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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 ...
At the 2024 Chicago Marathon, Curtis Hargrove hit the pavement in red heels to remind people of domestic abuse victims.
In horse racing, photo finishes determine accurately when the horses hit the finish line. This developed in the late 1930s, by the end of which strip cameras were used for photo finishes; prior to this point high-speed motion picture cameras were used, but did not provide sufficient temporal resolution. [ 17 ]
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 (2024 – Ruth Chepngetich) Official site chicagomarathon.com 2025 Chicago ...
Randy Burt ate pepperoni pizza and drank red wine for dinner on Sept. 24, 1977. The next morning, he put on his old high school gym uniform and went to the starting line of the first Chicago Marathon.
Chepng'etich shattered the world record by almost two minutes at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. The 30-year-old Kenyan won the women's marathon in a record time of 2:09:56.
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).
Kenyan runner Kelvin Kiptum set a new world record at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. He broke Eliud Kipchoge’s 2022 record by 34 seconds.