July 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM Eastern
Fast Racing Will Be on Display at the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon
Media Interested in Covering the Race Can Now Apply for Credentials
CHICAGO, Illinois – The professional athlete field for the forty sixth running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon was announced today. It features two of the top 10 fastest women of all time, two of the world’s most exciting marathon stars racing in the United States for the first time and both defending champions in the wheelchair field.
“We are accustomed to making history at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon,” said Executive Race Director Carey Pinkowski. “With some of the fastest athletes in the world joining us this fall, we are hopeful to build on the tradition of great performances this year.”
This year’s fastest women’s marathoner, Sutume Kebede of Ethiopia, leads the women’s field. Her 2 hours 15 minutes 55 seconds victory in the twenty twenty four Tokyo Marathon makes her the eighth fastest woman of all time. That performance came just two months after Kebede set the record for fastest half marathon ever completed in the United States at the Aramco Houston Half Marathon in January with her winning time of 1 hour 4 minutes 37 seconds.
“I am extremely happy to come back to Chicago and run on a course that has proven to be very fast,” said Kebede, who had a disappointing finish in the 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. “After seeing what my teammate Kelvin Kiptum did last year, I want to come to Chicago to do something great.”
Kebede is part of a training group that once included the late Kelvin Kiptum. Kiptum was killed in a car crash this past February, just four months after setting the marathon world record at the 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon.
Kebede will face the fourth fastest woman in history, Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya. Chepngetich, the twenty twenty one and twenty twenty two Chicago champion, was runner up here last year. Also among the top contenders is fellow Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei, a T C S London and T C S New York City Marathon Champion who was fourth in the twenty twenty three Chicago Marathon.
The second and third fastest American women of all time will join the three East African stars on the start line. Former American marathon record holder Keira D’Amato, who has been part of the broadcast team for the past two years, will return to the start line this year. Betsy Saina, who placed fifth in this year’s Tokyo Marathon, will look to record her first Chicago finish after dropping out of the race in twenty nineteen due to illness.
“I have a special history with the Chicago Marathon,” said D’Amato who finished fourth here in twenty twenty one. “The past two years I’ve run my mouth in the lead vehicle for N B C. I’m excited to get back to running my legs.”
Other American contenders include Sara Hall and Annie Frisbie, both top 10 finishers at the twenty twenty four U.S. Olympics Team Trials - Marathon, and Emma Bates, the twenty twenty one Chicago runner-up.
Leading the way in the men’s field is Amos Kipruto of Kenya. Having reached the podium in three Abbott World Marathon Majors including a victory in the twenty twenty two T C S London Marathon, Kipruto now has his sights set on Chicago and like Kebede, says he will also run in honor of Kiptum.
“My goal is to try to run a personal best,” said Kipruto, who trains with twenty twenty two Chicago winner Benson Kipruto. “I want to show the world that I am still the kind of athlete who is capable of winning a major like Chicago.”
Kipruto will have to fend off Vincent Ngetich, also of Kenya, who has an identical personal best of 2 hours 3 minutes 13 seconds and is seeking his first major victory. Ngetich placed second at the twenty twenty three B M W Berlin Marathon, five places in front of Kipruto, and third at this year’s Tokyo Marathon. This will be the first time either Kipruto or Ngetich has competed in the United States. The race also marks the marathon debut of Daniel Ebenyo of Kenya. Ebenyo, the twenty twenty three World Championships silver medalist in the ten thousand meters, won the Generali Berlin Half Marathon earlier this year.
The American contenders feature four of the top 10 finishers at the twenty twenty four U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon: CJ Albertson, Zach Panning, Nathan Martin and Reed Fischer. Martin won this year’s Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle in Chicago. Panning was the second American finisher at the twenty twenty two Chicago Marathon.
“After a heartbreaking Olympic Trials I knew I wanted to run fast this fall. I can’t think of a better place to do that than the fastest marathon course in the world,” said Panning who led most of the Trials before fading to a sixth-place finish. “Chicago feels like home. It’s where I debuted in the marathon and it’s where I ran my personal best. This year I’m coming to the race with big goals, hoping to improve on that P B and compete against many of the best in the world."
