2016 Chicago Marathon

The 2016 Chicago Marathon was the 39th edition of the marathon race in Chicago, Illinois, United States and was held October 9. Over 37,000 runners took part in the marathon.^[1] Florence Kiplagat of Kenya defended her women's title with a winning time of 2:21:32 hours, while her countryman Abel Kirui took the men's race in 2:11:23 hours.^[2] The top finishing Americans were Serena Burla in seventh in the women's division and Diego Estrada in eighth in the men's.

The women's wheelchair marathon was won for a sixth consecutive time by American Tatyana McFadden in 1:42:28 hours, one second clear of Manuela Schär. Marcel Hug defeated the defending champion Kurt Fearnley in the men's race with 1:32:57 hours and also a one-second margin of victory.

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Abel Kirui	Kenya	2:11:23
	Dickson Chumba	Kenya	2:11:26
	Gideon Kipketer	Kenya	2:12:20
4	Paul Lonyangata	Kenya	2:13:17
5	Stephen Sambu	Kenya	2:13:35
6	Abayneh Ayele	Ethiopia	2:13:52
7	Takuya Fukatsu	Japan	2:13:53
8	Diego Estrada	United States	2:13:56
9	Koji Gokaya	Japan	2:14:34
10	Elkanah Kibet	United States	2:16:37

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Florence Kiplagat	Kenya	2:21:32
	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	2:23:28
	Valentine Kipketer	Kenya	2:23:41
4	Purity Rionoripo	Kenya	2:24:47
5	Yebrgual Melese	Ethiopia	2:24:49
6	Atsede Baysa	Ethiopia	2:28:53
7	Serena Burla	United States	2:30:40
8	Agnieszka Mierzejewska	Poland	2:32:13
9	Sarah Crouch	United States	2:33:48
10	Alia Gray	United States	2:34:00

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:32:57
	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:32:58
	Josh George	United States	1:32:59

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:42:28
	Manuela Schär	Switzerland	1:42:29
	Amanda McGrory	United States	1:47:55

References

Results

• Chicago Marathon