2025 Chicago Marathon
| 47th Chicago Marathon | |
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| Location | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Dates | October 12, 2025 |
| Website | chicagomarathon.com |
| Champions | |
| Men | Jacob Kiplimo (2:02:23) |
| Women | Hawi Feysa (2:14:57) |
| Wheelchair men | Marcel Hug (1:23:20) |
| Wheelchair women | Susannah Scaroni (1:38:14) |
The 2025 Chicago Marathon is the 47th edition of the annual Chicago Marathon. The race is the sixth of seven World Major Marathon events and is a platinum label race.[1]
Notably, the 47th Chicago Marathon marks the first running of the race after the recently announced reduction in automatic qualification time standards. Despite the reductions, a record 160,000 people applied to run in the marathon, with an estimated 53,000 runners expected to cross the finish line.[2] This number likely will break the event record of 52,150 from the 2024 Chicago Marathon.[3]
Background
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 2025 Chicago Marathon Course Map[4] |
The Chicago Marathon is regarded as one of the fastest marathon courses due to its unparalleled flat course and usual cool weather conditions.[5] These ideal conditions have made Chicago the site of seven world records at the marathon distance, with the most recent coming in the 2024 edition, where Ruth Chepng'etich lowered the record to 2:09:56, besting the prior record by nearly 2 minutes on her way to becoming the first women under the 2:10:00 mark.[6][7]
Competitors
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The mens elite race boasts one of the most talented fields in the World Marathon Major events this year.[8] Kenyan John Korir, the defending champion, headlined the mens field with a 2:02:44 PB set during his victory at the 2024 Chicago Marathon. Korir was joined by compatriots Timothy Kiplagat, Amos Kipruto, and Cybrian Kotut all with personal bests under the 2:04:00 mark. The two time Olympic marathon medalist Bashir Abdi from Belgium with a 2:03:36 also toed the line. Half marathon world record holder Jacob Kiplimo from Uganda entered with a 2:03:37 from his debut performance at the 2025 London Marathon where he placed second. American Conner Mantz ran 2:05:08 on his way to a 4th place finish at the 2025 Boston Marathon, however because the Boston Marathon does not qualify for ratification of official records,[9] Mantz will attempted to lower the US (2:05:38) and North American (2:05:36) records in Chicago.[10][11]
Because 2024 champion and WR holder Ruth Chepng'etich is not entered to run the 2025 edition, she did not defend her title. Ethiopian Megertu Alemu lead the field with a 2:16:34 PB and three World Marathon Major podium finishes, most recently, a third place finish at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. Ethiopian Hawi Feysa entered the race with a 2:17:00 and a podium finish at the 2025 Tokyo Marathon. Compatriots Bedatu Hirpa, and Haven Hailu Desse started the race with personal bests under 2:20 across the distance. Ejgayehu Taye, the 2023 World bronze medalist across 10,000m will made her debut at the marathon distance.[10][11]
Results
[edit]The Chicago Marathon began on October 12 at 7:20am.
Men
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| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jacob Kiplimo |  Uganda | 2:02:23 NR |
 | Amos Kipruto |  Kenya | 2:03:54 |
 | Alex Masai | Kenya | 2:04:37 |
| 4 | Conner Mantz |  United States | 2:04:43 AR |
| 5 | Mohamed Esa |  Ethiopia | 2:04:50 |
| 6 | Seifu Tura | Ethiopia | 2:05:17 |
| 7 | Geoffrey Kamworor | Kenya | 2:05:31 |
| 8 | Philemon Kiplimo Kimaiyo | Kenya | 2:06:14 |
| 9 | Rory Linkletter |  Canada | 2:06:49 |
| 10 | Bashir Abdi |  Belgium | 2:07:08 |
Women
[edit]| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawi Feysa | Ethiopia | 2:14:56 |
| Megertu Alemu | Ethiopia | 2:17:18 |
| Magdalena Shauri |  Tanzania | 2:18:03 NR |
| 4 | Loice Chemnung | Kenya | 2:18:23 |
| 5 | Mary Ngugi-Cooper | Kenya | 2:19:25 |
| 6 | Natosha Rogers | United States | 2:23:28 |
| 7 | Dakotah Popehn | United States | 2:24:21 |
| 8 | Florencia Borelli |  Argentina | 2:24:23 |
| 9 | Gabriella Rooker | United States | 2:26:32 |
| 10 | Melody Julien |  France | 2:27:09 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Platinum Label Road Races | Results". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
- ↑ "Event-Record 160,000 People Apply for the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon". Bank of America. Archived from the original on 2025-08-14. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
- ↑ Rodgers, Nate (2024-10-13). "2024 Chicago Marathon: New records set as nearly 50,000 runners compete". FOX 32 Chicago. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
- ↑ "COURSE & AMENITIES". Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ↑ Carlisle, Elizabeth. "Why Is the Chicago Marathon So Fast?". Chicago Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
- ↑ "Chepngetich sets new world record in Chicago". www.worldmarathonmajors.com. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
- ↑ "Bank of America Chicago Marathon". www.worldmarathonmajors.com. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
- ↑ "The Men's Race at the 2025 Chicago Marathon Could Be Historic". Runner's World. 2025-10-10. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
- ↑ Bird, Hayden (2021-09-28). "Why a world record set in the Boston Marathon wouldn't officially count". Boston.com. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
- 1 2 "Stacked Professional Field Set to Race Fast and Chase Dreams Through Streets of Chicago". Bank of America. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
- 1 2 "Korir and Alemu lead Chicago Marathon elite fields | PREVIEWS | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
- 1 2 By; Zaccardi, Nick; By; Zaccardi, Nick (2025-10-12). "2025 Chicago Marathon Results". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2025-10-12.