2026 Chicago Marathon Results: Winners, Times & Records

2026 Chicago Marathon Results: Winners, Times & Records

Kenya's Amos Kipruto and Ethiopia's Hawi Feysa topped the 2026 Chicago Marathon results, winning the professional men's and women's titles on Sunday, October 11, 2026, as more than 54,000 participants moved through 29 Chicago neighborhoods in the 48th running of the race, according to Running USA. Kipruto crossed the Grant Park finish line in 2:01:09, the second-fastest men's time ever run on U.S. soil, while Feysa defended her women's crown in a personal-best 2:13:33.

Organizers called it the largest field ever assembled for a World Marathon Major, according to Runner's World. "We saw some tremendous racing today, with the world's best athletes pushing each other to records and fast finishes all the way to Grant Park," said Carey Pinkowski, the race's executive director, in comments shared by Running USA.

This article covers three tasks runners search for after a race this size: an individual finish time, race photos and a finisher certificate. It then runs through the elite results and the American performances from race day.

How to check your 2026 Chicago Marathon results

Last checked: October 12, 2026.

For Chicago Marathon 2026 finish times beyond the professional field, the organizer's own site, chicagomarathon.com, is the right place to look rather than a media recap. The race coverage supplied for this article does not specify whether the 2026 results search works by bib number, by name, or both, or whether a third party can look up another participant's time on their behalf.

The coverage also does not explain how the results tool labels gun time versus net time for individual searches. Runners who want to know which number counts as their official time should check that labeling directly on the results page once it posts, rather than assume it matches another runner's experience from a past year.

Chicago Marathon 2026 photos: what's confirmed

The clearest photo and video coverage confirmed so far covers the professional race, not mass-participant finish lines. FloTrack is archiving footage from the event in a video library available to subscribers for the length of their subscription, according to FloTrack, covering the elite men's and women's races rather than individual finish-line shots.

The race coverage supplied for this article does not identify an official photo vendor, search method, or pricing for mass-participant race photos in 2026. Runners looking for their own finish-line images should check chicagomarathon.com directly for the current photo partner.

Chicago Marathon 2026 finisher certificate: not yet confirmed

The race coverage supplied for this article does not confirm whether a downloadable finisher certificate exists for 2026, how it would be generated, or whether it would display gun time or net time. Runners who want a certificate should check chicagomarathon.com's participant pages directly rather than assume a process that hasn't been confirmed here.

Men's podium: Kipruto's first Chicago title

Kipruto's winning time ranks as the second-fastest in Chicago Marathon history, according to FloTrack. Globally, it ties him for fifth on the all-time list, matching Eliud Kipchoge's fastest record-eligible marathon performance, FloTrack reported. It's his first Chicago title, after finishing third in 2024 and runner-up in 2025, per NBC Sports.

Ethiopia's Tadese Bikila took second in 2:02:56, with countryman Milkesa Mengesha third in 2:03:46, Running USA reported. Defending champion Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda, the third-fastest man in history, held on for fourth in 2:04:18, according to NBC Sports.

NBC Sports labeled Kipruto's winning time "unofficial" in its same-day report, a reminder that race-day media coverage sometimes runs ahead of final certification, per NBC Sports.

Women's podium: Feysa goes back-to-back

Feysa pulled away from Kenya's Sharon Lokedi in the final mile to repeat as champion, finishing 34 seconds ahead in 2:13:33, according to NBC Sports. Her time moves her to fourth on the world all-time list, per FloTrack.

Lokedi finished second in 2:14:07, and past champion Brigid Kosgei took third in 2:14:55. All three women posted times that rank among the top five in Chicago Marathon women's race history, according to Running USA.

Wheelchair racing: a world record in Chicago

Switzerland's Catherine Debrunner won her third Chicago Marathon title in a women's wheelchair world record of 1:33:16, the first wheelchair world record ever set on the Chicago course, according to Running USA. She bettered her own previous record by 60 seconds, per Running USA.

Marcel Hug took his seventh Chicago wheelchair title in a course record. Available reports disagree on the exact time: Running USA lists his winning mark as both 1:21:34 and 1:21:24 within the same release, while Runner's World puts it at 1:21:34 in its results tracker. Tatyana McFadden and Manuela Schär tied for second in a photo finish, both clocking 1:42:01, per Running USA.

In the men's field, the Netherlands' Lito Anker and Britain's David Weir tied for second, finishing nearly nine minutes behind Hug in 1:30:11, according to Running USA. In the nonbinary division, Winter Parts of the U.S. won again, this time in 2:28:16, per Running USA.

American performances

Emma Grace Hurley ran 2:20:47 in her first-ever marathon, finishing seventh overall and setting the fastest marathon debut by an American woman, breaking Fiona O'Keeffe's 2:22:10 mark from the 2024 Olympic Trials, according to NBC Sports. It's also the fastest marathon run by a U.S. woman since the Paris Olympics, per NBC Sports.

Clayton Young was the top American man, taking seventh overall in 2:05:23, the second-fastest time in American history on a record-eligible course, while competing on a torn hamstring, according to NBC Sports. "We missed the goal," Young said of his American-record bid. "I'll have another swing at it soon," per NBC Sports.

Charles Hicks followed in eighth at 2:05:35, becoming the third-fastest American man in history, while Galen Rupp ran 2:06:55 to beat the American masters record by more than three minutes, per Running USA.

Vincent Mauri trained on a Planet Fitness treadmill ahead of the race, according to NBC Sports. He finished 10th in 2:06:45 despite cramping late in the race, per Running USA.

What to check next

As of October 12, the search fields for individual results, the official photo vendor, and the finisher certificate process for the 2026 race remain unconfirmed in the coverage available for this article. Runners checking any of those details should go to chicagomarathon.com directly, since the organizer's own pages are the appropriate place for finalized participant information rather than media recaps. If a bib number, name, or photo doesn't turn up once the official tools are live, the organizer's participant-support channels, not a third-party results tracker, are the place to flag it.