[2] Howard won the gold medal in the 1971 Pan American Games road cycling race in Cali, Colombia, as a member of the U.S. Army cycling team by beating Luis Carlos Florez in a sprint finish.

Howard won the first two editions of the Red Zinger Bicycle Classic stage race in Colorado in 1975 and 1976.

"Lessons in Cycling" earned a Bronze Telly and a Silver Medal at the International Film & TV Festival in New York.

[6] John Howard has trained several cyclists over the years including working with Denise Mueller-Korenek, who set the paced bicycle land speed record on Sept. 16, 2018, at the Bonneville Salt Flats.