Hall made his Olympic debut at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, where he won a trio of gold medals as part of U.S. swimming relays. He went on to win gold in the 50-meter freestyle at both the 2000 ...

Hall won back-to-back gold medals in the men's 50-meter freestyle at the 2000 (Sydney) and 2004 (Athens) Olympics. He also won three golds as a member of Team USA's relay teams in 1996 (Atlanta).

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Fortunately, things worked out well for the Americans in the 2000 Olympics. Some two decades later, they still reign supreme, but the rest of the world is closing the gap. There's no reason to relax.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — After all his Olympic medals were destroyed in the Los Angeles fires, swimming great Gary Hall Jr. set an unexpected record replacing them at IOC headquarters Monday.