Boston beat fellow American Bo Roberson by 1cm with the Soviet Union's Igor Ter-Ovanesyan getting bronze. Winning gold saw Boston being named World Athlete of the Year and North American Athlete of the Year. "To step away when we think the next few years could have been exciting, that could be difficult to live with. If this contract is the last, I will only be 53 at the end of it and I hope there'll be a lot of my life at the end of it!" Boston was inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1974 and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1985. And in 1976 he was the first African American voted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. Replaced the impressive James in the closing stages but game long finished as a contest. Starring again for his club but faces a real challenge to nail down a regular spot for his country.