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Paul Kingsman starting a race

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Paul Kingsman starting a race

New Zealand swimmer Paul Kingsman powers away at the start of the 100-metre backstroke final at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984. He won a bronze medal in the 200-metre backstroke at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

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New Zealand Olympic Museum – He Pataka Taumahekeheke, New Zealand Olympic Committee

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John McBeth, Swimming – International success, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40211/paul-kingsman-starting-a-race (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by John McBeth, published 30 November 2012, updated 27 January 2015.