Muhammad Ali- Gold Medal Replacement Ceremony (1996)

After winning a gold medal in boxing (Light Heavyweight class) at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Muhammad Ali lost the medal. In 1996, at a ceremony during half-time of the USA vs. Yugoslavia men's basketball gold medal game at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch awarded "The Greatest" a replacement medal. Ali had thrilled audiences about two weeks earlier when he lit the Olympic torch to officially start the Atlanta Games.

[@taxsi]

Nba stars swarming him like kindergarten boys with love and admiration, it's such a great scene, lovely and heartwarming..

[@imanpepion777]

The only man that could have Superman theme song play before he comes in and you wouldn’t think it was corny or entertaining or a show but actually is Beneath him.

[@gabrielcoronado6395]

I cry everytime I watch this. The greatest, indeed! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@dhennis888]

We miss you so much Mohammad! He was a good man

[@fabianosanchesoporto]

Um ser humano incrível..um exemplo a ser seguido ....4 ever Mohammad Ali

[@salmabibi1221]

What a great honour the audiences appraisals. He is always remembered and present in big ceremony. Allah Almighty grants him Jannat Ul Firdaus and forgive his shortcomings.

[@rafathalam5245]

Never will we have such a man like Mohammed Ali who was loved by people from all walks of life ...

[@iantolentino2293]

The Greatest of All time

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Legend

[@arifirshad6700]

Muhammad Ali is bigger than Olympic itself

[@DETROIT1948]

Ali Golden Medal 🏅

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🐐

[@toristar6416]

The 96 Olympic gear look so good

[@zachalderton2057]

who is the PA ANNOUNCER

[@sayyedrafique1124]

Great md ali

[@scottfarmer8758]

I thought that Ali admitted that he threw his Gold Medal into the Ohio River.

[@vintagebroadcastingsystem8028]

Yes, that's what he said in his 1975 autobiography. But strangely he'd never mentioned it before that raising doubts about it's veractiy. It's now generally felt that he simply lost the medal and made up the story. Here is but one source: olympics.nbcsports.com/2020/05/04/muhammad-ali-olympic-gold-medal-boxing/ And by the way, PBS with be presenting Ken Burns's documentary series on Ali later this year I believe.

[@dme1016]

The Greatest looked like a little boy against some of the basketball players. His status remains huge though.

[@emrahavatar]

The truth is he really did throw it off the bridge into the water ..
His brother said so and in Ali's last biography he said I changed that story over the years (not wanting to talk about it), but the world should know the truth, it's somewhere under the waters of the Ohio River

[@samdunn5928]

Wonder what he said to Barkley?

[@johnturner7774]

Probably "I'm to pretty". 😂

[@fan5407]

"Big Ol Women in San Antonio, am I right?"

[@vccstudents]

I've been asking that question for 25 years.

[@DeserteagleMS]

The greatest ever.