Chicago marathon

Bank of America Chicago Marathon
venue	Chicago United States
First run	1977
Records
distance	42.195 kilometers
track record	Men: 2:03:45 h, 2013 Dennis Kimetto   Women: 2:14:04 h, 2019 Brigid Kosgei
Website	Official website

View of the starting field from Michigan Avenue, 2005

The Chicago Marathon (the official name since 2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon ) is a marathon in Chicago that is one of the largest in the world. Due to its extremely flat course and the commitment of international top runners, four world bests have already been run here.

A qualification time is required to participate. The official finish is after six and a half hours, which is generous by European standards and rather strict by American standards.

history

Chicago's first marathon took place on September 25, 1977, with an entry fee of US $ 5 . With 2,128 finishers, the new run was immediately one of the most popular marathons in the world. The winners were Dan Cloeter (2:17:52) from Indiana and Dorothy Doolittle (2:50:47) from Texas .

More than 5,200 runners competed in the next race, of which 4,053 crossed the finish line despite the heat. This race was started from two blocks for the first time in the USA.

In 1982 prize money was awarded for the first time. Two years later, the British Steve Jones set a world record with 2:08:05.

Although 12,000 runners started at the 10th anniversary in 1987 and 8,173 crossed the finish line, there was no marathon in the following year due to a lack of sponsors, only a half marathon .

In 1994 a new sponsor was won with the LaSalle Bank , and the race was officially called the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon from then on . After the takeover of LaSalle Bank by Bank of America in 2008, the name was changed accordingly.

In 1999 the Moroccan Khalid Khannouchi set another world record with 2:05:42. The following year he won, now a US citizen, with the US record time of 2:07:01.

In 2001 Benedict Muli Kimondiu , who was actually engaged as a pacemaker for the first half of the course, decided to run through and won the race. In the same race, Catherine Ndereba ran a world record time of 2:18:47, which means that Chicago can now claim American records and world records for men and women.

The following year it was Paula Radcliffe who set Chicago's fourth world record with 2:17:18.

The Chicago Marathon has been a World Marathon Majors since 2006 .

In 2007 the race had to be stopped after an amateur runner collapsed dead in temperatures of over 30 ° C and hundreds of athletes had to be looked after by paramedics. The winning times this year were, according to the circumstances, the slowest since 1995 and 1992. In the same year there was the closest finish in the history of the Chicago Marathon: Only 0.05 seconds separated the winner Patrick Mutuku Ivuti from the runner-up Jaouad Gharib .

The Russian Lilija Schobuchowa was the first woman to win three times in a row. After her doping ban , the 2009, 2010 and 2011 titles were revoked.

route

The start is in Grant Park on Columbus Drive. After a short loop that leads north to the left bank of the Chicago River , the loop will pass through the downtown area of ​​Chicago. Via LaSalle Drive , it goes north to Lincoln Park and Belmont Harbor, where the northernmost point of the route is reached after 12 km. After another eight kilometers you are back in the loop. The course now turns west onto Adams Street. Shortly after the United Center is the westernmost point of the route after 15 miles on Damen Avenue. Then you pass the University of Illinois at Chicago and cross Little Italy . The route now zigzags to the southeast, where the southernmost point of the route is at km 37 near Crown Hall . Return north on Michigan Avenue to the city center and turn into Grant Park at One Museum Park , where you reach the finish on Columbus Drive .

statistics

Course records

• Men: 2:03:45 h, Dennis Kimetto ( KEN ), 2013
• Women: 2:14:04 h, Brigid Kosgei ( KEN ), 2019

