List of winners of the Chicago Marathon
Winners
NOTES: 2009–11: Liliya Shobukhova finished first all three years but was subsequently disqualified and records erased because of a positive drug test.

List of winners of the Chicago Marathon

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: NOTES: 2009–11: Liliya Shobukhova finished first all three years but was subsequently disqualified and records erased because of a positive drug test.

Date	Male athlete	Country	Time	Female athlete	Country	Time

September 25, 1977	Dan Cloeter	United States	2:17:52	Dorothy Doolittle	United States	2:50:47

September 24, 1978	Mark Stanforth	United States	2:19:20	Lynae Larson	United States	2:59:25

October 21, 1979	Dan Cloeter	United States	2:23:20	Laura Michalek	United States	3:15:45

September 28, 1980	Frank Richardson	United States	2:14:04	Sue Peterson	United States	2:45:03

September 27, 1981	Phil Coppess	United States	2:16:13	Tina Gandy	United States	2:49:39

September 26, 1982	Greg Meyer	United States	2:10:59	Nancy Conz	United States	2:33:23

October 16, 1983	Joseph Nzau	Kenya	2:09:44	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:31:12

October 21, 1984	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	2:08:05^	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:26:01

October 20, 1985	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	2:07:13	Joan Benoit	United States	2:21:21

October 26, 1986	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	2:08:27	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:27:08

October 25, 1987	—	—	—	—	—	—

October 30, 1988	Alejandro Cruz	Mexico	2:08:57	Lisa Weidenbach	United States	2:29:17

October 29, 1989	Paul Davies-Hale	United Kingdom	2:11:25	Lisa Weidenbach	United States	2:28:15

October 28, 1990	Martín Pitayo	Mexico	2:09:41	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	2:30:11

October 27, 1991	Joseildo Rocha	Brazil	2:14:33	Midde Hamrin	Sweden	2:36:21

October 25, 1992	José Cesar de Souza	Brazil	2:16:14	Linda Somers	United States	2:37:41

October 31, 1993	Luíz Antônio	Brazil	2:13:14	Ritva Lemettinen	Finland	2:33:18

October 30, 1994	Luíz Antônio	Brazil	2:11:16	Kristy Johnston	United States	2:31:34

October 15, 1995	Eamonn Martin	United Kingdom	2:11:18	Ritva Lemettinen	Finland	2:28:27

October 20, 1996	Paul Evans	United Kingdom	2:08:52	Marian Sutton	United Kingdom	2:30:41

October 19, 1997	Khalid Khannouchi	Morocco	2:07:10	Marian Sutton	United Kingdom	2:29:03

October 11, 1998	Ondoro Osoro	Kenya	2:06:54	Joyce Chepchumba	Kenya	2:23:57

October 24, 1999	Khalid Khannouchi	Morocco	2:05:42^	Joyce Chepchumba	Kenya	2:25:59

October 22, 2000	Khalid Khannouchi	United States	2:07:01	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:21:33

October 7, 2001	Ben Kimondiu	Kenya	2:08:52	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:18:47^

October 13, 2002	Khalid Khannouchi	United States	2:05:56	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	2:17:18^

October 12, 2003	Evans Rutto	Kenya	2:05:50	Svetlana Zakharova	Russia	2:23:07

October 10, 2004	Evans Rutto	Kenya	2:06:16	Constantina Diță	Romania	2:23:45

October 9, 2005	Felix Limo	Kenya	2:07:02	Deena Kastor	United States	2:21:25

October 22, 2006	Robert Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:07:35	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	2:20:42

October 7, 2007	Patrick Ivuti	Kenya	2:11:11	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	2:33:49

October 12, 2008	Evans Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:06:25	Lidiya Grigoryeva	Russia	2:27:17

October 11, 2009	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	2:05:41	Irina Mikitenko	Germany	2:26:31

October 10, 2010	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	2:06:23	Atsede Baysa	Ethiopia	2:23:40

October 9, 2011	Moses Mosop	Kenya	2:05:37	Ejegayehu Dibaba	Ethiopia	2:22:09

October 7, 2012	Tsegaye Kebede	Ethiopia	2:04:38	Atsede Baysa	Ethiopia	2:22:03

October 13, 2013	Dennis Kimetto	Kenya	2:03:45	Rita Jeptoo	Kenya	2:19:57

October 12, 2014	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	2:04:11	Mare Dibaba	Ethiopia	2:25:37

October 11, 2015	Dickson Chumba	Kenya	2:09:25	Florence Kiplagat	Kenya	2:23:33

October 9, 2016	Abel Kirui	Kenya	2:11:23	Florence Kiplagat	Kenya	2:21:32

October 8, 2017	Galen Rupp	United States	2:09:20	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	2:18:31

October 7, 2018	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	2:05:11	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	2:18:35

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Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia won the women's race in Chicago.

final_sentence: Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia won the women's race in Chicago.