[1] Former record holder Oscar Egg disputed the result, claiming that he had measured the course and that van Hout had covered 3.45 metres (11.3 ft) too little each lap.

[2] After the German invasion of the Netherlands, van Hout closed his restaurant so that he, a committed anti-fascist, did not have to serve them in his shop.

[2] In 1945, van Hout was arrested by the Gestapo near Eindhoven and deported to Neuengamme concentration camp, where he died on 22 February 1945.

[3] Wals was a Waffen-SS serviceman during World War II and was rumoured to have been assigned to Neuengamme to specifically guard van Hout.

[3] On 15 May 2006, due to promotion by sports journalist Jean Nelissen, a monument to van Hout was erected in his birthplace of Valkenburg.