 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waJuly 29, Johnson akabata nyore nyore zita reOlympic pamamita 400 nenguva yeOlympic yekurekodha yemasekondi 43.49, masekondi 0.92 pamberi pemukundi wesirivha Roger Black weGreat Britain. Mumakwikwi okupedzisira emamita 200Musi waAugust 1, Johnson akamhanya mita 100 yekutanga mumasekondi 10.12 uye akapedza nhangemutange munguva yepasi rose yemasekondi 19.32, achiputsa neanopfuura zvikamu zvitatu kubva pagumi zvechipiri rekodhi yapfuura yaakanga aisa muUS Olympic Trials, munzira imwechete mwedzi wapfuura - iko kuvandudzwa kukuru pane 200 m rekodhi yenyika. Vamwe vatsinhiri vakaenzanisa kuita kwacho nokurova rekodhi kwaBob Beamon pakusvetuka marefu paMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya1968 muMexico City. Munguva yemakwikwi, Johnson akatambudza muswe mutsoka yake, izvo zvakamutadzisa kuhwina menduru yake yechitatu yegoridhe yeOlympics mumakwikwi e4 × 400 m sezvo Team USA yakaenderera mberi kuhwina goridhe kunyangwe pasina iye. 