Liliya Shobukhova won the race in 2010.
Moses Mosop won the 2011 Chicago marathon in 2:05:37.
Both the male and female categories were won by Kenyan runners.
Kenyan runners won both the male and female sections
Sammy Wanjiru won in 2009 in 2 hours 5 minutes and 41 seconds.
The winner of the 2012 Chicago Marathon, Kebede from Ethiopia, won $100,000 plus $50,000 for setting a new record.
Chicago Marathon was created in 1977.
Yes, if you use the Chicago Marathon 2010 as a qualifier for the Boston Marathon and your birth date is August 25, 1956, you can qualify using the 55-year-old female time. For the 2011 Boston Marathon, the qualifying time for women aged 55-59 was 4:00:00. If your Chicago Marathon time was 4:00:00 or faster, you would meet the qualifying standard.
Runners in the Chicago Marathon complete 26.2 miles. This is the standard marathon distance. They Chicago Marathon also offers a half marathon option which is 13.1 miles.
Chicago Half Marathon was created in 1997.
Chicago Marathon happened on 2012-10-07.
Chicago marathon is on Sunday 11 October 2009
Chicago Half Marathon happened on 2011-09-11.