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- ↑ "Olympedia Franz Bednar". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- 1936 bobsleigh four-man results
- 1936 Olympic Winter Games official report. (in German) - p. 415.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Franz Bednar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19.
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