Overview
- Jacob Kiplimo won the men’s race in 2:02:23, a Ugandan record and the seventh-fastest marathon ever, after running at world-record pace through roughly 22 miles.
- Hawi Feysa took the women’s title in 2:14:56 for her first World Marathon Majors victory, finishing ahead of Megertu Alemu (2:17:18) and Magdalena Shauri (2:18:03).
- Conner Mantz finished fourth in 2:04:43 to surpass Khalid Khannouchi’s 2002 U.S. record, with the mark subject to standard ratification.
- Marcel Hug won the men’s wheelchair race in 1:23:20 for his sixth Chicago crown, and Susannah Scaroni claimed the women’s wheelchair title in 1:38:14.
- Race organizers paid $100,000 to each open-division winner as more than 50,000 participants took part, and the event proceeded peacefully despite recent immigration enforcement tensions in the city.