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Career Stats 

1997

• Kieren is still getting back into training after a long break from swimming after the Olympics. He skips the Pan Pacs to get married.

 Meets:

Janet Evans Invitational, USA

1st - 1500m freestyle
2nd - 800m

Santa Clara International, USA

1st - 800m (8:02.00)
2nd - 400m (3:56.00)

Qantas Skins, Sydney, AUS

(August)

4th - 200m freestyle and
1st - 200m freestyle for overall
2nd - 2x200m freestyle

Australian Championships

(October)

3rd - 1500m
Kieren is preoccupied with the birth of his baby daughter, Georgia, about a week earlier.

1998

• Chosen to carry the Australian flag at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. (Kieren was very surprised to be given the honour, when he was called to be told the news he couldn't understand why and thought he was getting into trouble!)
• Contests his 3rd Commonwealth Games

 Meets:

QLD State Championships

1st - 1500m freestyle
2nd - 800m

NSW State Championships
(February)

1st - 800m (8:02.00)
2nd - 400m (3:56.00)

Commonwealth trials
(April)

3rd -1500m(15:12.00)
4th - 400m (3:56.00)

Telstra League swim series NSW vs QLD
(Brisbane, AUS, July)

1st - 800m (7:49.65)
3rd - 100m freestyle

Telstra League final NSW vs QLD (shortcourse)

(Sydney, AUS, August)

1st - 800m (7:42.00)
2nd - 400m (3:46.83)
3rd - 100m freestyle

Commonwealth Games

(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September)

3rd - 1500m (15:03.00)
(0.02 sec away from silver)
(Perkins is hampered by illness at this meet)

This gives him the interesting honour of having the full set of Commonwealth medals - gold-silver-bronze - in this event.

1999

• A survey by SOCOG found his 1996 Olympics 1500m freestyle victory was the most memorable moment for the Australian public in 'recent Olympic history'
• A street is named after him ('Kieren Perkins Ave.') at Olympic Park.

Meets:

Australian Championships (Perth, Australia-Jan 3-13)

3rd - 1500m freestyle
4th - 400m freestyle

Pan Pacific Championships

1500m - withdrew final due to illness

Australian Shortcourse Championships

3rd - 400m freestyle
1500m freestyle - withdrew final due to (continuing) illness

Eyeline 1000 Ocean Swim

1st (12:57)
(beat world championships silver medallist ocean swimmer Ky Hurst and world championships finallist David Bates)

U.S. Open

2nd - 1500m freestyle (15.07.00)
2nd - 4x200m freestyle relay (QAS team)