1998 Chicago Marathon

The 1998 Chicago Marathon was the 21st running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 11. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Ondoro Osoro in a time of 2:06:54 hours and the women's race was won in 2:23:57 by Joyce Chepchumba, also of Kenya.

21st Chicago Marathon
VenueChicago, United States
DatesOctober 11
Champions
MenOndoro Osoro (2:06:54)
WomenJoyce Chepchumba (2:23:57)
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Results

Men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
01Ondoro Osoro  Kenya2:06:53
02Khalid Khannouchi  Morocco2:07:19
03Gert Thys  South Africa2:07:45
04Joseph Kahugu  Kenya2:07:59
05Moses Tanui  Kenya2:09:43
06Éder Fialho  Brazil2:09:48
07Philip Chirchir  Kenya2:09:52
08Shinji Kawashima  Japan2:10:07
09Silvio Guerra  Ecuador2:10:17
10Elijah Lagat  Kenya2:10:32

Women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
01Joyce Chepchumba  Kenya2:23:57
02Colleen De Reuck  South Africa2:27:04
03Elana Meyer  South Africa2:27:20
04Kayoko Obata  Japan2:28:39
05Tatyana Pozdnyakova  Russia2:29:25
06Irina Bogacheva  Kyrgyzstan2:30:34
07Gitte Karlshøj  Denmark2:31:57
08Kristy Johnston  United States2:32:37
09Linda Somers  United States2:34:21
10Marian Sutton  United Kingdom2:35:41

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