Defending champions in the wheelchair division Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner will return to attempt to repeat their victories and better the course records they set in twenty twenty three. Hug, known as the Swiss Silver Bullet, will be chasing his fifth Chicago title. Hug will face two top Americans: familiar rival Daniel Romanchuk, a three-time Chicago winner, and Aaron Pike, who will be making his 15th Chicago start.
“The Chicago Marathon has been a permanent fixture in my race calendar for years,” said Hug, a four-time Abbott World Marathon Majors series champion. “The energy of the city and the enthusiasm of the spectators are unique. I'm looking forward to taking on the challenge and trying to defend my title again.”
“I feel honored to return to the Chicago Marathon as defending champion,” said Debrunner, who holds the world record for the marathon in the women’s wheelchair division. “The crowd last year was amazing and I am confident it will be the same this year."
Debrunner, of Switzerland, looks to repeat following last year’s down-to-the-wire battle with Susannah Scaroni of the United States. Scaroni, the twenty twenty two Bank of America Chicago Marathon champion and Manuela Schär, the twenty eighteen champion, are also set to return in what promises to be another exciting race.
Media interested in covering the twenty twenty four Bank of America Chicago Marathon can apply for media credentials now through Friday, September thirteenth. More than 50,000 participants will take part in the forty sixth edition of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, October thirteenth twenty twenty four. For the latest event updates, registered participants and community members are encouraged to visit the Event F A Q on the Chicago Marathon website.
| Name | Country | Personal Best |
|---|---|---|
| Ruth Chepngetich | Kenya | 2 hours 14 minutes 18 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty two) |
| Sutume Kebede | Ethiopia | 2 hours 15 minutes 55 seconds (Tokyo, twenty twenty four) |
| Joyciline Jepkosgei | Kenya | 2 hours 16 minutes 24 seconds (London, twenty twenty four) |
| Degitu Azimeraw | Ethiopia | 2 hours 17 minutes 58 seconds (London, twenty twenty one) |
| Ashete Bekere Dido | Ethiopia | 2 hours 17 minutes 58 seconds (Tokyo, twenty twenty two) |
| Hiwot Gebrekidan | Ethiopia | 2 hours 17 minutes 59 seconds (Valencia, twenty twenty three) |
| Irine Cheptai | Kenya | 2 hours 18 minutes 22 seconds (Hamburg, twenty twenty four) |
| Keira D'Amato | United States | 2 hours 19 minutes 12 seconds (Houston, twenty twenty two) |
| Betsy Saina | United States | 2 hours 19 minutes 17 seconds (Tokyo, twenty twenty four) |
| Dorcas Tuitoek | Kenya | 2 hours 20 minutes 2 seconds (Amsterdam, twenty twenty three) |
| Mary Ngugi-Cooper | Kenya | 2 hours 20 minutes 22 seconds (London, twenty twenty two) |
| Sara Hall | United States | 2 hours 20 minutes 32 seconds (Chandler, twenty twenty) |
| Emma Bates | United States | 2 hours 22 minutes 10 seconds (Boston, twenty twenty two) |
| Buze Diriba | Ethiopia | 2 hours 23 minutes 11 seconds (Toronto, twenty twenty three) |
| Sara Vaughn | United States | 2 hours 23 minutes 24 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty three) |
| Susanna Sullivan | United States | 2 hours 24 minutes 27 seconds (London, twenty twenty three) |
| Gabi Rooker | United States | 2 hours 24 minutes 35 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty three) |
| Lindsay Flanagan | United States | 2 hours 24 minutes 43 seconds (Gold Coast, twenty twenty two) |
| Nell Rojas | United States | 2 hours 24 minutes 43 seconds (Boston, twenty twenty three) |
| Stacey Ndiwa | Kenya | 2 hours 25 minutes 29 seconds (Los Angeles, twenty twenty four) |
