What you saw were people riding bikes with single speed freewheels (not flywheel), which allow you to coast just like multi-speed bikes with a freehub or freewheel. A fixed gear is a single speed bike w/o a freewheel, which has the rear cog (sprocket) attached directly to the hub, so you can't coast, but can slow down by pedaling backwards.
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