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- ↑ Comité Olympique Français. Avé, M. (ed.). Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel [The Games of the VIIIth Olympiad Paris 1924 – Official Report](PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. p. 172. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marcel Wauters Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
