Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muhurukuro pashure pomutambo wemenduru neAmerican Broadcasting Company, Collett akati rwiyo rwenyika rwakanga rusingarevi chinhu kwaari. Akatsanangura kuti akanga anzwa asingakwanisi kukudza rwiyo, nemhaka yokurwisana kwakatarisana nevaAfrica vokuAmerica panguva iyoyo: "Handina kukwanisa kumira ipapo ndokuimba mashoko acho nokuti handitendi kuti ndeechokwadi. Ndinoshuva kuti dai vakanga vari. Ndinotenda kuti tine mukana wokuva nenyika yakanaka, asi handifungi kuti tine". Vaviri ava vakarambidzwa kupinda mumakwikwi eOlympic munguva yemberi neInternational Olympic Committee (IOC). Purezidhendi weIOC Avery Brundage akafunga kuti yakanga iri tsumo yezvematongerwe enyika yomunyika isingakodzeri nzvimbo isina zvematongerwe enyika, yemarudzi ose iyo Mitambo yeOlympic yaifanira kuva. Sezvo John Smith akanga adhonza hamstring mumamita 80 mumutambo wokupedzisira achitungamirira uye akanga atongwa kuva asina kukodzera kumhanya, U.S. yakanga isingachakwanisi kuisa chikwata mumutambo we4 × 400 metres relay
uye vakamanikidzwa kubvisa pamhemberero yacho.