List of winners of the Chicago Marathon

Khalid Khannouchi is a four-time Chicago Marathon winner.

The Chicago Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, ^[1] has been contested by men and women annually since 1977. ^[2] Since 1983, it has been held annually in October. ^[2] The United States had been represented by the most Chicago Marathon winners (nine men and twelve women). ^{[3] [4]} After a seventh consecutive win by a Kenyan man in 2009, Kenyan men have won more times (ten) than men representing any other country. ^{[3] [4]} The United Kingdom is in third place in total victories (eight), victories by men (five) and victories by women (three). ^{[3] [4]} All four of Brazil's victors have been men, ^[3] and all three of Portugal's winners have been women. ^[4]

History

The first six pairs of races were swept by the United States. ^[5] Runners representing the United Kingdom won both races in 1996 (Paul Evans and Marian Sutton). ^[6] Kenya has been victorious in both races twice (1998 and 2001) and is the most recent country to do so, with representatives Ben Kimondiu and Catherine Ndereba. ^[5] Deena Kastor, the 2005 female winner, is the last victor from the host nation. Although four-time winner Khalid Khannouchi represented the United States during his 2000 and 2002 victories after becoming an American citizen, ^[7] the last American-born male winner prior to 2017 was Greg Meyer. ^{[3] [4]} Galen Rupp became the first American-born male to win the race in 35 years with his 2017 victory. ^[8] 1979 winner Laura Michalek of the United States was just 15 years old. ^[2]

Khannouchi's four victories is the most by any contestant. There have been several two-time winners including Khannouchi, five men and six women. Four of the five male two-time winners have been consecutive winners (most recently Evans Rutto in 2002 and 2003), and six of the seven two-time female victors have been consecutive (most recently Berhane Adere in 2006 and 2007). No one other than Khannouchi has won three races and no one has won three consecutively. ^[2]

The world record for the marathon had been set six times: three male and three female world records. The United Kingdom has had both a male and a female fastest marathon world record in Chicago. The women's world record was once set by Paula Radcliffe, who succeeded Catherine Ndereba as a world record holder in 2002. ^[2] The record has been set in 2019 by Brigid Kosgei. Khannouchi set the last male fastest marathon world record in the Chicago Marathon in 1999. ^[2] After Ndereba set the record in 2001, both the men's and women's current fastest marathon world records had been set in the Chicago Marathon. ^{[9] [10]}

Winners

2008 Chicago Marathon winner Evans Cheruiyot

The 2007 Chicago Marathon final 200 meters was a duel between Patrick Ivuti (right) & Jaouad Gharib (left). Ivutu won by 5/100th of a second.

2006 winner Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot in the 2007 event

2005 winner Felix Limo in 2008

The leaders of the 2007 men's race were side-by-side with less than 300 meters remaining

