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9th Chicago Marathon. 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 was won by Britain's Steve Jones in a time of 2:07:13 hours and the women's race was won by America's Joan Samuelson in 2:21:21. A total of 7562 runners finished the race ...
2008 Chicago Marathon winner Evans Cheruiyot. The 2007 Chicago Marathon final 200 meters was a duel between Patrick Ivuti (right) & Jaouad Gharib (left). Ivutu won by 5/100th of a second. 2006 winner Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot in the 2007 event. 2005 winner Felix Limo in 2008.
Chicago Marathon Logo for the Chicago Marathon Date Second Sunday in October (before Columbus Day) Location Chicago, Illinois, United States Event type Road Distance 26.219 miles (42.195 km) Established 1977 ; 47 years ago (1977) Last held 2023 Course records M: 2:00:35 * WR (2023 – Kelvin Kiptum) F: 2:13:44 (2023 – Sifan Hassan) Official site chicagomarathon.com The Chicago Marathon is a ...
1985 →. 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 was won by Britain's Steve Jones in a time of 2:08:05 hours and the women's race was won by Portugal's Rosa Mota in 2:26:01. A total of 5844 runners finished the race, an increase of ...
1985 Boston Marathon; C. 1985 Chicago Marathon; E. 1985 European Marathon Cup; L. 1985 London Marathon; N. 1985 New York City Marathon; W. 1985 World Marathon Cup
3,000 metres. Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 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 Angeles. [2] She held the fastest time for an American woman at the Chicago Marathon for 32 years after winning the race in 1985.
In August 1985, he broke the world record for the half marathon, running 61:14 in Birmingham. On 20 October of that year he achieved his personal best marathon time of 2:07:13 in winning the Chicago Marathon, [1] only one second slower than the world record run by Carlos Lopes at the Rotterdam Marathon earlier that same year.
1985–86. Strength sports. Weightlifting. Squash. Table tennis. Tennis. Triathlon. Volleyball. This article contains an overview of the year 1985 in the sport of athletics .