Winners list

Source for results: Organizer website and ARRS

date	Men	Time (h)	Women	Time (h)
25 Sep 1977	Dan Cloeter ( USA )	2:17:52	Dorothy Doolittle ( USA )	2:50:47
Sep 24 1978	Mark Stanforth ( USA )	2:19:20	Lynae Larson ( USA )	2:59:25
Oct 21, 1979	Dan Cloeter (2nd win)	2:23:20	Laura Michalek ( USA )	3:15:45
28 Sep 1980	Frank Richardson ( USA )	2:14:04	Sue Peterson ( USA )	2:45:03
27 Sep 1981	Phil Coppess ( USA )	2:16:13	Tina Gandy ( USA )	2:49:39
26 Sep 1982	Greg Meyer ( USA )	2:10:59	Nancy Conz ( USA )	2:33:23
Oct 16, 1983	Joseph Nzau ( KEN )	2:09:44	Rosa Mota ( POR )	2:31:12
Oct 21, 1984	Steve Jones ( GBR )	2:08:05 WR	Rosa Mota (2nd win)	2:26:01
Oct. 20, 1985	Steve Jones (2nd win)	2:07:13	Joan Benoit Samuelson ( USA )	2:21:21
Oct 26, 1986	Toshihiko Seko ( JPN )	2:08:27	Ingrid Kristiansen ( NOR )	2:27:08
Oct 25, 1987	only half marathon		only half marathon
Oct 31, 1988	Alejandro Cruz ( MEX )	2:08:57	Lisa Weidenbach ( USA )	2:29:17
Oct 29, 1989	Paul Davies-Hale ( GBR )	2:11:25	Lisa Weidenbach (2nd win)	2:28:15
Oct 28, 1990	Martín Pitayo ( MEX )	2:09:41	Aurora Cunha ( POR )	2:30:11
Oct 27, 1991	Joseildo Rocha da Silva ( BRA )	2:14:33	Midde Hamrin ( SWE )	2:36:21
Oct 25, 1992	José César de Souza ( BRA )	2:16:14	Linda Somers ( USA )	2:37:41
Oct 31, 1993	Luíz Antônio dos Santos ( BRA )	2:13:15	Ritva Lemettines ( FIN )	2:33:18
Oct 30, 1994	Luíz Antônio dos Santos (2nd win)	2:11:16	Kristy Johnston ( USA )	2:31:34
Oct 15, 1995	Eamonn Martin ( GBR )	2:11:18	Ritva Lemettinen (2nd win)	2:28:27
Oct 20, 1996	Paul Evans ( GBR )	2:08:52	Marian Sutton ( GBR )	2:30:41
Oct 19, 1997	Khalid Khannouchi ( MAR )	2:07:10	Marian Sutton (2nd win)	2:29:03
Oct 11, 1998	Ondoro Osoro ( KEN )	2:06:54	Joyce Chepchumba ( KEN )	2:23:57
Oct 24, 1999	Khalid Khannouchi (2nd win)	2:05:42 WR	Joyce Chepchumba (2nd win)	2:25:59
Oct 22, 2000	Khalid Khannouchi ( USA ) (3rd win)	2:07:01	Catherine Ndereba ( KEN )	2:21:33
0Oct 7, 2001	Benedict Muli Kimondiu ( KEN )	2:08:52	Catherine Ndereba (2nd win)	2:18:47 WR
Oct 13, 2002	Khalid Khannouchi (4th win)	2:05:56	Paula Radcliffe ( GBR )	2:17:18 WR
Oct 12, 2003	Evans Rutto ( KEN )	2:05:50	Svetlana Sakharova ( RUS )	2:23:07
Oct 10, 2004	Evans Rutto (2nd win)	2:06:16	Constantina Tomescu ( ROM )	2:23:45
0Oct 9, 2005	Felix Limo ( KEN )	2:07:02	Deena Kastor ( USA )	2:21:25
Oct 22, 2006	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot ( KEN )	2:07:35	Berhane Adere ( ETH )	2:20:42
0Oct 7, 2007	Patrick Mutuku Ivuti ( KEN )	2:11:11	Berhane Adere (2nd win)	2:33:49
Oct 12, 2008	Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot ( KEN )	2:06:25	Lidija Grigoryeva ( RUS )	2:27:17
Oct 11, 2009	Samuel Kamau Wanjiru ( KEN )	2:05:41	Irina Mikitenko ( GER )	2:26:31
Oct 10, 2010	Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (2nd win)	2:06:24	Atsede Baysa ( ETH )	2:23:40
0Oct 9, 2011	Moses Cheruiyot Mosop ( KEN )	2:05:37	Ejegayehu Dibaba ( ETH )	2:22:09
0Oct 7, 2012	Tsegay Kebede ( ETH )	2:04:38	Atsede Baysa (2nd win)	2:22:04
Oct 13, 2013	Dennis Kipruto Kimetto ( KEN )	2:03:45	Rita Jeptoo Sitienei ( KEN )	2:19:57
Oct 12, 2014	Eliud Kipchoge ( KEN )	2:04:11	Mare Dibaba ( ETH )	2:25:37
Oct 11, 2015	Dickson Kiptolo Chumba ( KEN )	2:09:25	Florence Jebet Kiplagat ( KEN )	2:23:33
0Oct 9, 2016	Abel Kirui ( KEN )	2:11:23	Florence Jebet Kiplagat (2nd win)	2:21:32
0Oct 8, 2017	Galen Rupp ( USA )	2:09:20	Tirunesh Dibaba ( ETH )	2:18:31
0Oct 7, 2018	Mo Farah ( GBR )	2:05:11	Brigid Kosgei ( KEN )	2:18:35
Oct 13, 2019	Lawrence Cherono ( KEN )	2:05:45	Brigid Kosgei (2nd win)	2:14:04 WR

Development of the number of finishers

year	total	Women
1997	14,400	04801
1998	17195	06251
1999	24,672	09363
2000	27,910	11,084
2001	28,774	11,430
2002	31,135	12,988
2003	31,680	13,377
2004	33,080	13,982
2005	33.003	14,326
2006	33,659	14,728
2007	25,523	10.184
2008	31,344	13,666
2013	39,098	17,518
2017	44,508	21,602
2018	44,481	20,612

See also

• List of marathons

literature

• Andrew Suozzo: The Chicago Marathon. University of Illinois Press, 2006, ISBN 0252074211

Web links

Commons : Chicago Marathon  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

• Official website (English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Finally official: Liliya Shobukhova losing three Chicago Marathon titles chicagotribune.com August 7, 2015
2. ↑ RESULTS & HISTORY (from page 47) ( Memento from October 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ arrs.run: Chicago Marathon
4. ^ Winner Steve Jones ( GBR ), 1:04:20
5. ^ Winner Kim Ballentine ( USA ), 1:18:20
6. ↑ The race was canceled due to extreme heat

Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′ 11 "  N , 87 ° 37 ′ 14"  W.