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Year	Male athlete	Country	Time	Female athlete	Country	Time	Rf.
1977	Dan Cloeter	United States	2:17:52	Dorothy Doolittle	United States	2:50:47
1978	Mark Stanforth	United States	2:19:20	Lynae Larson	United States	2:59:25
1979	Dan Cloeter	United States	2:23:20	Laura Michalek	United States	3:15:45
1980	Frank Richardson	United States	2:14:04	Sue Petersen	United States	2:45:03
1981	Phil Coppess	United States	2:16:13	Tina Gandy	United States	2:49:39
1982	Greg Meyer	United States	2:10:59	Nancy Conz	United States	2:33:23
1983	Joseph Nzau	Kenya	2:09:44	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:31:12
1984	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	2:08:05 WR	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:26:01
1985	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	2:07:13	Joan Benoit	United States	2:21:21
1986	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	2:08:27	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:27:08
1987	marathon distance not held due to sponsorship issues [a]						[11]
1988	Alejandro Cruz	Mexico	2:08:57	Lisa Weidenbach	United States	2:29:17
1989	Paul Davies-Hale	United Kingdom	2:11:25	Lisa Weidenbach	United States	2:28:15
1990	Martín Pitayo	Mexico	2:09:41	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	2:30:11
1991	Joseildo Rocha	Brazil	2:14:33	Midde Hamrin	Sweden	2:36:21
1992	Jose Cesar de Souza	Brazil	2:16:14	Linda Somers	United States	2:37:41
1993	Luíz Antônio	Brazil	2:13:14	Ritva Lemettinen	Finland	2:33:18
1994	Luíz Antônio	Brazil	2:11:16	Kristy Johnston	United States	2:31:34
1995	Eamonn Martin	United Kingdom	2:11:18	Ritva Lemettinen	Finland	2:28:27
1996	Paul Evans	United Kingdom	2:08:52	Marian Sutton	United Kingdom	2:30:41
1997	Khalid Khannouchi	Morocco	2:07:10	Marian Sutton	United Kingdom	2:29:03
1998	Ondoro Osoro	Kenya	2:06:54	Joyce Chepchumba	Kenya	2:23:57
1999	Khalid Khannouchi	Morocco	2:05:42 WR	Joyce Chepchumba	Kenya	2:25:59
2000	Khalid Khannouchi	United States	2:07:01	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:21:33
2001	Ben Kimondiu	Kenya	2:08:52	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:18:47 WR
2002	Khalid Khannouchi	United States	2:05:56	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	2:17:18 WR
2003	Evans Rutto	Kenya	2:05:50	Svetlana Zakharova	Russia	2:23:07
2004	Evans Rutto	Kenya	2:06:16	Constantina Diță	Romania	2:23:45
2005	Felix Limo	Kenya	2:07:02	Deena Kastor	United States	2:21:25
2006	Robert Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:07:35	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	2:20:42
2007	Patrick Ivuti	Kenya	2:11:11	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	2:33:49
2008	Evans Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:06:25	Lidiya Grigoryeva	Russia	2:27:17
2009	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	2:05:41	Irina Mikitenko [b]	Germany	2:26:31
2010	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	2:06:23	Atsede Baysa [b]	Ethiopia	2:23:40
2011	Moses Mosop	Kenya	2:05:37	Ejegayehu Dibaba [b]	Ethiopia	2:22:09
2012	Tsegaye Kebede	Ethiopia	2:04:38	Atsede Baysa	Ethiopia	2:22:03
2013	Dennis Kimetto	Kenya	2:03:45	Rita Jeptoo	Kenya	2:19:57
2014	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	2:04:11	Mare Dibaba [c]	Ethiopia	2:25:37
2015	Dickson Chumba	Kenya	2:09:25	Florence Kiplagat	Kenya	2:23:33
2016	Abel Kirui	Kenya	2:11:23	Florence Kiplagat	Kenya	2:21:32
2017	Galen Rupp	United States	2:09:20	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	2:18:31
2018	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	2:05:11	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	2:18:35
2019	Lawrence Cherono	Kenya	2:05:45	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	2:14:04 WR
2020	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic						[14]
2021	Seifu Tura	Ethiopia	2:06:12	Ruth Chepngetich	Kenya	2:22:31	[15]
2022	Benson Kipruto	Kenya	2:04:24	Ruth Chepngetich	Kenya	2:14:18
2023	Kelvin Kiptum	Kenya	2:00:35 WR	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	2:13:44	[16]
2024	John Korir	Kenya	2:02:43	Ruth Chepngetich	Kenya	2:09:56 WR