| Laura Thweatt | United States | 2 hours 25 minutes 38 seconds (London, twenty seventeen) |
| Lauren Hagans | United States | 2 hours 25 minutes 56 seconds (Duluth, twenty twenty three) |
| Annie Frisbie | United States | 2 hours 26 minutes 18 seconds (New York, twenty twenty one) |
| Jackie Gaughan | United States | 2 hours 27 minutes 8 seconds (Berlin, twenty twenty three) |
| Dominique Scott | South Africa | 2 hours 27 minutes 31 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty three) |
| Diane Nukuri | United States | 2 hours 27 minutes 50 seconds (London, twenty fifteen) |
| Makena Morley | United States | 2 hours 30 minutes 25 seconds (Los Angeles, twenty twenty four) |
| Anne Marie Blaney | United States | 2 hours 30 minutes 43 seconds (Orlando, twenty twenty four) |
| Andrea Pomaranski | United States | 2 hours 31 minutes 6 seconds (Houston, twenty twenty three) |
| Amy Davis-Green | United States | 2 hours 33 minutes 9 seconds (Orlando, twenty twenty four) |
| Aubrey Frentheway | United States | Debut |
| Name | Country | Classification | Personal Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susannah Scaroni | United States | T fifty four | 1 hour 27 minutes 31 seconds (Duluth, twenty twenty two) |
| Manuela Schär | Switzerland | T fifty four | 1 hour 28 minutes 17 seconds (Boston, twenty seventeen) |
| Tatyana McFadden | United States | T fifty four | 1 hour 31 minutes 30 seconds (Duluth, twenty nineteen) |
| Jenna Fesemyer | United States | T fifty four | 1 hour 33 minutes 50 seconds (Duluth, twenty twenty two) |
| Catherine Debrunner | Switzerland | T fifty three | 1 hour 34 minutes 16 seconds (Berlin, twenty twenty three) World Record |
| Nikita Den Boer | Netherlands | T fifty four | 1 hour 38 minutes 16 seconds (Tokyo, twenty twenty one) |
| Eden Rainbow-Cooper | Great Britain | T fifty four | 1 hour 35 minutes 11 seconds (Boston, twenty twenty four) |
| Tian Yajuan | China | T fifty four | 1 hour 39 minutes 39 seconds (Dubai, twenty twenty four) |
| Vanessa De Souza | Brazil | T fifty four | 1 hour 40 minutes 21 seconds (Seville, twenty twenty) |
| Yen Hoang | United States | T fifty three | 1 hour 47 minutes 29 seconds (London, twenty twenty two) |
| Name | Country | Personal Best |
|---|---|---|
| Amos Kipruto | Kenya | 2 hours 3 minutes 13 seconds (Tokyo, twenty twenty two) |
| Vincent Ngetich | Kenya | 2 hours 3 minutes 13 seconds (Berlin, twenty twenty three) |
| Dawit Wolde | Ethiopia | 2 hours 3 minutes 48 seconds (Valencia, twenty twenty three) |
| Amdework Walelegn | Ethiopia | 2 hours 4 minutes 50 seconds (Rotterdam, twenty twenty four) |
| John Korir | Kenya | 2 hours 5 minutes 1 second (Chicago, twenty twenty two) |
| Huseydin Mohamed Esa | Ethiopia | 2 hours 5 minutes 5 seconds (Amsterdam, twenty twenty two) |
| Jemal Yimer | Ethiopia | 2 hours 6 minutes 8 seconds (Seoul, twenty twenty four) |
| Tatsuya Maruyama | Japan | 2 hours 7 minutes 50 seconds (Berlin, twenty twenty two) |
| Yuichi Yasui | Japan | 2 hours 8 minutes 48 seconds (Beppu, twenty twenty three) |
| Jorge Castelblanco | Panama | 2 hours 9 minutes 24 seconds (Seville, twenty twenty four) |
| Zach Panning | United States | 2 hours 9 minutes 28 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty two) |
| Brian Shrader | United States | 2 hours 9 minutes 46 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty three) |
| CJ Albertson | United States | 2 hours 9 minutes 53 seconds (Boston, twenty twenty four) |
| Tomoki Yoshioka | Japan | 2 hours 10 minutes 3 seconds (Beppu, twenty twenty four) |
| Reed Fischer | United States | 2 hours 10 minutes 34 seconds (Boston, twenty twenty two) |
| Nathan Martin | United States | 2 hours 10 minutes 45 seconds (Duluth, twenty twenty three) |
