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- ↑ "Jaime Bladas". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ Coote, James (1968). Olympic Report 1968: Mexico & Grenoble. London: Hale. p. 208. ISBN 9780709106159.
- ↑ Fajardo, Javier (2005). Historia de España en los Juegos Olímpicos de verano de la era moderna II (1940-1984 (in Spanish). Sevilla: Wanceulen Editorial. p. 159. ISBN 9788498232950.
