2003 Chicago Marathon
# 2003 Chicago Marathon

The 2003 Chicago Marathon was the 26th running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 12. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Evans Rutto in a time of 2:05:50 hours and the women's race was won by Russia's Svetlana Zakharova in 2:23:07.

## Results

### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 01 | Evans Rutto | Kenya | 2:05:50 |
| 02 | Paul Koech | Kenya | 2:07:07 |
| 03 | Daniel Njenga | Kenya | 2:07:41 |
| 04 | Peter Chebet | Kenya | 2:08:43 |
| 05 | Jimmy Muindi | Kenya | 2:08:57 |
| 06 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | Morocco | 2:09:38 |
| 07 | Meb Keflezighi | United States | 2:10:03 |
| 08 | Hendrick Ramaala | South Africa | 2:10:55 |
| 09 | Sisay Bezabeh | Australia | 2:11:08 |
| 10 | Josephat Kiprono | Kenya | 2:11:30 |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 01 | Svetlana Zakharova | Russia | 2:23:07 |
| 02 | Constantina Diță | Romania | 2:23:35 |
| 03 | Jeļena Prokopčuka | Latvia | 2:24:53 |
| 04 | Albina Ivanova | Russia | 2:25:35 |
| 05 | Grażyna Syrek | Poland | 2:26:22 |
| 06 | Małgorzata Sobańska | Poland | 2:27:50 |
| 07 | Colleen De Reuck | United States | 2:28:01 |
| 08 | Madina Biktagirova | Russia | 2:28:33 |
| 09 | Nuța Olaru | Romania | 2:29:00 |
| 10 | Deeja Youngquist | United States | 2:29:01 |