| Colin Mickow | United States | 2 hours 11 minutes 22 seconds (Chandler, twenty twenty) |
| Kevin Salvano | United States | 2 hours 11 minutes 26 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty three) |
| Jacob Thomson | United States | 2 hours 11 minutes 40 seconds (Gold Coast, twenty twenty three) |
| Turner Wiley | United States | 2 hours 11 minutes 59 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty two) |
| JP Flavin | United States | 2 hours 13 minutes 27 seconds (Boston, twenty twenty three) |
| Charlie Sweeney | United States | 2 hours 13 minutes 41 seconds (Sacramento, twenty twenty three) |
| Ben Kendell | United States | 2 hours 15 minutes 49 seconds (Sacramento, twenty twenty two) |
| Phil Migas | Canada | 2 hours 15 minutes 53 seconds (Hamburg, twenty twenty four) |
| Daniel Ebenyo | Kenya | Debut |
| Alex Maier | United States | Debut |
| Isai Rodriguez | United States | Debut |
| Name | Country | Classification | Personal Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Hug | Switzerland | T fifty four | 1 hour 17 minutes 47 seconds (Oita, twenty twenty one) World Record |
| Aaron Pike | United States | T fifty four | 1 hour 20 minutes 2 seconds (Duluth, twenty twenty two) |
| Johnboy Smith | Great Britain | T fifty four | 1 hour 20 minutes 5 seconds (Duluth, twenty twenty two) |
| Kota Hokinoue | Japan | T fifty four | 1 hour 20 minutes 54 seconds (Seoul, twenty thirteen) |
| Daniel Romanchuk | United States | T fifty four | 1 hour 21 minutes 36 seconds (Boston, twenty nineteen) |
| Rafael Botello Jimenez | Spain | T fifty four | 1 hour 22 minutes 9 seconds (Boston, twenty seventeen) |
| Patrick Monahan | Ireland | T fifty three | 1 hour 22 minutes 23 seconds (Duluth, twenty nineteen) |
| Luo Xingchuan | China | T fifty four | 1 hour 23 minutes 49 seconds (Chengdu, twenty twenty three) |
| Sho Watanabe | Japan | T fifty four | 1 hour 24 minutes (Oita, twenty nineteen) |
| Simon Lawson | Great Britain | T fifty three | 1 hour 25 minutes 6 seconds (Boston, twenty seventeen) |
| Ma Zhuo | China | T fifty four | 1 hour 25 minutes 10 seconds (Chengdu, twenty twenty three) |
| Hiroki Nishida | Japan | T fifty four | 1 hour 20 minutes 28 seconds (Boston, twenty seventeen) |
| Brian Siemann | United States | T fifty three | 1 hour 26 minutes 46 seconds (Boston, twenty seventeen) |
| Hu Yang | China | T fifty four | 1 hour 32 minutes 15 seconds (Chengdu, twenty twenty three) |
| Rob Smith | Great Britain | T fifty two | 1 hour 55 minutes 51 seconds (Dubai, twenty seventeen) |
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon welcomes thousands of participants from more than 100 countries and all 50 states, including a world-class professional field, top regional and Masters runners, race veterans, debut marathoners and charity participants. The race’s iconic course takes participants through 29 vibrant neighborhoods on an architectural and cultural tour of Chicago. The twenty twenty four Bank of America Chicago Marathon, a member of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, will start and finish in Grant Park on Sunday, October thirteenth twenty twenty four. In advance of the race, a three-day Abbott Health & Fitness Expo will be held at McCormick Place Convention Center on Thursday, October tenth, Friday, October eleventh, and Saturday, October twelfth. For more information about the event and how to get involved, visit our website.
Alex Sawyer, Bank of America Chicago Marathon
Phone: one three one two nine nine two six six one eight
alex.sawyer@cemevent.com
Diane Wagner, Bank of America
Phone: one three one two nine nine two two three seven zero
diane.wagner@bofa.com
To learn more about our endurance partnerships and download files for editorial use, visit our Endurance page.
