1996 | Kieren Perkins | Olympic Gold |

Part 1 of 2 | In a race that has gone down in swimming folk law, 22 year old Kieren Perkins wins the 1500m Freestyle, from lane 8, at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games | After just scraping into the final, Perkins dominates the field to win in a time of 14:56.40 | Team mate Daniel Kowalski takes the silver in a time of 15:02.43 | Perkins won this same event also at the 1992 Olympics, and finished 2nd at the 2000 Sydney Games | This footage has been taken from a Channel 7 Australia broadcast | If this is a breach of copyright please advise and it will be removed