Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te korerorero ki tana kaiako, ka kore a Lemaitre e whakataetae i te 100 mita i nga Orimipia o Rānana 2012. Na reira ka uru atu a Lemaitre ki te 200 m, i whakauruhia ai ia ki te tuawha i taua tau, me te 4 × 100 m relay. Ko tana kaiako, ko Pierre Carraz, i kii: "I nga hua neke atu i te 100m, ko Christophe anake te tuunga 10 i roto i te hunga kua uru mai. I runga i te 200m, ka taea e tātou te tūmanako ki tētahi mētara". I mutu a Lemaitre i te tuaono i te 200 mita whakamutunga i te waa 20.19s. I muri i te whiringa toa, ka mea ia, "He tino pai taku tīmatanga. Na ka whai tonu ahau i tēnei raruraru i te koki. I whakapau kaha ahau, engari he uaua rawa. Ko ahau te tuaono. Kāore he mea nui hei kōrero. Ki ahau, ehara i te mutunga i tumanakohia e au. " I te
4 × 100 m relay whakamutunga, I wikitoria a Lemaitre i tana mētara Olympic tuatahi, me tana roopu e mau ana i te parahi i muri i a Jamaica (koura) me Trinidad me Tobago ( hiriwa).