1996 | Kieren Perkins | Olympic Gold | 14:56.40 | 1500m Freestyle | Kowalski Silver | 2 of 2

[adamu328]

I wanted to see the JJJ flag too.

[waz1304]

kowalski disliked this

[Thedrifthoster7997]

Kieren is my name =}

[Omarleee]

One of those Australian 'shove that up your arse moments'

[danshinitro]

@Omarleee haha great comment

[Fergy00000]

superstar Kieren, down and out but you did it. We are blessed in Australia..

[kolikolikokoliko]

@bathtownship no it hasn't

this is the 1500

ling beat the 800 wr

hacketts 1500m wr is the only wr that isn't swam in the new generation of suits

[planetX15]

@bathtownship how were you able to predict the future when you typed your comment 7 months ago?

[maddyisdww]

My coach was supposed to go to this:(

[MmeDesgranges]

Courage!

[SirKyrness]

Typical Aussie attitude of 'Stuff what you think, this is what I can do'. What a swim.

[SPOOKSTR]

The ''Rope a dope'' of swimming.......awesome tactics. Epic win !!!

[adamlewis934]

what amazes me about perkins is his stroke rate. almost all distance swimmers following hackett use the lopsided and slow stroke which seems to be much more efficient for distance.

yet perkins, whose stroke was quite even like a sprinter, managed to keep it up for a whole 1500 and manage times that would still be competitive today. he really did train so hard to achieve that level of fitness

[Gynecologist]

@adamlewis934 Don't even get me started on Janet Evan's relentless arm turn over for her distance swims!

[balthazarsmith]

only thing that ruins this swin is the retard brooksy commenting lol

[brianclough]

Tthe 1500m isn't the blue riband event in swimming, the 100m free is. But to succeed and dominate this event requires a truly special swimmer.

Just looking at Salnikov, Perkins and Hackett provides the answer.

The true successor to Salnikov required someone with Herculean ability. Perkins fitted it perfectly, as did Hackett in succeeding him.

Australia has, and will always provide Greats in Swimming. In their long history and future to come, the name Kieran Perkins, will always be mentioned.

[parrapete]

One of those moments you always remember where you were.I was in Redfern TAB on my way to Randwick races.

[trooperdz]

@brianclough uhm...thanks for the history lesson...

[SPOOKSTR]

That race is on par with Ali and the rope a dope.......truly a great moment in Australian sport.

[MJforever5690]

I remember watching this live with my family...I was so amazed - I was standing right in front of our tv watching in awe. What a great moment. My mum to this day, still remembers what lane he was swimming in.

[christbone]

i never watch much swimming but this would have to be one of the greatest sporting moments i have ever seen. what heart.

god blessed this man on this day.

[bathtownship]

One of the best moments in swimming olympic history, Kieren is a legend.

[dermut71]

pure gold

[JerHSB]

Kieren Perkins is absolutely brilliant!

8th lane, just made it to the final, iron defeciant, sick, what else did he through away to win that race.. AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING ALL TIME LEGEND!

[youngguns29]

one of the best moments in Australian sport......amazing what you find on youtube..

[rmcilveen]

two strokes from missing the final love to see the heat swim. Unbelievable. Lane 8.

Best sporting moment in Australia history.

[mftuo1]

good calling den.

[BossierBullet92]

and dont mention kieren also had a iron deficiency that olympics which makes it even better..