Marathon results
Despite coming in nearly five minutes slower than his third-place finish a year ago, Dickson Chumba (2:09:25) bested more than 46,000 runners to win the Chicago Marathon in Illinois’s capital city.
One of the largest marathons in the world, more than a million spectators lined the streets for the IAAF Gold Label race which began in 1977.
Sammy Kitwara (2:09:50) repeated in second with a time of 2:09:50.
He finished third in 2013.
Sammy Ndungu (2:10:06) beat Girmay Birhanu Gebru (2:10:07) by a second for third.
For the women, it was female half marathon record holder Florence Kiplagat (2:23:33) cutting almost two and a half minutes from her third place-finish a year ago to take the top spot.
Yebrgual Melese (2:23:43) earned runner-up honors with a time of 2:23:43.
Similar to the men’s race, third place was decided by a second with Birhane Dibaba (2:24:24) coming in just ahead of Kayoko Fukushi (2:24:25).
Dibaba finished fourth a year ago.
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— Competitor Magazine (@RunCompetitor) October 11, 2015
Top 10 Men
| 1 | Dickson CHUMBA | KEN | 2:09:25 |
| 2 | Sammy KITWARA | KEN | 2:09:50 |
| 3 | Sammy NDUNGU | KEN | 2:10:06 |
| 4 | Girmay Birhanu GEBRU | ETH | 2:10:07 |
| 5 | Luke PUSKEDRA | USA | 2:10:24 |
| 6 | Wesley KORIR | KEN | 2:10:38 |
| 7 | Elkanah KIBET | USA | 2:11:31 |
| 8 | Lucas ROTICH | KEN | 2:13:39 |
| 9 | Abera KUMA | ETH | 2:13:44 |
| 10 | Fernando CABADA | USA | 2:15:36 |
Top 10 Women
| 1 | Florence KIPLAGAT | KEN | 2:23:33 |
| 2 | Yebrgual MELESE | ETH | 2:23:43 |
| 3 | Birhane DIBABA | ETH | 2:24:24 |
| 4 | Kayoko FUKUSHI | JPN | 2:24:25 |
| 5 | Mulu SEBOKA | ETH | 2:24:40 |
| 6 | Meskerem ASSEFA | ETH | 2:25:11 |
| 7 | Deena KASTOR | USA | 2:27:47 |
| 8 | Diane NUKURI | BDI | 2:29:13 |
| 9 | Jessica Draskau PETERSSON | DEN | 2:30:07 |
| 10 | Sara HALL | USA | 2:31:14 |