Kammala wannan jumla: Burda ya yi gasa a cikin dogon nesa mai kyauta a wasannin Olympics na 2000 a Sydney. Ya share FINA A-misali shigarwa lokaci na 3:53.36 (400 m freestyle) daga
Gasar zakarun Turai a Helsinki, Finland. A tseren mita 400 na 'yanci, wanda aka gudanar a ranar farko ta wasannin, Burda ya kalubalanci wasu masu iyo bakwai a zagaye na biyar, gami da Grant Hackett wanda aka fi so a Australia. Ya riƙe Spyridon Gianniotis na Girka don ɗaukar matsayi na shida da na sha tara a gaba ɗaya ta fiye da rabin tsawon jikinsa, yana tsaye a, a cikin lokaci na 3: 54.40. Kusan mako guda bayan haka, a cikin 1500 m freestyle, Burda ya sanya na ashirin da shida a farkon safiya. Yin iyo a cikin zafin jiki na farko, ya shiga gida tare da nasara mai sauƙi a kan Li Yun-lun na Taipei na China da Ivan Ivanov na Kyrgyzstan, a cikin mafi kyawun rayuwa na 15:33.25.