List of winners of the Chicago Marathon

Khalid Khannouchi is a four-time Chicago Marathon winner.

The Chicago Marathon, one of the five World Marathon Majors, has been contested by men and women annually since 1977. Since 1983, it has been held annually in October. The United States has been represented by the most Chicago Marathon winners (eight men and twelve women). After a seventh consecutive win by a Kenyan man in 2009, Kenyan men have won more times (ten) than men representing any other country. The United Kingdom is in third place in total victories (eight), victories by men (five) and victories by women (three). All four of Brazil's victors have been men, and all three of Portugal's winners have been women. The next edition of the race will be held in 2011.

The first six pairs of races were swept by the United States. Runners representing the United Kingdom won both races in 1996 (Paul Evans and Marian Sutton). 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. 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, the last American-born male winner was Greg Meyer. 1979 winner Laura Michalek of the United States was just 15 years old.

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.

There have been two male and two female world records for the fastest marathon time set in the race. The United Kingdom has had both a male and a female fastest marathon world record in Chicago. The most recent fastest marathon world record was set by Paula Radcliffe, who succeeded Catherine Ndereba as a world record holder in 2002. Khannouchi set the last male fastest marathon world record in the Chicago Marathon in 1999. 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.

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

^ World Record

Date	Male Athlete	Country	Time	Female Athlete	Country	Time
01977-09-25 September 25, 1977	Cloeter, DanDan Cloeter	United States	2:17:52	Doolittle, DorothyDorothy Doolittle	United States	2:50:47
01978-09-24 September 24, 1978	Stanforth, MarkMark Stanforth	United States	2:19:20	Larson, LynaeLynae Larson	United States	2:59:25
01979-10-21 October 21, 1979	Cloeter, DanDan Cloeter	United States	2:23:20	Michalek, LauraLaura Michalek	United States	3:15:45
01980-09-28 September 28, 1980	Richardson, FrankFrank Richardson	United States	2:14:04	Peterson, SueSue Peterson	United States	2:45:03
01981-09-27 September 27, 1981	Coppess, PhilPhil Coppess	United States	2:16:13	Gandy, TinaTina Gandy	United States	2:49:39
01982-09-26 September 26, 1982	Meyer, GregGreg Meyer	United States	2:10:59	Conz, NancyNancy Conz	United States	2:33:23
01983-10-16 October 16, 1983	Nzau, JosephJoseph Nzau	Kenya	2:09:44	Mota, RosaRosa Mota	Portugal	2:31:12
01984-10-21 October 21, 1984	Jones, SteveSteve Jones	United Kingdom	2:08:05^	Mota, RosaRosa Mota	Portugal	2:26:01
01985-10-20 October 20, 1985	Jones, SteveSteve Jones	United Kingdom	2:07:13	Samuelson, Joan BenoitJoan Benoit Samuelson	United States	2:21:21
01986-10-26 October 26, 1986	Seko, ToshihikoToshihiko Seko	Japan	2:08:27	Kristiansen, IngridIngrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:27:08
01987-10-25 October 25, 1987	—	—	—	—	—	—
01988-10-30 October 30, 1988	Cruz, AlejandroAlejandro Cruz	Mexico	2:08:57	Weidenbach, LisaLisa Weidenbach	United States	2:29:17
01989-10-29 October 29, 1989	Davies-Hale, PaulPaul Davies-Hale	United Kingdom	2:11:25	Weidenbach, LisaLisa Weidenbach	United States	2:28:15
01990-10-28 October 28, 1990	Pitayo, MartínMartín Pitayo	Mexico	2:09:41	Cunha, AuroraAurora Cunha	Portugal	2:30:11
01991-10-27 October 27, 1991	Rocha, JoseildoJoseildo Rocha	Brazil	2:14:33	Hamrin, MiddeMidde Hamrin	Sweden	2:36:21
