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- ↑ Thomas Conneff at Track and Field Statistics (registration required)
- ↑ "Archived" . Retrieved 15 May 2023.[ dead link ]
- Cordner Nelson and Roberto Quercetani, The Milers, Tafnews Press, 1985, ISBN 0-911521-15-1, pp. 11–12
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