July 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM Eastern
Fast Racing Will Be on Display at the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon
Media Interested in Covering the Race Can Now Apply for Credentials
CHICAGO, Illinois – The professional athlete field for the forty sixth running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon was announced today. It features two of the top 10 fastest women of all time, two of the world’s most exciting marathon stars racing in the United States for the first time and both defending champions in the wheelchair field.
“We are accustomed to making history at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon,” said Executive Race Director Carey Pinkowski. “With some of the fastest athletes in the world joining us this fall, we are hopeful to build on the tradition of great performances this year.”
This year’s fastest women’s marathoner, Sutume Kebede of Ethiopia, leads the women’s field. Her 2 hours 15 minutes 55 seconds victory in the twenty twenty four Tokyo Marathon makes her the eighth fastest woman of all time. That performance came just two months after Kebede set the record for fastest half marathon ever completed in the United States at the Aramco Houston Half Marathon in January with her winning time of 1 hour 4 minutes 37 seconds.
“I am extremely happy to come back to Chicago and run on a course that has proven to be very fast,” said Kebede, who had a disappointing finish in the 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. “After seeing what my teammate Kelvin Kiptum did last year, I want to come to Chicago to do something great.”
Kebede is part of a training group that once included the late Kelvin Kiptum. Kiptum was killed in a car crash this past February, just four months after setting the marathon world record at the 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon.
Kebede will face the fourth fastest woman in history, Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya. Chepngetich, the twenty twenty one and twenty twenty two Chicago champion, was runner up here last year. Also among the top contenders is fellow Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei, a T C S London and T C S New York City Marathon Champion who was fourth in the twenty twenty three Chicago Marathon.
The second and third fastest American women of all time will join the three East African stars on the start line. Former American marathon record holder Keira D’Amato, who has been part of the broadcast team for the past two years, will return to the start line this year. Betsy Saina, who placed fifth in this year’s Tokyo Marathon, will look to record her first Chicago finish after dropping out of the race in twenty nineteen due to illness.
“I have a special history with the Chicago Marathon,” said D’Amato who finished fourth here in twenty twenty one. “The past two years I’ve run my mouth in the lead vehicle for N B C. I’m excited to get back to running my legs.”
Other American contenders include Sara Hall and Annie Frisbie, both top 10 finishers at the twenty twenty four U.S. Olympics Team Trials - Marathon, and Emma Bates, the twenty twenty one Chicago runner-up.
Leading the way in the men’s field is Amos Kipruto of Kenya. Having reached the podium in three Abbott World Marathon Majors including a victory in the twenty twenty two T C S London Marathon, Kipruto now has his sights set on Chicago and like Kebede, says he will also run in honor of Kiptum.
“My goal is to try to run a personal best,” said Kipruto, who trains with twenty twenty two Chicago winner Benson Kipruto. “I want to show the world that I am still the kind of athlete who is capable of winning a major like Chicago.”
Kipruto will have to fend off Vincent Ngetich, also of Kenya, who has an identical personal best of 2 hours 3 minutes 13 seconds and is seeking his first major victory. Ngetich placed second at the twenty twenty three B M W Berlin Marathon, five places in front of Kipruto, and third at this year’s Tokyo Marathon. This will be the first time either Kipruto or Ngetich has competed in the United States. The race also marks the marathon debut of Daniel Ebenyo of Kenya. Ebenyo, the twenty twenty three World Championships silver medalist in the ten thousand meters, won the Generali Berlin Half Marathon earlier this year.
The American contenders feature four of the top 10 finishers at the twenty twenty four U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon: CJ Albertson, Zach Panning, Nathan Martin and Reed Fischer. Martin won this year’s Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle in Chicago. Panning was the second American finisher at the twenty twenty two Chicago Marathon.
“After a heartbreaking Olympic Trials I knew I wanted to run fast this fall. I can’t think of a better place to do that than the fastest marathon course in the world,” said Panning who led most of the Trials before fading to a sixth-place finish. “Chicago feels like home. It’s where I debuted in the marathon and it’s where I ran my personal best. This year I’m coming to the race with big goals, hoping to improve on that P B and compete against many of the best in the world."
