Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan takaici a wasannin Olympics guda biyu da suka gabata lokacin da ya kasa cancanta don wasan karshe na mita 100, ya zama dan Kanada na farko da ya yi hakan a wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo tun lokacin da Dick Pound a 1960. Ya ci gaba da lashe lambar tagulla ga Kanada a wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2012 a cikin tseren mita 100 bayan da ya fara farawa ya sanya shi a cikin gasar neman lambar yabo a juyawa. Zinare da azurfa sun tafi ga Ba'amurke Nathan Adrian da zakaran duniya James Magnussen na Ostiraliya, yayin da Hayden ya doke Yannick Agnel da César Cielo a matsayi na uku; Dick Pound ne kuma ya ba da lambobin yabo. Kodayake tagulla ne kawai, lambar yabo ta kasance fansa ga Hayden, wanda ya kasance mai farin ciki da samun lambar yabo ta Olympics a ƙarshe. Tare da lambar yabo ta Olympics a ƙarshe a hannunsa, ya ce "Akwai lokuta da yawa da za ku iya mafarkin wani abu amma miliyan daga cikin miliyan kuma sau ɗaya ba zai zama gaskiya ba. Wannan shi ne daya daga cikin abubuwan da na yi matukar farin ciki a matsayin mutum ya faru da ni. " Hayden ya sanar da yin ritaya daga wasan bayan tseren mita 4 × 100
a wasannin Olympics amma ya ce ya yi imani da tawagar 'yan wasan Kanada za su bunƙasa a nan gaba, yana mai cewa "Ina tsammanin a cikin babban shirin abubuwa, tare da mutanen da muke da su, mun yi aiki mai ban mamaki... Muddin muka ci gaba da wannan ci gaba, ina tsammanin za mu ga karin nasara daga abubuwan da suka faru".