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Olympic Swimming Medals - Men's 50 Meter Freestyle Olympic Medalists

By Mat Luebbers, About.com

The gold, silver, and bronze Olympic medal swimmers in the men's 50 meter freestyle from the Summer Olympic games.
  • 1896-1900 Event Not Held
  • 1904
    GOLD Zoltan Halmay, HUN 28.0
    SILVER J. Scott Leary, USA 28.6
    BRONZE Charles Daniels, USA n/a
  • 1908-1984 — Event Not Held
  • 1988
    GOLD Matt Biondi, USA 22.14
    SILVER Tom Jager, USA 22.36
    BRONZE Gennadi Prigoda, URS 22.71
  • 1992
    GOLD Alexander Popov, EUN 21.91
    SILVER Matt Biondi, USA 22.09
    BRONZE Tom Jager, USA 22.30
  • 1996
    GOLD Alexander Popov, RUS 22.13
    SILVER Gary Hall, Jr., USA 22.26
    BRONZE Fernando Scherer, BRA 22.29
  • 2000
    GOLD Anthony Ervin, USA 21.98tie
    GOLD Gary Hall, Jr., USA 21.98tie
    BRONZE P. vd Hoogenband, NED 22.03
  • 2004
    GOLD Gary Hall, Jr., USA 21.93
    SILVER Duje Draganja, CRO 21.94
    BRONZE Roland Schoeman, RSA 22.02
  • 2008
    GOLD Cesar Cielo Filho, BRA 21.30
    SILVER Amaury Levaux, FRA 21.45
    BRONZE Alain Bernard, FRA 21.49

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