The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, held in Chicago, is one of the largest marathon road races in the world, as well as one of the fastest growing. In recent years, the marathon has been the site of many world record performances, due in part to its largely flat course. Image File history File links ChicagoMarathonLogo. ... LaSalle Bank is a US banking group that is a part of LaSalle Bank Corporation. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government... Modern day marathon runners The word marathon refers to a long-distance road running event of 42. ... A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. ...

There is no qualifying time to participate in the Chicago Marathon, but only runners who finish within 6½ hours are officially timed. The race is limited to 45,000 runners on a first-come, first-served basis.

A complete history of the The Chicago Marathon has been written by Andrew Suozzo and published by the University of Illinois Press. [1].

Winners

Men

1977-1979

Year	Athlete	Country	Time
1977	Dan Cloeter	United States	2:17:52
1978	Mark Stanforth	United States	2:19:20
1979	Dan Cloeter	United States	2:23:20

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1980-1989

Year	Athlete	Country	Time
1980	Frank Richardson	United States	2:14:04
1981	Phil Coppess	United States	2:16:13
1982	Greg Meyer	United States	2:10:59
1983	Joe Nzau	Kenya	2:09:44
1984	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	2:08:05 (WR)
1985	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	2:07:13
1986	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	2:08:27
1987	ran as half marathon
1988	Alejandro Cruz	Mexico	2:08:57
1989	Paul Davies-Hale	United Kingdom	2:11:25

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1990-1999

Year	Athlete	Country	Time
1990	Martin Pitayo	Mexico	2:09:41
1991	Joseildo Rocha	Brazil	2:14:33
1992	Jose Cesar De Souza	Brazil	2:16:14
1993	Luiz Antonio Dos Santos	Brazil	2:13:14
1994	Luiz Antonio Dos Santos	Brazil	2:11:16
1995	Eamonn Martin	United Kingdom	2:11:18
1996	Paul Evans	United Kingdom	2:08:52
1997	Khalid Khannouchi	Morocco	2:07:10
1998	Ondoro Osoro	Kenya	2:06:54
1999	Khalid Khannouchi	Morocco	2:05:42 (WR)

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2000-

Year	Athlete	Country
2000	Khalid Khannouchi	United States	2:07:01 (American Record)
2001	Ben Kimondiu	Kenya	2:08:52
2002	Khalid Khannouchi	United States	2:05:56
2003	Evans Rutto	Kenya	2:05:50
2004	Evans Rutto	Kenya	2:06:16
2005	Felix Limo	Kenya	2:07:02
2006	Robert Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:07:35

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Women

1980-1989

Year	Athlete	Country
1980	Sue Peterson	United States
1981	Tina Gandy	United States
1982	Nancy Conz	United States
1983	Rosa Mota	Portugal
1984	Rosa Mota	Portugal
1985	Joan Benoit Samuelson	United States
1986	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway
1987	Jessica Leicht	Germany
1988	Lisa Weidenbach	United States
1989	Lisa Weidenbach	United States

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1990-1999

Year	Athlete	Country
1990	Aurora Cunha	Portugal
1991	Midde Hamrin-Senorski	Sweden
1992	Linda Somers	United States
1993	Ritva Lemittinen	Finland
1994	Kristy Johnston	United States
1995	Ritva Lemettinen	Finland
1996	Marian Sutton	United Kingdom
1997	Marian Sutton	United Kingdom
1998	Joyce Chepchumba	Kenya
1999	Jessica Leicht	Germany

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2000-

Year	Athlete	Country
2000	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya
2001	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya
2002	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom
2003	Svetlana Zakharova	Russia
2004	Constantina Tomescu-Dita	Romania
2005	Deena Kastor	United States
2006	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia

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Deaths

• 2003 - Rachael Townsend, 29, The Plains, Ohio
• 2001 - Luke Roach, 22, Seattle, Washington - Collapsed near finish line. Body temperature reached 107°F
• 2000 - Danny Towns, 45, Edmond, Oklahoma
• 1998 - Kelly Barrett, 43, Littleton, Colorado - Died due to low sodium levels

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External links

• Chicago Marathon official site
• Marathon Info
• How marathons can kill you -- The Chicago Sun Times, October 6, 2002
• How to run the Chicago Marathon for charity
• 2006 results
• 2005 results
• 2004 results
• 2003 results
• 2002 results
• 2001 results
• 2000 results
• 1999 results
• 1998 results
• 1996 results