1986 Chicago Marathon
# 1986 Chicago Marathon

The 1986 Chicago Marathon was the 10th running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States, and was held on October 26. The elite men's race was won by Japan's Toshihiko Seko in a time of 2:08:27 hours, and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:27:08. A total of 8173 runners finished the race, an increase of over 600 from the previous year, and a number that would not be beaten until 1995.

## Results

### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Toshihiko Seko | Japan | 2:08:27 |
| | Hussein Ahmed Salah | Djibouti | 2:09:57 |
| | Charlie Spedding | United Kingdom | 2:10:13 |
| 4 | Michael Musyoki | Kenya | 2:10:30 |
| 5 | Herbert Steffny | West Germany | 2:11:17 |
| 6 | John Burra | Tanzania | 2:13:36 |
| 7 | Paul Williams | Canada | 2:13:59 |
| 8 | Jürgen Dächert | West Germany | 2:14:27 |
| 9 | José Gómez | Mexico | 2:14:58 |
| 10 | Rodolfo Gómez | Mexico | 2:15:02 |
| 11 | Bill Rodgers | United States | 2:15:31 |
| 12 | Allister Hutton | United Kingdom | 2:15:57 |
| 13 | Martti Vainio | Finland | 2:16:41 |
| 14 | Michael Buhmann | United States | 2:16:46 |
| 15 | Werner Grommisch | West Germany | 2:16:57 |
| 16 | Sid-Ali Sakhri | Algeria | 2:17:04 |
| 17 | Mark Curp | United States | 2:17:16 |
| 18 | Bruce Wainman | Canada | 2:17:19 |
| 19 | Pablo Vigil | United States | 2:17:51 |
| 20 | Tommy Ekblom | Finland | 2:18:03 |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 2:27:08 |
| | Maria Rebelo | France | 2:29:51 |
| | Priscilla Welch | United Kingdom | 2:31:14 |
| 4 | Deborah Raunig | United States | 2:31:28 |
| 5 | Maureen Roben | United States | 2:34:41 |
| 6 | Gail Kingma | United States | 2:35:43 |
| 7 | Tuija Toivonen | Finland | 2:36:48 |
| 8 | Carina Leutner | Austria | 2:37:09 |
| 9 | Dorothy Goertzen | Canada | 2:40:34 |
| 10 | Solweig Harrysson | Sweden | 2:43:24 |
| 11 | Beth Farmer | United States | 2:44:39 |
| 12 | Karen Bukowski | United States | 2:47:16 |
| 13 | Gillian Beschloss | United Kingdom | 2:47:28 |
| 14 | Joanne Scianna | United States | 2:48:12 |
| 15 | Bridgid Williams | United States | 2:49:45 |
| 16 | Francesca Negri | United States | 2:49:59 |
| 17 | Diane Stoneking | United States | 2:51:11 |
| 20 | Charlene Soby | United States | 2:53:22 |
| — | Lisa Rainsberger | United States | DNF |
