Mike Smith (decathlete)
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Michael Cameron "Mike" Smith (born September 16, 1967) is a
.Biography
He attended Pinecrest Elementary School, Lakewood Intermediate School, Beaver Brae Secondary School in Kenora, Ontario, and then Central Technical School in Toronto for his final year of high school.
Smith attended the
Smith won a silver medal at the World Junior Track and Field Championships in 1986. At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, he placed 14th. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games Smith won a gold medal. In 1991, he was the silver medal winner at the World Track and Field Championships, and was the first North American to win the Götzis International Decathlon, which he won again in 1996.
In 1992 at
Smith was ranked in the top 10 in the world for 10 years in a row from 1989 to 1998 with his highest rankings being #2 in the world in 1991 and #3 in the world in 1995.
Personal Best Performances
Smith held the Canadian Record in the decathlon with a total of 8626 points set in Gotzis Austria in 1996. Smith's record was broken by Damian Warner, with a total of 8659 points, at the 2015 Pan American Games.
The sum of Smith's overall personal bests in the individual disciplines of decathlon totals 9,362 points (the third best ever after Ashton Eaton & Dan O'Brien).[1]
Day 1:
Day 2:
Total: 9362 points
Smith still holds the world's best performance for the 3 combined throwing events in decathlon (shot put, discus, javelin).
World Ranking | Decathlete | Nation | Points | Shot Put | Discus | Javelin | Venue | Date |
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1 | Michael Smith | CAN | 2748 | 16.94m | 52.90m | 71.22m | Götzis | 26.05.96 |
2 | Bryan Clay | USA | 2734 | 16.25m | 53.68m | 72.00m | Helsinki | 10.08.05 |
3 | William Motti | FRA | 2595 | 16.96m | 52.46m | 68.20m | Emmitsburg | 29.09.91 |
Smith retired from the sport of decathlon in 1999 and went on to a career in
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 13th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:11.26 |
2nd | Decathlon | 7523 pts | |||
Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 7th | Decathlon | 7363 pts | |
1987 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 6th | Decathlon | 8126 pts |
World Championships | Rome, Italy
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— | Decathlon
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DNF | |
1988 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 12th | Decathlon | 8039 pts |
Summer Olympics | Seoul, South Korea | 14th | Decathlon
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8083 pts | |
1989 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 4th | Decathlon | 8121 pts |
Jeux de la Francophonie | Casablanca, Morocco
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1st | Decathlon | 8160 pts | |
1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 1st | Decathlon | 8525 pts |
1991 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 1st | Decathlon | 8427 pts |
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan
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2nd | Decathlon | 8549 pts | |
1992 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 3rd | Decathlon | 8409 pts |
Summer Olympics | Barcelona, Spain
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— | Decathlon | DNF | |
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto , Canada
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2nd | Heptathlon | 6279 pts |
Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 3rd | Decathlon | 8362 pts | |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | — | Decathlon | DNF | |
1994 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 4th | Decathlon | 8191 pts |
Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 1st | Decathlon | 8326 pts | |
1995 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | — | Decathlon | DNF |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 3rd | Decathlon
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8419 pts | |
1996 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 1st | Decathlon | 8626 pts (NR) |
Summer Olympics | Atlanta, Georgia , United States
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13th | Decathlon
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8271 pts | |
1997 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 3rd | Decathlon | 8555 pts |
1998 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 7th | Decathlon | 8228 pts |
Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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3rd | Decathlon | 8143 pts | |
World Combined Events Challenge
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several places | 8th | Decathlon
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24,543 pts |
See also
- Canadian records in track and field
References
- ^ "Total points based on personal bests". Decathlon'2000 site. Retrieved September 16, 2008.
- ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
External links
- Michael Smith at World Athletics
- Michael Smith at Athletics Canada
- Michael C. Smith at Team Canada
- Michael Cameron Smith at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Michael Cameron Smith at Olympics.com
- Mike Smith at Olympedia