Wheelchair division

Year	Male athlete	Country	Time	Female athlete	Country	Time	Rf.
1984	Robert Fitch	United States	2:35:06	Jonnie Baylark	United States	3:29:10	[17]
1985	Robert Fitch	United States	2:23:41	Jayne Fortson	United States	2:52:22	[17]
1986	Bart Bardwell	United States	2:10:19	Jonnie Baylark	United States	3:23:32	[17]
1987	marathon distance not held due to sponsorship issues [a]						[11]
1988	Ken Luckenbaugh	United States	2:12:17	—			[18]
1989	Scot Hollonbeck	United States	1:45:30	Ann Cody-Morris	United States	1:58:51
1990	Jim Knaub	United States	1:42:34	Ann Cody-Morris	United States	1:53:33
1991	Philippe Couprie	France	1:41:21	Ann Walters	United States	1:57:17
1992	Vern Achenbach	United States	1:44:28	Ann Walters	United States	1:44:29
1993	James Briggs	United States	1:42:03	Ann Walters	United States	1:57:34
1994	James Briggs	United States	1:32:14	Ann Walters	United States	1:59:45
1995	James Briggs Scot Hollonbeck	United States   United States	1:37:12	Ann Walters	United States	1:57:27
1996	Jacob Heilveil	United States	1:39:57	Ann Walters	United States	1:52:13
1997	Saul Mendoza	United States	1:37:42	Candace Cable	United States	1:57:32
1998	Franz Nietlispach	Switzerland	1:34:22	Candace Cable	United States	1:58:32
1999	Saul Mendoza	United States	1:37:03	Miriam Nibley	United States	2:03:44
2000	Tony Iniguez	United States	1:41:00	no competitors			[17]
2001	Tony Iniguez	United States	1:37:59	Christina Ripp	United States	1:56:58
2002	Adam Bleakney	United States	1:40:14	Tricia Downing	United States	1:52:50
2003	Joshua George	United States	1:41:01	Christina Ripp	United States	1:56:33
2004	Joshua George	United States	1:36:13	Miriam Nibley	United States	2:05:51
2005	Krige Schabort	South Africa	1:29:40	Miriam Ladner	United States	2:01:37
2006	Joshua George	United States	1:38:31	Miriam Lander	United States	2:04:21
2007	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:28:06	Amanda McGrory	United States	1:45:27
2008	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:30:16	Amanda McGrory	United States	1:55:12
2009	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:29:09	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:50:47
2010	Heinz Frei	Switzerland	1:26:56	Amanda McGrory	United States	1:47:25
2011	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:29:18	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:45:03
2012	Josh Cassidy	Canada	1:32:58	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:49:52
2013	Ernst Van Dyk	South Africa	1:30:37	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:42:35
2014	Joshua George	United States	1:32:12	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:44:50
2015	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:30:46	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:41:10	[17]
2016	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:32:57	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:42:28	[17]
2017	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:29:23	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:39:15	[17]
2018	Daniel Romanchuk	United States	1:31:34	Manuela Schar	Switzerland	1:41:38
2019	Daniel Romanchuk	United States	1:30:26	Manuela Schar	Switzerland	1:41:08	[19]
2020	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic						[14]
2021	Daniel Romanchuk	United States	1:29:07	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:48:57	[20]
2022	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:25:20	Susannah Scaroni	United States	1:45:48
2023	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:22:37	Catherine Debrunner	Switzerland	1:38:44
2024	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:25:54	Catherine Debrunner	Switzerland	1:36:12

Country summary

Country	Male winners	Female winners	Men's Wheelchair	Women's Wheelchair	Total
Kenya	20	12	0	0	32
United States	9	12	24	33	78
United Kingdom	6	3	0	0	9
Ethiopia	2	7	0	0	9
Switzerland	0	0	7	4	11
Australia	0	0	5	0	5
Brazil	4	0	0	0	4
Portugal	0	3	0	0	3
Finland	0	2	0	0	2
Mexico	2	0	0	0	2
Morocco	2	0	0	0	2
Russia	0	2	0	0	2
South Africa	0	0	2	0	2
Canada	0	0	1	0	1
France	0	0	1	0	1
Japan	1	0	0	0	1
Norway	0	1	0	0	1
Romania	0	1	0	0	1
Sweden	0	1	0	0	1
Germany	0	1	0	0	1
Netherlands	0	1	0	0	1

Notes

1. The event was contested as a half marathon. ^[11]
2. Liliya Shobukhova finished first in 2009, 2010 and 2011 but was subsequently disqualified and records erased because of a positive drug test. Her penalty was announced in 2014. ^[12]
3. Rita Jeptoo tested positive in an out-of-competition drug test for EPO on September 25, 2014. The drug test was confirmed in December 20, 2014, and her two-year suspension was made retroactive to the date of the positive test, which was before the Chicago Marathon, on October 12, 2014 when she had originally finished first in 2:24:35. ^[13]

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External links

• "Past Women's Champions". Chicago Tribune . Newsbank. October 13, 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
• "Past Men's Champions". Chicago Tribune . Newsbank. October 13, 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
• "Bank of America Chicago Marathon" (PDF). Chicago Marathon. 2019. pp. 135–136. Retrieved February 10, 2020.