CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



The Board of Directors
Beckman Coulter, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-8 of Beckman Coulter, Inc., relating to the Beckman Coulter, Inc. Executive
Restoration Plan, of our audit report dated January 25, 2001, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Beckman Coulter, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2000, which report is incorporated by
reference in the December 31, 2000, annual report on Form 10-K of Beckman
Coulter, Inc.



/s/ KPMG LLP
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Orange County, California
November 5, 2001