Defending champions in the wheelchair division Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner will return to attempt to repeat their victories and better the course records they set in twenty twenty three. Hug, known as the Swiss Silver Bullet, will be chasing his fifth Chicago title. Hug will face two top Americans: familiar rival Daniel Romanchuk, a three-time Chicago winner, and Aaron Pike, who will be making his 15th Chicago start.
“The Chicago Marathon has been a permanent fixture in my race calendar for years,” said Hug, a four-time Abbott World Marathon Majors series champion. “The energy of the city and the enthusiasm of the spectators are unique. I'm looking forward to taking on the challenge and trying to defend my title again.”
“I feel honored to return to the Chicago Marathon as defending champion,” said Debrunner, who holds the world record for the marathon in the women’s wheelchair division. “The crowd last year was amazing and I am confident it will be the same this year."
Debrunner, of Switzerland, looks to repeat following last year’s down-to-the-wire battle with Susannah Scaroni of the United States. Scaroni, the twenty twenty two Bank of America Chicago Marathon champion and Manuela Schär, the twenty eighteen champion, are also set to return in what promises to be another exciting race.
Media interested in covering the twenty twenty four Bank of America Chicago Marathon can apply for media credentials now through Friday, September thirteenth. More than 50,000 participants will take part in the forty sixth edition of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, October thirteenth twenty twenty four. For the latest event updates, registered participants and community members are encouraged to visit the Event F A Q on the Chicago Marathon website.
| Name | Country | Personal Best |
|---|---|---|
| Ruth Chepngetich | Kenya | 2 hours 14 minutes 18 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty two) |
| Sutume Kebede | Ethiopia | 2 hours 15 minutes 55 seconds (Tokyo, twenty twenty four) |
| Joyciline Jepkosgei | Kenya | 2 hours 16 minutes 24 seconds (London, twenty twenty four) |
| Degitu Azimeraw | Ethiopia | 2 hours 17 minutes 58 seconds (London, twenty twenty one) |
| Ashete Bekere Dido | Ethiopia | 2 hours 17 minutes 58 seconds (Tokyo, twenty twenty two) |
| Hiwot Gebrekidan | Ethiopia | 2 hours 17 minutes 59 seconds (Valencia, twenty twenty three) |
| Irine Cheptai | Kenya | 2 hours 18 minutes 22 seconds (Hamburg, twenty twenty four) |
| Keira D'Amato | United States | 2 hours 19 minutes 12 seconds (Houston, twenty twenty two) |
| Betsy Saina | United States | 2 hours 19 minutes 17 seconds (Tokyo, twenty twenty four) |
| Dorcas Tuitoek | Kenya | 2 hours 20 minutes 2 seconds (Amsterdam, twenty twenty three) |
| Mary Ngugi-Cooper | Kenya | 2 hours 20 minutes 22 seconds (London, twenty twenty two) |
| Sara Hall | United States | 2 hours 20 minutes 32 seconds (Chandler, twenty twenty) |
| Emma Bates | United States | 2 hours 22 minutes 10 seconds (Boston, twenty twenty two) |
| Buze Diriba | Ethiopia | 2 hours 23 minutes 11 seconds (Toronto, twenty twenty three) |
| Sara Vaughn | United States | 2 hours 23 minutes 24 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty three) |
| Susanna Sullivan | United States | 2 hours 24 minutes 27 seconds (London, twenty twenty three) |
| Gabi Rooker | United States | 2 hours 24 minutes 35 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty three) |
| Lindsay Flanagan | United States | 2 hours 24 minutes 43 seconds (Gold Coast, twenty twenty two) |
| Nell Rojas | United States | 2 hours 24 minutes 43 seconds (Boston, twenty twenty three) |
| Stacey Ndiwa | Kenya | 2 hours 25 minutes 29 seconds (Los Angeles, twenty twenty four) |
