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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, an increase of over ...
EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE 400 metres Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60: 6 October Canberra, Australia: Mile Mary Slaney (USA) 4:16.71: 21 August Zürich, Switzerland: 5,000 metres Zola Budd (GBR)
1985 Chicago Marathon; E. 1985 European Marathon Cup; L. 1985 London Marathon; N. 1985 New York City Marathon; W. 1985 World Marathon Cup This page was last edited ...
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.
Khalid Khannouchi is a four-time Chicago Marathon winner. The Chicago Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, [1] has been contested by men and women annually since 1977. [2] Since 1983, it has been held annually in October. [2] The United States had been represented by the most Chicago Marathon winners (nine men and twelve women).
Chepng'etich shattered the world record by almost two minutes at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. The 30-year-old Kenyan won the women's marathon in a record time of 2:09:56.
The Antioch resident will join more than 50,000 runners expected to make the 26.2-mile trek through the city on Sunday for the city’s 46th marathon, now called the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.
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.