Karl Smith (born 15 September 1959) is a Jamaican

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete specializing in the hurdles. He ran for his native country in the 1984 Olympics in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

and on their

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...

team. In the hurdles, he finished behind medalists

Danny Harris Danny Lee Harris (born September 7, 1965) is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400-meter hurdles (400 mH), in which he won silver medals at the Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdl ...

and

Harald Schmid Harald Schmid (; born 29 September 1957) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the sprints and hurdles. He was one of the best 400 metres hurdles runners in the world during his career. Career Schmid won bronze with the We ...

in the semi-final round, not qualifying for the final. The top Jamaican hurdler in his day, Smith is still ranked #19 all time. Smith has continued to run hurdles in

Masters athletics Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running. Competitors are bracketed into five-year age groups (which promotes fair comp ...

, holding the world record in the

110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hur ...

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* Jamaican male hurdlers Jamaican male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Jamaica 1959 births Living people World record holders in masters athletics Competitors at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Jamaica Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub