Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Thompson ji ihe ndekọ ụwa nke ihe 8,648 mee ihe n'egwuregwu decathlon na Götzis, Austria, na May, wee jiri mmeri dị mma mee nke a n'egwuregwu Olimpik nke Moscow. Mgbe oge dị jụụ nke 1981, ọ nọ n'ụdị mbibi na 1982; laghachi na Götzis na Mee, o buliri ihe ndekọ ụwa ruo 8,730 isi wee mechaa na Septemba, na European Championship na Atens, o buliri ihe ndekọ ahụ ruo 8,774 isi. N'ọnwa na-eso ya na Brisbane, Thompson were nke abụọ ya
Aha Commonwealth.