Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An doke shi a gasar zakarun kasa da Gavryushin a shekarar 1988, amma har yanzu ya samu zabin kungiyar Soviet a gasar Olympics ta 1988. A Wasannin Olympics na Seoul na 1988 ya kasance na biyar a cikin cancanta amma ya jefa ɗan gajeren lokaci a wasan karshe, wanda ya haifar da kammala na takwas don bayyanarsa ta Olympics kawai. Mafi kyawunsa a wannan shekarar ya kasance a Vilnius da Moscow. Bai yi gasa a duniya ba a shekarar 1989 kuma mafi kyawun lokacinsa shine mafi munin sa tun daga 1983. Ya dawo a 1990 kuma ya zama na shida a duniya ta hanyar mafi kyawun lokacinsa kuma ya rasa lambar yabo a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1990, inda ya zama na hudu bayan Georg Andersen na Norway (an dakatar da shi don amfani da kwayoyi a shekara guda). Smirnov ya lashe taken Soviet biyu na karshe a 1990 da 1991 a taron gida na kasa. Ya kasance na biyu a nesa a cikin gida a duniya a cikin waɗannan shekarun biyu. Ya kasance na tara a gasar zakarun duniya ta IAAF ta shekarar 1991 kuma ya kuma lashe lambar azurfa a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1991.
1991 Kofin Zakarun Turai (babbar lambar yabo ta ƙarshe ta duniya).