Chicago Marathon 2024

One of the best and fastest marathon courses in the world and one of the six World Marathon Majors.

The Chicago Marathon is a marathon race held every October in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the six World Marathon Majors.Thus, it is also a World Athletics Label Road Race. The Chicago Marathon is the fourth-largest race by number of finishers worldwide. Annual Chicago marathons were held from 1905 to the 1920s, but the first race in the present series occurred on September 25, 1977, under the original name the Mayor Daley Marathon, which drew a field of 4,200 runners. The race has been held every year since, except in 1987 when only a half-marathon was run, and in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.It became among the fastest-growing modern-marathon road races in the world, due in part to its largely fast and flat course which facilitates the pursuit of personal records and world record performances.Since 2008, the race has been sponsored and organized by Bank of America, and is officially known as the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. The race is limited to 45,000 runners and only runners who finish within 61⁄2 hours are officially timed. 45,000 runners each year 1.7 million estimated annual spectators 50 U.S. states and over 100 countries represented 26.2-mile course through 29 Chicago neighborhoods.

On the course which, in 2019, saw the women’s world marathon record come plummeting down with the fantastic time of 2:14:06 from Kenya’s Brigit Koskey, has produced four world records.

Moreover, in the 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon a new world record was set, this time for men’s category, with the unreal tome of 2:00:35 by Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum Cheruiyot. Finally, in the women’s category, a new course record and 2nd best performance in the world was set by Sifan Hassan with time of 2:13:44

• Marathon Date: Sunday 13 October 2024
• Start Time: 09.50
• Marathon Type: Marathon
• Finish Time Limit: 6,5 hours
• Participants: 45.000 athletes
• Temperature: 12 C°
• Humidity: 58%
• Minimum Age Limit: 18 years old

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