At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, Bassingthwaighte competed in the men's cross-country. In the race on 11 August, Bassingthwaighte finished 30th, beating both Buys and Niyonshuti. Bassingthwaighte's time of one hour, 37 minutes and 17 seconds was eight minutes and ten seconds slower than the time of the gold medalist, Jaroslav Kulhavý of the Czech Republic.