Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei rarangi - I te 2008 Summer Olympics i Beijing, he mema ia o te kapa Kanata i mutu i te tuaono i te kaupapa 4 × 100 m freestyle me te tuarima i te kaupapa 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Ahakoa ko ia te tuatoru tere rawa atu i roto i nga kaukau tekau ma ono, kotahi te waahi i mua o Michael Phelps, kaore ia i whakataetae i nga whiringa toa o te 200 mita taera. Engari, i whakatau tana kaiwhakaako ki te okioki ia mo te 4 × 100 mita-kore, i tu i taua ra ano (i whakatauhia e Hayden he rekoata a Kanata i te waewae whakatuwhera me te waa 47.56). Kāore ia i eke ki te whiringa toa i te 100 mita ā-roto
ahakoa ko ia te toa o te ao i taua whakataetae. Ahakoa i whakatairangahia a Hayden hei kaiwaiata Kanata pai rawa atu i enei taakaro me tana taitara o te ao, ko Ryan Cochrane anake te hoa-roa-roa-roa i taea te tohu mo te iwi i te puna, i te mea kaore i taea e te toenga o te roopu kaukau te eke ki te papa ahakoa te whakapainga ake o te 2004 i whakaatuhia.