Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Thompson ya buɗe lokacin wasannin Olympic na 1980 tare da rikodin duniya na wasanni goma na maki 8,648 a Götzis, Austria, a watan Mayu, kuma ya bi wannan da nasara mai kyau a wasannin Olympics na Moscow. Bayan lokacin kwanciyar hankali na 1981, ya kasance cikin mummunan yanayi a cikin 1982; a Götzis a watan Mayu, ya ɗaga rikodin duniya zuwa maki 8,730 sannan kuma a watan Satumba, a Gasar Zakarun Turai a Athens, ya ɗauki rikodin har zuwa maki 8,774. A watan da ya biyo baya a Brisbane, Thompson ya ɗauki na biyu
Sunan Commonwealth.