| Laura Thweatt | United States | 2 hours 25 minutes 38 seconds (London, twenty seventeen) |
| Lauren Hagans | United States | 2 hours 25 minutes 56 seconds (Duluth, twenty twenty three) |
| Annie Frisbie | United States | 2 hours 26 minutes 18 seconds (New York, twenty twenty one) |
| Jackie Gaughan | United States | 2 hours 27 minutes 8 seconds (Berlin, twenty twenty three) |
| Dominique Scott | South Africa | 2 hours 27 minutes 31 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty three) |
| Diane Nukuri | United States | 2 hours 27 minutes 50 seconds (London, twenty fifteen) |
| Makena Morley | United States | 2 hours 30 minutes 25 seconds (Los Angeles, twenty twenty four) |
| Anne Marie Blaney | United States | 2 hours 30 minutes 43 seconds (Orlando, twenty twenty four) |
| Andrea Pomaranski | United States | 2 hours 31 minutes 6 seconds (Houston, twenty twenty three) |
| Amy Davis-Green | United States | 2 hours 33 minutes 9 seconds (Orlando, twenty twenty four) |
| Aubrey Frentheway | United States | Debut |
| Name | Country | Classification | Personal Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susannah Scaroni | United States | T fifty four | 1 hour 27 minutes 31 seconds (Duluth, twenty twenty two) |
| Manuela Schär | Switzerland | T fifty four | 1 hour 28 minutes 17 seconds (Boston, twenty seventeen) |
| Tatyana McFadden | United States | T fifty four | 1 hour 31 minutes 30 seconds (Duluth, twenty nineteen) |
| Jenna Fesemyer | United States | T fifty four | 1 hour 33 minutes 50 seconds (Duluth, twenty twenty two) |
| Catherine Debrunner | Switzerland | T fifty three | 1 hour 34 minutes 16 seconds (Berlin, twenty twenty three) World Record |
| Nikita Den Boer | Netherlands | T fifty four | 1 hour 38 minutes 16 seconds (Tokyo, twenty twenty one) |
| Eden Rainbow-Cooper | Great Britain | T fifty four | 1 hour 35 minutes 11 seconds (Boston, twenty twenty four) |
| Tian Yajuan | China | T fifty four | 1 hour 39 minutes 39 seconds (Dubai, twenty twenty four) |
| Vanessa De Souza | Brazil | T fifty four | 1 hour 40 minutes 21 seconds (Seville, twenty twenty) |
| Yen Hoang | United States | T fifty three | 1 hour 47 minutes 29 seconds (London, twenty twenty two) |
| Name | Country | Personal Best |
|---|---|---|
| Amos Kipruto | Kenya | 2 hours 3 minutes 13 seconds (Tokyo, twenty twenty two) |
| Vincent Ngetich | Kenya | 2 hours 3 minutes 13 seconds (Berlin, twenty twenty three) |
| Dawit Wolde | Ethiopia | 2 hours 3 minutes 48 seconds (Valencia, twenty twenty three) |
| Amdework Walelegn | Ethiopia | 2 hours 4 minutes 50 seconds (Rotterdam, twenty twenty four) |
| John Korir | Kenya | 2 hours 5 minutes 1 second (Chicago, twenty twenty two) |
| Huseydin Mohamed Esa | Ethiopia | 2 hours 5 minutes 5 seconds (Amsterdam, twenty twenty two) |
| Jemal Yimer | Ethiopia | 2 hours 6 minutes 8 seconds (Seoul, twenty twenty four) |
| Tatsuya Maruyama | Japan | 2 hours 7 minutes 50 seconds (Berlin, twenty twenty two) |
| Yuichi Yasui | Japan | 2 hours 8 minutes 48 seconds (Beppu, twenty twenty three) |
| Jorge Castelblanco | Panama | 2 hours 9 minutes 24 seconds (Seville, twenty twenty four) |
| Zach Panning | United States | 2 hours 9 minutes 28 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty two) |
| Brian Shrader | United States | 2 hours 9 minutes 46 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty three) |
| CJ Albertson | United States | 2 hours 9 minutes 53 seconds (Boston, twenty twenty four) |
| Tomoki Yoshioka | Japan | 2 hours 10 minutes 3 seconds (Beppu, twenty twenty four) |
| Reed Fischer | United States | 2 hours 10 minutes 34 seconds (Boston, twenty twenty two) |
| Nathan Martin | United States | 2 hours 10 minutes 45 seconds (Duluth, twenty twenty three) |
