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Moss Burmester, 2008

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Moss Burmester, 2008

Disappointment registers on Moss Burmester's face as he turns to check his placing in the men's 200-metre final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Despite swimming the race of his life, he came fourth. He is one of a number of New Zealand swimmers to have narrowly missed out on Olympic medals.

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John McBeth, Swimming – International success, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40212/moss-burmester-2008 (accessed 24 June 2026).

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