{{short description|British long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Barry Smith | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = 5,000m | club = Gateshead Harriers | birth_date = 16 April 1953 | birth_place = London, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = 168 cm | weight =60 kg | pb = | medaltemplates= }}

'''Barry David Smith''' (born 16 April 1953) is a British former long-distance runner who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.<ref name="sref">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/barry-smith-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102101/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/barry-smith-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref>

== Biography == Smith was a frequent part of the English team at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. After a junior team medal at the 1972 International Cross Country Championships and 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, he broke through as a senior in 1977 by sharing in the team silver medals. He was part of the English team that on the championship in both 1979 and 1980.

At the 1980 Olympics Games in Moscow, he represented Great Britain in the 5,000 metres competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69487 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=8 March 2025}}</ref>

On the circuit he won the Antrim International Cross Country in 1981 and that same year won the 5000&nbsp;m IAAF Golden Event ahead of Tolossa Kotu of Ethiopia and became the British 10,000 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1981 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref>

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