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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 ...
Chicago Marathon Logo for the Chicago Marathon Date Second Sunday in October (before Columbus Day) Location Chicago, Illinois, United States Event type Road Distance 26.219 miles (42.195 km) Established 1977 ; 48 years ago (1977) Last held 2024 Course records M: 2:00:35 * WR (2023 – Kelvin Kiptum) F: 2:09:56 [* WR pend. ratification] (2024 – Ruth Chepngetich) Official site chicagomarathon ...
For a performance to be ratified as a world record by World Athletics, the marathon course on which the performance occurred must be 42.195 km (26.219 mi) long, [34] measured in a defined manner using the calibrated bicycle method [35] (the distance in kilometers being the official distance; the distance in miles is an approximation) and meet other criteria that rule out artificially fast ...
Kenyan runner Kelvin Kiptum set a new world record at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. He broke Eliud Kipchoge’s 2022 record by 34 seconds.
Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya celebrates his Chicago Marathon world record victory in Chicago’s Grant Park on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. Kiptum died in a car crash in Kenya late Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. He ...
Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum broke the men’s marathon world record in Chicago on Sunday, becoming the first person to record a time faster than 2:01:00, crossing the line in 2:00:35.
The 2024 Chicago Marathon was the 46th edition of the annual Chicago Marathon, held on October 13, 2024. The race is the fifth of six World Marathon Majors held in 2024, and is a platinum label race. [1] [2] The marathon had 120,000 applications in 2024. The number of finishers was 52,150, [3] breaking the 48,398 finisher record set in 2023 ...
Kelvin Kiptum set a world record in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, finishing in 2 hours, 35 seconds to shatter fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge's old mark by 34 seconds. Sifan Hassan of the ...