 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Mutambi wechirume akasara, John Akii-Bua akapinda mumakwikwi emamita mazana mana ane zvipingamupinyi. Akanga ambokundikana kukwanisa kupinda muMitambo yeGore ra1968 mumakwikwi epfupi. Akapedza kupisa kwake ari panzvimbo yokutanga asati adzokorora chiito chacho mumutambo wake wokupedzisira, achirova nguva yake mukupisa kwake kweinopfuura yechipiri. Mumakwikwi okupedzisira, Akii-Bua akasarudzwa mumugwagwa wokutanga, unowanzoonekwa sewakanyanya kuoma. Akaenderera mberi kuhwina mujaho uye akaisa rekodhi nyowani yenyika yenguva yechiitiko che47.82 masekondi, mumhanyi wekutanga munhoroondo mumakwikwi e400m zvipingamupinyi kuti anyore nguva iri pasi pemasekondi makumi mana nemasere. Kukunda kwake kwakamuitawo mutambi wekutanga wekuUganda kuhwina menduru yegoridhe yeOlympic uye mutambi wekutanga wemuAfrica kuhwina menduru yegoridhe mumutambo mupfupi pane 800m. 