Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A filin wasa a ranar Asabar da yamma 11 ga watan Agusta, yanayin da aka yi don jefa javelin ba shi da kyau, kuma ya fi muni fiye da lokacin zagaye na zagaye na Laraba. Walcott ya amsa ga matsin lamba na wasan karshe na Olympics ta hanyar jefa nesa mafi kyau a kan jefawarsa ta farko, yana ba shi jagoranci, sannan ya wuce wannan nisan a jefawarsa ta biyu. Ya lashe lambar zinare a gasar Olympics ta javelin
tare da jefa 84.58m (277 ft 6 in). Ya kayar da jerin fitattun 'yan wasa don lashe gasar ciki har da mai jefa mita 90 Tero Pitkämäki da kuma mai kare kambin Olympic sau biyu Andreas Thorkildsen, da Veselý, Oleksandr Pyatnytsya da Antti Ruuskanen. Wannan ya sa Walcott ya zama mafi ƙanƙanta na gasar Olympics a cikin javelin jefa da kuma na biyu ba na Turai don lashe zinare na Olympics a cikin javelin jefa maza tun lokacin da dan wasan Amurka Cy Young a Helsinki a shekarar 1952.