The 2022 Chicago Marathon was the 44th edition of the annual marathon race in Chicago, held on Sunday, . An Elite Platinum Label marathon, it was the third of four

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events to be held over the span of six weeks. More than 40,000 runners were expected to take part in the event.

Competitors

Seifu Tura Seifu Tura Abdiwak (born ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He won the 2021 Chicago Marathon and placed second at the 2022 Chicago Marathon. Career Seifu Tura originally specialized in middle-distance running, having won the 3000 m event o ...

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, the winner of the previous year's race, was expected to return to defend his title. His compatriot Herpasa Negasa, who ran a marathon with a time of 2:03:40 in Dubai in 2019, was expected to join him. Also expected to make an appearance were Kenyan runners Bernard Koech and Elisha Rotich. Kenyan runner

Ruth Chepng'etich Ruth Chepng'etich (often spelled Ruth Chepngetich, born 8 August 1994) is a Kenyan road runner who is the current women's world record holder in the marathon, with a time of 2:09:56 set at the 2024 Chicago Marathon. She is the 2019 world cham ...

, the defending champion, was the favorite to win the women's race. Also scheduled to join the field were Ethiopian runners

Ruti Aga Ruti Aga (born 16 January 1994) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the women's race at the 2019 Tokyo Marathon and secured five other top three finishes at the World Marathon Majors. In 2012, Aga won the silver medal in the women's ...

and Haven Hailu Desse, and Kenyan runners Celestine Chepchirchir and Vivian Kiplagat. U.S. wheelchair athlete

Tatyana McFadden Tatyana McFadden (; born April 21, 1989) is an American Paralympic athlete competing in the category T54. McFadden has won twenty-two Paralympic medals across multiple Summer and Winter Paralympic Games and the Laureus World Sportsperson of ...

, who had previously won the Chicago Marathon nine times, was also expected to defend her title.

Results

Results for the top ten in the running races and top three in the wheelchair races are listed below.

Notes

References

External links

Official site

Official Results
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