| Colin Mickow | United States | 2 hours 11 minutes 22 seconds (Chandler, twenty twenty) |
| Kevin Salvano | United States | 2 hours 11 minutes 26 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty three) |
| Jacob Thomson | United States | 2 hours 11 minutes 40 seconds (Gold Coast, twenty twenty three) |
| Turner Wiley | United States | 2 hours 11 minutes 59 seconds (Chicago, twenty twenty two) |
| JP Flavin | United States | 2 hours 13 minutes 27 seconds (Boston, twenty twenty three) |
| Charlie Sweeney | United States | 2 hours 13 minutes 41 seconds (Sacramento, twenty twenty three) |
| Ben Kendell | United States | 2 hours 15 minutes 49 seconds (Sacramento, twenty twenty two) |
| Phil Migas | Canada | 2 hours 15 minutes 53 seconds (Hamburg, twenty twenty four) |
| Daniel Ebenyo | Kenya | Debut |
| Alex Maier | United States | Debut |
| Isai Rodriguez | United States | Debut |
| Name | Country | Classification | Personal Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Hug | Switzerland | T fifty four | 1 hour 17 minutes 47 seconds (Oita, twenty twenty one) World Record |
| Aaron Pike | United States | T fifty four | 1 hour 20 minutes 2 seconds (Duluth, twenty twenty two) |
| Johnboy Smith | Great Britain | T fifty four | 1 hour 20 minutes 5 seconds (Duluth, twenty twenty two) |
| Kota Hokinoue | Japan | T fifty four | 1 hour 20 minutes 54 seconds (Seoul, twenty thirteen) |
| Daniel Romanchuk | United States | T fifty four | 1 hour 21 minutes 36 seconds (Boston, twenty nineteen) |
| Rafael Botello Jimenez | Spain | T fifty four | 1 hour 22 minutes 9 seconds (Boston, twenty seventeen) |
| Patrick Monahan | Ireland | T fifty three | 1 hour 22 minutes 23 seconds (Duluth, twenty nineteen) |
| Luo Xingchuan | China | T fifty four | 1 hour 23 minutes 49 seconds (Chengdu, twenty twenty three) |
| Sho Watanabe | Japan | T fifty four | 1 hour 24 minutes (Oita, twenty nineteen) |
| Simon Lawson | Great Britain | T fifty three | 1 hour 25 minutes 6 seconds (Boston, twenty seventeen) |
| Ma Zhuo | China | T fifty four | 1 hour 25 minutes 10 seconds (Chengdu, twenty twenty three) |
| Hiroki Nishida | Japan | T fifty four | 1 hour 20 minutes 28 seconds (Boston, twenty seventeen) |
| Brian Siemann | United States | T fifty three | 1 hour 26 minutes 46 seconds (Boston, twenty seventeen) |
| Hu Yang | China | T fifty four | 1 hour 32 minutes 15 seconds (Chengdu, twenty twenty three) |
| Rob Smith | Great Britain | T fifty two | 1 hour 55 minutes 51 seconds (Dubai, twenty seventeen) |
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon welcomes thousands of participants from more than 100 countries and all 50 states, including a world-class professional field, top regional and Masters runners, race veterans, debut marathoners and charity participants. The race’s iconic course takes participants through 29 vibrant neighborhoods on an architectural and cultural tour of Chicago. The twenty twenty four Bank of America Chicago Marathon, a member of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, will start and finish in Grant Park on Sunday, October thirteenth twenty twenty four. In advance of the race, a three-day Abbott Health & Fitness Expo will be held at McCormick Place Convention Center on Thursday, October tenth, Friday, October eleventh, and Saturday, October twelfth. For more information about the event and how to get involved, visit our website.
Alex Sawyer, Bank of America Chicago Marathon
Phone: one three one two nine nine two six six one eight
alex.sawyer@cemevent.com
Diane Wagner, Bank of America
Phone: one three one two nine nine two two three seven zero
diane.wagner@bofa.com
To learn more about our endurance partnerships and download files for editorial use, visit our Endurance page.
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