Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Collaboration with the Bank of America Chicago Marathon

The Osaka Marathon has collaborated with the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, one of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, ever since its first race.
We strive to further develop both races through mutually dispatching local runners.

Major cooperation examples:

  • Dispatching representative runners living in Osaka—one male and female runner each—from the Osaka Marathon to the Bank of America Chicago Marathon scheduled for the same year
  • Accepting representative runners living in Illinois—one male and female runner each— from the Bank of America Chicago Marathon to the Osaka Marathon scheduled for the following year
  • Placing ads in each other's program

Reference: General Information on the Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Date Sunday, October 13, 2024
Venue Starts and finishes in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, over a course of 42.195 km
Number of Participants Approx. 45,000, including wheelchair participants
Time Limit 6 hours and 30 minutes
Features

The Bank of America Chicago Marathon has a long history, since the first race was held in 1977, as an Abbott World Marathon Majors (AWMM) marathon along with other AWMM races hosted in Boston, London, Berlin, New York, and Tokyo.
The course is known for being flat and fast, where records can easily be broken, and spawned a world record for women again in 2019. As for Japanese runners, Toshihiko Seko won the Bank of America Chicago Marathon in 1986.
In 2018, Suguru Osako set a Japanese record. In 2021, Japanese record holder Kengo Suzuki finished fourth.
Runners from 120 nations worldwide participate in the race, and around 1.7 million spectators come to the sidelines to support runners traversing the downtown area, as well as cheerleading squads from different ethnic backgrounds and a range of live performances by cheering bands.

https://www.chicagomarathon.com/