- David Smith (race walker)
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David ("Dave") Gregory Smith (born 24 July 1955) is a retired male race walker from Australia, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980 (Moscow, USSR). His best Olympic result was finishing in tenth place in the men's 20 km race at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing 
Australia1979 World Race Walking Cup Eschborn, West Germany 21st 20 km 1:25:36 1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union — 20 km DSQ — 50 km DNF 1981 World Race Walking Cup Valencia, Spain — 20 km DNF 1983 World Race Walking Cup Bergen, Norway — 20 km DSQ World Championships Helsinki, Finland 15th 20 km 1:25:23 1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 10th 20 km 1:26:48 1985 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 3rd 5,000 m 19:16 World Race Walking Cup St John's, Isle of Man — 20 km DSQ 1987 World Indoor Championships Indianapolis, United States 5th 5,000 m 18:52 World Race Walking Cup New York City, United States — 20 km DSQ World Championships Rome, Italy — 20 km DSQ 1991 World Race Walking Cup San Jose, United States 46th 20 km 1:26:14 References
World Best Year Performance in Men's Race Walking 20 km walk 1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) • 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) • 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) • 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) • 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) • 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) • 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) • 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) • 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) • 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) • 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) • 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) • 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) • 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) • 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) • 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) • 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) • 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) • 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) • 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) • 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) • 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) • 2002: Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP) • 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) • 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) • 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) • 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) • 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) • 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) • 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) • 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
50 km walk 1980: José Marín (ESP) • 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) • 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) • 1983: José Marín (ESP) • 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) • 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) • 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) • 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) • 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) • 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) • 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) • 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) • 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) • 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) • 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) • 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) • 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) • 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) • 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) • 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) • 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) • 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) • 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) • 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) • 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) • 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) • 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) • 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) • 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) • 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) • 2010: Yohan Diniz (RUS)
Australian National Champions in Men's 20 km Walk 1948 – 1959: Ted Allsopp • 1961: Ronald Crawford • 1963: Noel Freeman • 1965 – 1968: Bob Gardiner • 1967 – 1969: Frank Clark • 1970: Noel Freeman • 1972 – 1974: Peter Fullager • 1976 – 1978: Willi Sawall • 1980: Peter Fullager • 1982: Willi Sawall • 1983 – 1984: Dave Smith • 1985: Simon Baker • 1986: Not Held • 1987: Dave Smith • 1988: Simon Baker • 1989: Rod Huxley • 1990: Andrew Jachno • 1991: Dave Smith • 1992: Robert McFadden • 1993: Paul Copeland • 1994: Not Held • 1995 – 1998: Nicholas A'Hern • 1999: Dion Russell • 2000 – 2002: Nathan Deakes • 2003: Luke Adams • 2004 – 2006: Nathan Deakes • 2007: Luke Adams • 2008 – 2010:Jared Tallent
Categories:- 1955 births
- Living people
- Australian racewalkers
- Olympic athletes of Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- People from South Australia
- Australian athletics biography stubs
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