1996 Olympic Games Swimming 200-meter Breaststroke Finals

American swimmer Amanda Beard, at the age of 14, wins a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in the 200-meter breaststroke. South Africa's Penny Heyns gets the gold.

[@pow5735]

They were all playing for 2nd...Penny was the queen

[@AnnamariaDrBrosz]

the young agnes kovacs from hungary❤the olympic champion from sidney 2000🎉

[@vincesmith2499]

She went from having a teddy bear to posing for Playboy.

[@antinatalist9995]

Shows that you don't need a racing suit in order to swim fast.

[@niriota173]

but you need one to win these days

[@kegelchen32]

BRAVO AGI ,WELL DONE...

[@thundercats2004]

Man, these girls swimming with no goggles like it's the 60's or something. Crazy, I used to swim in meets with Amanda as an age grouper. I guess I don't remember she didn't race with goggles.

[@realalbertan]

Penny wore then in training, swam with her 97-2000, her coach moved to Calgary and she followed. He also coached my son for a season

[@chrisamon80]

Do you have Amy Van Dyken and Whitney Hedgepeth in 1996?

[@albertlanger2339]

Of all swimmers, to get to race, combined is 000's hours collectively of early morning and afternoon training. Then there are the parents who prepare the food and, drive to the pool.

[@antinatalist9995]

and the kids who get their own food, get the bus or cycle to training, buy equipment with paper round/ part time job money and get funding from the local authority or they simply go to a sports school in China funded by the Government. Not all parents live vicariously through their kids; some of the kids who get to the top choose to do so themselves.

[@tebogolebepe4990]

🇿🇦❤️

[@makelovenotwar9941]

Poor camera work for an Olympic event.

[@christopherdevine2811]

What a joke. Beard's elbows come out of the water every stroke.