Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2012 ya fara ne tare da Cochrane yana gasa a ranar farko ta gasar a tseren mita 400. A can Cochrane ya ci nasara a zagayensa kuma ya cancanci shiga wasan karshe a matsayi na karshe. Koyaya, bayan an soke soke sokewar Park Tae-hwan, an fitar da Cochrane daga wasan karshe kuma ya rasa yin iyo a ciki da 1/100 na dakika. Daga nan sai ya shiga gasarsa ta mita 1500
inda ya cancanta ta hanyar zafin jiki a matsayi na uku. A wasan karshe Cochrane ya yi nasarar yin iyo fiye da Oussama Mellouli don lambar azurfa kuma ya cimma hakan a cikin mafi kyawun lokaci. Tare da lambar yabo ta biyu a wasannin Olympics na biyu a jere, a cewar kafofin watsa labarai kamar CBC wannan ya karfafa Cochrane a matsayin dan wasan Kanada na ginshiƙan don gina tawagarsa ta iyo a nan gaba kamar yadda ya bayyana cewa zai yi kokarin yin iyo ga Kanada a wasannin Olympics na 2016 a Rio de Janeiro.