CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Dane A. Miller, certify that:

1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Biomet, Inc.;

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
    statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
    to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
    such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
    covered by this report;

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
    information included in this report, fairly present in all material
    respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
    of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
    establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
    defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
    registrant and have:

(a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
    disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,
    to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including
    its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
    entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
    prepared;

(b) [Not Required]

(c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
    procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
    effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
    of the period covered by this report, based on such evaluation: and

(d) disclosed in this report any changes in the registrant's internal control
    over financial reporting that occured during the registrant's most recent
    fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
    materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
    reporting; and

5.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
    our most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting,
    to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board
    of directors:

(a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
    operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are
    reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
    process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
    employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal
    control over financial reporting.

Date:  10/02/2003                               /s/ Dane A. Miller
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                                                Dane A. Miller, Ph.D.
                                                President and
                                                Chief Executive Officer