Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 2012 Summer Olympics i Rānana, United Kingdom, Bassingthwaighte whakataetae i roto i te cross-country o nga tangata
He aha? I te whakataetae i te 11 o Akuhata, ka mutu a Bassingthwaighte i te 30th, ka whiua a Buys me Niyonshuti. Ko te wa o Bassingthwaighte kotahi haora, 37 meneti me te 17 hēkona he waru meneti me te tekau hēkona iti ake i te wa o te toa koura, a Jaroslav Kulhavý o te Czech Republic.