1997 Chicago Marathon
# 1997 Chicago Marathon

The 1997 Chicago Marathon was the 20th running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 19. The elite men's race was won by Morocco's Khalid Khannouchi in a time of 2:07:10 hours and the women's race was won by Great Britain's Marian Sutton in 2:29:03.

## Results

### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 01 | Khalid Khannouchi | Morocco | 2:07:10 |
| 02 | Fred Kiprop | Kenya | 2:08:19 |
| 03 | Peter Ndirangu | Kenya | 2:08:46 |
| 04 | Philip Chirchir | Kenya | 2:08:56 |
| 05 | Patrick Muturi | Kenya | 2:08:59 |
| 06 | Paul Evans | United Kingdom | 2:09:20 |
| 07 | Jerry Lawson | United States | 2:09:35 |
| 08 | Silvio Guerra | Ecuador | 2:09:49 |
| 09 | Jon Brown | United Kingdom | 2:10:13 |
| 10 | Todd Williams | United States | 2:11:17 |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 01 | Marian Sutton | United Kingdom | 2:29:03 |
| 02 | Gitte Karlshøj | Denmark | 2:31:31 |
| 03 | Irina Bogacheva | Kyrgyzstan | 2:32:45 |
| 04 | Christine McNamara | United States | 2:33:08 |
| 05 | Yoshiko Yamamoto | Japan | 2:33:55 |
| 06 | Debbie Kilpatrick | United States | 2:35:05 |
| 07 | Elaine Van Blunk | United States | 2:35:49 |
| 08 | Stefanija Statkuvienė | Lithuania | 2:36:52 |
| 09 | Ann Schaefers-Coles | United States | 2:38:25 |
| 10 | Lornah Kiplagat | Kenya | 2:39:13 |
