50m Freestyle Men - Atlanta 1996 Swimming | Throwback Thursday

📲 Subscribe to @olympics: 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 () 🇷🇺 🥈 Gary Hall (Jr) () 🇺🇸 🥉 Fernando Scherer () 🇧🇷 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! _____________________________________________________ 🇨🇳 #Beijing2022 replays: 🇯🇵 #Tokyo2020 replays: 🗞️ News from the Olympic world: