The 2024 Chicago Marathon was the 46th edition of the annual

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, held on October 13, 2024. The race is the fifth of six

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held in 2024, and is a platinum label race. The marathon had 120,000 applications in 2024. The number of finishers was 52,150, breaking the 48,398 finisher record set in 2023. Notably, in June, the race organizers announced a reduction in the automatic time qualifying standard that will begin in 2025. A moment of silence was held at the start of the race in honor of the 2023 race winner, course and world record holder,

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, who died in February 2024.

Background

The

has a reputation of being one of the fastest marathon courses in the world due to the flat course and favorable autumn temperatures. The Chicago Marathon had been the site of six world records in the distance, with the most recent prior race coming in 2023 when

set a world record of 2:00:35. His compatriot

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 ...

went on to win a women's world record in 2024 adding a 7th race.

Competitors

upAmos Kipruto competing in the 2023 London Marathon

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headlined the men's race with a 2:03:13 PB and 2022 London Marathon victory. He will be challenged by fellow countryman Vincent Ngetich who has an identical PB of 2:03:13 and a second pace finish at the 2023 Berlin Marathon.

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was the fastest American in the field, coming off a 6th pace finish at the 2024 Olympic Trials and a 2:09:28 finish at the 2022 Chicago Marathon.

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, from Kenya made his debut at the distance following his runner-up finish at the

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10,000 meter run. The

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and 2022 Chicago Marathon champion, Ruth Chepngetich of

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held the fastest entry at 2:14:18.

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, the eighth fastest women's marathoner is entered at a 2:15:55. Kebede was a former training partner of Kelvin Kiptum who was the

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champion before passing away in a car accident in February of 2024.

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and

Keira D'Amato Keira D'Amato (born Keira Carlstrom on October 21, 1984) is an American distance runner. She is the American half marathon record holder with a time of 1:06:39 at the 2023 Gold Coast Half marathon on July 1, 2023. She held the American women's ...

, two of the three fastest American women marathoners entered at 2:19:17 and 2:19:12, respectively.

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from

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attempted to win his fifth Chicago victory. Hug was coming off a Paralympic gold medal in the distance. Aaron Pike from the United States entered second at 2:20:02 and was the top American in the field. World Record holder and defending champion

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from Switzerland also competed in the marathon.

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from the United States was the top ranked entry and was the 2022 Chicago champion.

Race

To honor Kelvin Kiptum, the 2023 champion and current world record holder who died in February of 2024, there was a moment of silence at the starting of the race as well as tribute stickers for athletes to wear on the course. The mens field started the race strong, passing the course pacers after ten minutes and the leaders crossing the 5K mark in 14:43 with

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from Ethiopia leading the pack early. Through 10K, the leading men split 29:27 as they hold 2:04:20 marathon pace. Ten men were in the lead pack, with top Americans

and

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in the chase pack. The top pack of ten men continued to through 15K in 44:15 before crossing the half marathon mark in 1:02:19. The lead pack fell to only nine as John Korir from Kenya took command, leading the group through 30K on 2:04:12 pace. Korir began to surge and by 35K he had a 30 second gap on the field on 2:03:21 pace. He continued to extend his lead through 40K where he was 90 seconds ahead of the chase pack, on 2:02:50 pace. Korir won the race with a time of 2:02:44, the second fastest time in the race history behind

, who set the world record in the distance at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. Ethiopian Huseydin Mohamed Esa finished second in 2:04:39. The women's race began with Ruth Chepng'etich settling in with a pack of elite men, joined by pacers Barnabas Kiptum and Evans Nyakamba. She split 5K at 15:00, running at 2:06:35 pace, well ahead of the world record of 2:11:53. Ethiopian Sutume Asefa Kebede settled in with Chepng'etich through 10K crossing the mark at 30:14. By the time they were 15K into the race, the two had opened a two minute lead on the field as Chepng'etich crossed the mark at 45:32. At the half marathon mark, Chepng'etich opened a 14 second lead on second place, on pace for a 2:08:31 marathon. She split a 1:04:16, which marks the fastest women's half marathon ran in the United States and the fifth fastest half marathon of all time. At the 30K mark, she had extended her lead to 2 minutes, however, she had slowed slightly as she was on marathon pace for 2:09:09. She continued to slow through 35K as she held a 2:09:35 marathon pace. Chepng'etich finished in 2:09:56, a world record by nearly two minutes, and became the first women to break 2:10:00 in the marathon. Sutume Asefa Kebede finished second in 2:17:32.

Results

The Chicago Marathon began on October 13 at 7:20am.

Men

Women

References

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