01992-10-25 October 25, 1992	de Souza, José CesarJosé Cesar de Souza	Brazil	2:16:14	Somers, LindaLinda Somers	United States	2:37:41
01993-10-31 October 31, 1993	dos Santos, Luíz AntônioLuíz Antônio dos Santos	Brazil	2:13:14	Lemettinen, RitvaRitva Lemettinen	Finland	2:33:18
01994-10-30 October 30, 1994	dos Santos, Luíz AntônioLuíz Antônio dos Santos	Brazil	2:11:16	Johnston, KristyKristy Johnston	United States	2:31:34
01995-10-15 October 15, 1995	Martin, EamonnEamonn Martin	United Kingdom	2:11:18	Lemettinen, RitvaRitva Lemettinen	Finland	2:28:27
01996-10-20 October 20, 1996	Evans, PaulPaul Evans	United Kingdom	2:08:52	Sutton, MarianMarian Sutton	United Kingdom	2:30:41
01997-10-19 October 19, 1997	Khannouchi, KhalidKhalid Khannouchi	Morocco	2:07:10	Sutton, MarianMarian Sutton	United Kingdom	2:29:03
01998-10-11 October 11, 1998	Osoro, OndoroOndoro Osoro	Kenya	2:06:54	Chepchumba, JoyceJoyce Chepchumba	Kenya	2:23:57
01999-10-24 October 24, 1999	Khannouchi, KhalidKhalid Khannouchi	Morocco	2:05:42^	Chepchumba, JoyceJoyce Chepchumba	Kenya	2:25:59
02000-10-22 October 22, 2000	Khannouchi, KhalidKhalid Khannouchi	United States	2:07:01	Ndereba, CatherineCatherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:21:33
02001-10-07 October 7, 2001	Kimondiu, BenBen Kimondiu	Kenya	2:08:52	Ndereba, CatherineCatherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:18:47^
02002-10-13 October 13, 2002	Khannouchi, KhalidKhalid Khannouchi	United States	2:05:56	Radcliffe, PaulaPaula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	2:17:18^
02003-10-12 October 12, 2003	Rutto, EvansEvans Rutto	Kenya	2:05:50	Zakharova, SvetlanaSvetlana Zakharova	Russia	2:23:07
02004-10-10 October 10, 2004	Rutto, EvansEvans Rutto	Kenya	2:06:16	Diţă-Tomescu, ConstantinaConstantina Diţă-Tomescu	Romania	2:23:45
02005-10-09 October 9, 2005	Limo, FelixFelix Limo	Kenya	2:07:02	Kastor, DeenaDeena Kastor	United States	2:21:25
02006-10-22 October 22, 2006	Cheruiyot, Robert KipkoechRobert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:07:35	Adere, BerhaneBerhane Adere	Ethiopia	2:20:42
02007-10-07 October 7, 2007	Ivuti, PatrickPatrick Ivuti	Kenya	2:11:11	Adere, BerhaneBerhane Adere	Ethiopia	2:33:49
02008-10-12 October 12, 2008	Cheruiyot, EvansEvans Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:06:25	Grigoryeva, LidiyaLidiya Grigoryeva	Russia	2:27:17
02009-10-11 October 11, 2009	Wanjiru, SamuelSamuel Wanjiru	Kenya	2:05:41	Shobukhova, LiliyaLiliya Shobukhova	Russia	2:25:56
02010-10-10 October 10, 2010	Wanjiru, SamuelSamuel Wanjiru	Kenya	2:06:23	Shobukhova, LiliyaLiliya Shobukhova	Russia	2:20:25
02011-10-09 October 9, 2011	Mosop, MosesMoses Mosop	Kenya	2:05:37	Shobukhova, LiliyaLiliya Shobukhova	Russia	2:18:20

See also

• List of winners of the London Marathon
• List of winners of the Boston Marathon
• List of winners of the New York City Marathon

Country summary

Country	Male Champions	Female Champions	Total
United States	8	12	20
Kenya	12	5	17
United Kingdom	5	3	8
Russia	0	5	5
Brazil	4	0	4
Portugal	0	3	3
Mexico	2	0	2
Finland	0	2	2
Morocco	2	0	2
Ethiopia	0	2	2
Japan	1	0	1
Norway	0	1	1
Romania	0	1	1
Sweden	0	1	1

References

• "Past Women's Champions". Chicago Tribune. Newsbank. 2008-10-13. http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CTRB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=123CC93D9E6F4E38&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420. Retrieved 2009-02-22. 
• "Past Men's Champions". Chicago Tribune. Newsbank. 2008-10-13. http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CTRB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=123CC93D9D7A5748&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420. Retrieved 2009-02-22.