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- ↑ All-Athletics. "Profile of Mike Keogh".
- ↑ "Mike Keogh Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ↑ "The Manhattan Project | Running Times". runnersworld.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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