Karl Smith (born 15 September 1959) is a Jamaican

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

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

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in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic Sport of athletics, athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a ...

and on their

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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 1984 Olympics and the 1987 World Championships. Hurdling car ...

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 Wes ...

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

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, 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 (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a rac ...

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* Jamaican male hurdlers Jamaican male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Jamaica 1959 births Living people World record holders in masters athletics Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games 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 20th-century Jamaican sportsmen {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub