• 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...
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  • The 1984 Chicago Marathon was the eighth running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 21. The elite men's race...
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    Joan Benoit (category Chicago Marathon female winners)
    1957) is an American marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los...
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    men's world record time of 2:00:35 on October 8, 2023, at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. Ethiopian athlete Tigst Assefa broke the women's world record for...
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    The Chicago Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, has been contested by men and women annually since 1977. Since 1983, it has been held annually...
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    Steve Jones (runner) (category Chicago Marathon male winners)
    who set the world record in the marathon in his first completed race at that distance at the Chicago Marathon in 1984, with a time of 2:08:05. Jones grew...
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    Eliud Kipchoge (category Chicago Marathon male winners)
    November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres. Regarded as the greatest marathon runner...
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  • PMID 10786871. "How marathons can kill you", Chicago Sun-Times, 6 October 2002. "Marathon death man named", BBC, 15 September 2003. "Marathon Runner Collapses...
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    Classic Marathon of 2014 when Felix Kandie lowered the course record to 2 hours 10 minutes and 37 seconds. The women's marathon was introduced at the 1984 Summer...
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    Samuel Wanjiru (category Chicago Marathon male winners)
    record 3 times. In 2009, he won both the London Marathon and Chicago Marathon, running the fastest marathons ever recorded in the United Kingdom and United...
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    The men's marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, United States, took place on August 30 of that year, over a distance of 24 miles 1500 yards...
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    Constantina Diță (category Chicago Marathon female winners)
    Championships – the first Romanian to win that honour. She was the 2004 Chicago Marathon winner. As a child, Diță became interested in athletics and particularly...
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    Ingrid Kristiansen (category Chicago Marathon female winners)
    titles on all three surfaces. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, she finished fourth in the first women's Olympic marathon. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, she...
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    Rosa Mota (category Chicago Marathon female winners)
    Olympic Marathon in the Los Angeles Olympic Games. Her personal best time was 2:23:29 in the 1985 Chicago Marathon. Mota won the Chicago Marathon twice...
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  • The 1985 Chicago Marathon was the ninth running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 20. The elite men's race...
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    Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (category Chicago Marathon male winners)
    22 January 1984) is a Kenyan long distance runner who competes in road running events. He was the world record holder in the men's marathon with a time...
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    began. The Chicago Marathon has been held each year since 1977 except for 1987, when a half marathon was run in its place. The Chicago Marathon is one of...
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  • The 1983 Chicago Marathon was the seventh running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 16. The elite men's race...
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    Marathon Oil Corporation is an American petroleum company that has existed since 1887. Marathon was founded in Lima, Ohio as the Ohio Oil Company. In...
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  • Shem-Tov Sabag (category Israeli male marathon runners)
    1983 and 1984. In April 1984 he won his first marathon in his eighth race at that distance, in Chicago, Illinois, in the Lake County Marathon in 2:21:47...
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  • completed an organized marathon. For elite athletes and others known primarily for running marathons, see List of marathoners or Category:Long-distance...
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  • Toshihiko Seko (category Chicago Marathon male winners)
    notable marathon wins include Fukuoka Marathon (1978–1980, 1983), Boston Marathon (1981, 1987), London Marathon (1986) and Chicago Marathon (1986). On...
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    The women's marathon event at the 2020 Summer Olympics started at 06:00 on 7 August 2021 in Sapporo. Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya won gold in 2:27:20 followed...
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    Robert de Castella (category Australian male marathon runners)
    10'03" 1984 – 5th in the Olympic Marathon in Los Angeles in 2h 11'09" 1984 – 3rd in the Chicago Marathon in 2h 09'09" 1985 – 3rd in the Chicago Marathon in...
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    registrants, and was the second-largest marathon in the United States that year, behind the Chicago Marathon. The race began in 1973. During its formative...
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    Jemima Sumgong (category Recipients of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races Best Marathon Runner Award)
    21 December 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner specialising in marathon races. She has won the London, Rotterdam and Las Vegas Marathons, and has finished...
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  • World Athletics Label Road Races marathon runs. Sports portal Lists portal World Athletics Label Road Races World Marathon Majors "Sydney Running Festival"...
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  • Lisa Martin (runner) (category Australian female marathon runners)
    marathons. Three months later, she finished second in the Chicago Marathon, with a new personal best time of 2:27:40. At the 1985 Pittsburgh Marathon...
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  • largest marathon in the world, with 53,627 finishers in 2019 and 98,247 applicants for the 2017 race. Along with the Boston Marathon and Chicago Marathon, it...
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    the Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:13:44. This is a new course record for the Chicago Marathon as well as the second-fastest women's marathon of all...
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