50m Freestyle Men - Atlanta 1996 Swimming | Throwback Thursday

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Back in 1996, the Men's 50m Freestyle became a tight and thrilling competition where Russian swimmer Alexander Popov repeated his success from Barcelona 1992 and defended his gold medal whereas silver and bronze where separated by only 3 hundredths of a second. Relive the full event from the Summer Olympics in Atlanta
🥇 Aleksandr Popv (22.13) 🇷🇺
🥈 Gary Hall (Jr) (22.26) 🇺🇸
🥉 Fernando Scherer (22.29) 🇧🇷
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[@Olympics]

What is your favorite Olympic moment of all time? Let us know in the comments below and it might be featured in the next #ThrowbackThursday!

[@meghdaniellama1604]

Olympic 2016 heats and semis

[@danielawidmer7836]

2000 10k open water.... ;)

[@tyannanoel7493]

Men’s road race

[@czarinakanaeva]

Almudena Cid kissing the carpet after her ribbon routine in Beijing

[@nardiamcphee5239]

Sydney 2000 men’s swimming relay when the Aussies smashed the u.s. on night one want to see that again

[@waszkewicz]

One of the best race in swimming history!

[@frankkoehlerseg]

Wonderful. Remembering is living !!! Please upload all the swimming finals of these Olympics.

[@mattw7297]

probably one of the last major international 50m freestyle titles won with a flat start

[@EngPheniks]

back when there was no such thing as the LZR Speedo racer controversy. just a simple fair game where athletes wear simple undies. it's good to know that they revived it in the 2012 London Olympics.

[@Ratnik..]

Попов Русский Гений! Гордимся!!!

[@iron2468]

The Russian Rocket himself: Aleksandr Popov. The greatest swimmer to ever live!!

[@hondasarefaster5914]

Absolutely not, Ian Thorpe is the greatest ever..

[@miriamsanchezgarcia2769]

Para mi, uno de los mejores nadadores de la historia. Cierto que no tiene por ej tantas medallas olímpicas como Phelps, pero lo que consiguio Alex es muy dificil, estar tantos años en la velocidad y ganando.. la velocidad en natacion se pierde enseguida y él no tuvo apenas rival desde el 91 al 2003. Incluso en Barna 03 ya mayorcillo ganó. :)

[@agsmith4713]

i just realize how much better TV quality has gotten from then

[@epluribusunum3596]

Please show one of the most exciting women's football matches ever played in the Olympics between USA and Canada in the 2012 London Olympics semi-final match. Several of the matches of women's soccer from 2012 are already posted on the Olympic channel, but this match has not been posted. It was an intense, back-and-forth nail biter, truly a classic match in women's football history. Thank you.

[@swimchannel]

The best memories!

[@siddhant0182]

Its a shame that the Olympics are not happening this year

[@ancalites]

lol

[@ederribeiro2929]

🇧🇷 O "Xuxa" 🏊

[@yurayar28]

King Aleksandr

[@stevej5074]

Cool Video. Keep grinding G 👀

[@user-fk3hb8ph3p]

Спасибо за такой выпуск 👍👍😊🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🥇🥇

[@iron2468]

Popov and the Americans made this a great race 😊.

[@oscarfreites5519]

El Tiburón Sánchez! 🇻🇪

[@Alexander_Zhukov]

Еще гимн старый, без слов

[@SwordOfS]

That was not the Russian National Anthem! Wasn't it ?

[@genbyvtldtltd5476]

@@SwordOfS Then it was the Russian anthem. the modern anthem was approved in 2000 - guess by whom? - President Putin))

[@joebleasdale5557]

Popov looks about 10 in this 😂

[@AmberDoubleU]

Joseph Bleasdale ummmm no. He looks more like 25.

[@freeflutistjagannathkoleyj9416]

Okok. Thanks

[@ShunyamNiketana]

Hall is barefoot in the medal ceremony. That explains the height difference of more than one inch. (Before they get on the podium.)

[@tarheelking2515]

What was popov throwing cards

[@Anonymouse-nn9td]

For all those who want to skip the first few parts, the race starts at 4:09

[@piamuhammad]

LOL the swimmer is listening to a discman…

[@charlieharding1692]

Rapid 💨

[@jefflaw4979]

Jiang Chengji, the fastest Chinese swimmer then.

[@user-kj2zn5yt6c]

8:23 - а у американца Гэри Холла кроссовки увели? .) наверное, это фишка у него такая - вставать на пьедестал почета босиком - впервые такое вижу

[@billybob6604]

Woop

[@user-rp4xt7xp8g]

Thailand oh oh

[@jacknortham8281]

As Roy & HG said... they toilet games

[@SwordOfS]

That was not the Russian National Anthem !

[@onemalaysia2900]

😊

[@manueliiicurameng5537]

Hi:)

[@user-cu3ng4ug5p]

포포프네 불곰국

[@nardiamcphee5239]

Popov true sportsman amazing swimmer then 4 years later a young Aussie Ian Thorpe took over him

[@aleksthegreat4130]

4 years later,in 2000 Olympics,Popov came second to van den Hoogenband at 100 meters,Thorp did not participate,by 2004 Popov was done.

[@hondasarefaster5914]

​@@aleksthegreat4130Thorpe was still the best anyway..

[@aleksthegreat4130]

@hondasarefaster5914 Not at 100 meters,Popov was the king of the sprint for 10 years.

[@hondasarefaster5914]

@@aleksthegreat4130 nah Thorpe was the king of everything..

[@aleksthegreat4130]

@@hondasarefaster5914 200,400,800 m free style,not everything

[@sangramborhade2779]

9th view and 3rd comment Love from INDIA MAHARASHTRA #STAYHOME #STAYSAFE..😀😀 (~_~)(~_~)

[@pirellisuperhard]

Horrible starter, lane 7 was not set.

[@juju551lyndon2]

like

[@Haruka2080]

Russia🇷🇺💪🏻

[@Haruka2080]

Я люблю свою страну

[@Haruka2080]

Россия самая болшпая страна и сильная страна 🇷🇺💪🏻

[@gsgs-ye8ju]

Popov stylisch unglaublich schön und elegant wie karl Friedrich Kehlen aus solingen in den 60er jahren