Chicago Marathon 2024: How to watch, start time, route, prize money, past winners and more

The 2024 Chicago Marathon takes place on Sunday, marking the 47th annual edition of the popular race.

The list of participants includes some of the world’s best long-distance runners.

The women’s category includes Ethiopian Sutume Kebede, American Keira D’Amato and Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich, who won the 2021 and 2022 races and came second in 2023.

Kenya’s Amos Kipruto and Vincent Ngetich will compete in the men’s event.

The city of Chicago will honor Kenyan runner Kelvin Kiptum this year following his world record run in 2023. Kiptum tragically died in a car accident with his coach months after his historic win. The young phenom ran the course in just 2:00.35

Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s race in Chicago.

How to watch the 2024 Chicago Marathon

• TV channels: NBC 15 Chicago
• Live stream: peacock

The 2024 Chicago Marathon will be broadcast locally on NBC 15 Chicago. Fans can also live stream the entire race on Peacock.

Chicago Marathon 2024 start time

The Berlin Marathon begins on Sunday, September 29th at 2:50 a.m. ET. Runners start in four different waves:

Date	Event	Time (ET)	Live stream
Sun, Oct 13th	Wheelchair (men)	7:20 am	peacock
	Wheelchair (women)	7:21 am	peacock
	Handbike	7:23 am	peacock
	Wave 1 (Corrals AE)	7:30am	peacock
	Wave 2 (Corrals FJ)	8 a.m	peacock
	Wave 3 (Corrals KN)	8:35am	peacock

Prize money at the Chicago Marathon

The 2024 Chicago Marathon varies its prize money in several different categories.

Open Division (Men/Women)

• 1st place: $100,000
• 2nd place: $75,000
• 3rd place: $50,000

Total wheelchair (men/women)

• 1st place: $25,000
• 2nd place: $18,000
• 3rd place: $12,000

The Chicago Marathon also offers a $50,000 bonus for any runner who breaks the course record and a $15,000 bonus for the first American runners to cross the finish line in each division.

Chicago Marathon route

The Chicago Marathon begins in Grant Park and then runs through several historic neighborhoods in the city.

Runners cross the Chicago River six times, through Wrigleyville, the Loop, and finish in South Grant Park, where the race began.

The Chicago Marathon is known for its flat and fast course. There is only one noticeable hill at mile 21.

Previous Chicago Marathon winners

The course record is 2:00:35, a world and course record set in 2023 by Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum. Below is a list of the five most recent winners among men and women.

Men

The men’s class winners of the 2018-2023 Chicago Marathons are:

Year	Runner (Country)	Time
2023	Kelvin Kiptum (Kenya)	2:00:35
2022	Benson Kipruto (Kenya)	2:04:24
2021	Seifu Tura (Ethiopia)	2:06:12
2020	Canceled (COVID-19)
2019	Lawrence Cherono (Kenya)	2:05:45
2018	Mo Farah (UK)	2:05:11

Women

The women’s class winners at the 2018-2023 Chicago Marathons are:

Year	Runner (Country)	Time
2023	Sifan Hassan (Netherlands)	2:13:44
2022	Ruth Chepngetich (Kenya)	2:14:18
2021	Ruth Chepngetich (Kenya)	2:22:31
2020	Canceled (COVID-19)
2019	Brigid Kosgei (Kenya)	2:14:04
2018	Brigid Kosgei (Kenya)	2:18:35