2017 Chicago Marathon
The 2017 Chicago Marathon (officially: Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2017 ) was the 40th edition of the annual running event in Chicago , United States . The marathon took place on October 8, 2017. It was the third run of the World Marathon Majors 2017/18 and had the gold label of the IAAF Road Race Label Events 2017 .
In the men's category, Galen Rupp from the United States won with a personal best of 2:09:20 hours ahead of defending champion Abel Kirui from Kenya. It was the first victory of a native American in Chicago since Greg Meyer in 1982. In the women's category, the Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba won by a clear margin of 2:18:31 hours. A total of 44,349 runners (22,824 men and 21,525 women) crossed the finish line in the 2017 Chicago Marathon.
Results
Men
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
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1 | Galen Rupp |
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2:09:20 |
2 | Abel Kirui |
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2:09:48 |
3 | Bernard Kiprop Kipyego |
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2:10:23 |
4th | Sisay Lemma |
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2:11:01 |
5 | Stephen Sambu |
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2:11:07 |
6th | Kohei Matsumura |
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2:11:46 |
7th | Ezekiel Kiptoo Chebii |
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2:12:12 |
8th | Zersenay Tadese |
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2:12:19 |
9 | Chris Derrick |
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2:12:50 |
10 | Michael Shelley |
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2:12:52 |
Women
space | Athlete | country | Time (h) |
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1 | Tirunesh Dibaba |
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2:18:31 |
2 | Brigid Kosgei |
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2:20:22 |
3 | Jordan Hasay |
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2:20:57 |
4th | Madaí Pérez |
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2:24:44 |
5 | Valentine Kipketer |
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2:28:05 |
6th | Lisa Weightman |
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2:28:45 |
7th | Maegan Krifchin |
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2:33:46 |
8th | Alia Gray |
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2:34:25 |
9 | Taylor Ward |
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2:35:27 |
10 | Becky Wade |
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2:35:46 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Cathal Dennehy: Dibaba dominates and Rupp times it right to win in Chicago. In: iaaf.org. October 8, 2017, accessed February 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Official Race Results 1996-2017. In: mikatiming.de. Retrieved February 9, 2019 .