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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 ...
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).
Rugby league Rugby union; Snooker ... 1985 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT 1. ... Chicago Marathon: United States Steve Jones: 2:07:13: Joan Samuelson: 2:21:21 ...
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 ...
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.
As the New York marathon began to grow exponentially in the 1970s, the Chicago Marathon was established as a rival to the New York City Marathon. [4] By the mid-1980s, the Chicago Marathon was ensconced as one of the big four marathons. [20] During the mid-1980s, it was named America's Marathon/Chicago and opened up the way for appearance payments.
The club's achievements include: winning the National Soccer League of Chicago; winning 9 titles in Chicago's International League, of which the team was a member 1926–1936; and winning the National Challenge Cup twice. [3] [4] In the 1950s, the Chicago Falcons operated. They won the National Challenge Cup in 1953. [5]
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.