Preview of 2022 Chicago Marathon

By mitchpa on October 8, 2022 • ( 0 )

BY THE NUMBERS
(Information provided courtesy of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon)

HISTORY
1977 – year of the first Chicago Marathon. 947,945 finishers to date.
45,932 finishers in 2019 (Largest finisher field) 2,128 finishers in 1977 (first finisher field)
5 world records set at the Chicago Marathon
2 American records set at the Chicago Marathon
4 victories by Khalid Khannouchi in the men’s open division (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002)
5 victories by Kurt Fearnley in the men’s wheelchair division (2007-2009, 2011, 2015)
9 victories by Tatyana McFadden in the women’s wheelchair division (2009, 2011-2017, 2021)
2005 year of the most recent victory by an American in the women’s open division (Deena Kastor)
2017 year of the most recent victory by an American in the men’s open division (Galen Rupp)
2021 year of the most recent victory by an American in the men’s wheelchair division (Daniel Romanchuk) 2021 year of the most recent victory by an American in the women’s wheelchair division (Tatyana McFadden) 1984 year of the first wheelchair division race
32 years Carey Pinkowski has been the Executive Race Director of the Chicago Marathon

RECORDS
2:03:45 men’s open division course record (Dennis Kimetto, 2013)
2:14:04 women’s open division course record (Brigid Kosgei, 2019)
1:26:56 men’s wheelchair division course record (Heinz Frei, 2010)
1:39:15 women’s wheelchair division course record (Tatyana McFadden, 2017)
2:08:05 men’s world record set by Steve Jones in 1984
2:05:42 men’s world record set by Khalid Khannouchi in 1999 2:18:47 women’s world record set by Catherine Ndereba in 2001 2:17:18 women’s world record set by Paula Radcliffe in 2002 2:14:04 current women’s world record set by Brigid Kosgei in 2019
2:07:01 men’s American record set by Khalid Khannouchi in 2002 2:21:21 women’s American record set by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 1985

COURSE
29 Neighborhoods
20 Aid Stations
66,048 Gallons of water
32,928 Gallons of Gatorade Endurance Formula 1.2 million paper cups
59,220 Gatorade Endurance Energy Gels at Aid Stations 10 and 14 14,000 Chiquita Bananas at Aid Stations #15 to 18

PEOPLE
10,000+ race day volunteers
1,500+ medical personnel
400 course marshals
100 Nike Pace Team Pacers
1.7 million estimated on-course spectators
10,000+ international participants
12,000+ charity participants

CHARITY
180 official charity teams
$21.4 million raised by charity runners at the 2021 Chicago Marathon
$265 million raised since 2002, the beginning of the Official Charity Program

SUSTAINABILITY
51,660 pounds of material that was recycled at the 2021 Chicago Marathon
23,761 pounds of unused food that was donated to the Greater Chicago Food Depository from the 2021 Chicago Marathon
4,000 pounds of clothing that was collected and donated to AMVETS from the 2021 Chicago Marathon 2010 year the Chicago Marathon received its first certification from the Council for Responsible Sport 2019 year the Chicago Marathon became a signatory of the United Nation’s “Sports for Climate Action” initiative

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(Photos by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell)