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- ↑ "Merseyside's 100 Olympians: No. 60 Peter Whitehead". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Whitehead Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
