1983 Chicago Marathon

The 1983 Chicago Marathon was the 7th running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 16. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Joseph Nzau in a time of 2:09:44.3 hours and the women's race was won by Portugal's Rosa Mota in 2:31:12. Nzau edged Britain's Hugh Jones by half a second in a tight finish. A total of 5237 runners finished the race, an increase of nearly 600 from the previous year.^[1]

Results[]

Men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Joseph Nzau	Kenya	2:09:44.3
	Hugh Jones	United Kingdom	2:09:44.8
		Kenya	2:10:51
4	Agapius Masong	Tanzania	2:11:57
5	Christoph Herle	Germany	2:12:15
6	Gianni Poli	Italy	2:12:34
7		United States	2:12:55
8		Kenya	2:14:20
9	Jeff Wells	United States	2:15:45
10	Henrik Jørgensen	Denmark	2:15:59
11		Italy	2:16:24
12		United States	2:17:10
13		United States	2:17:23
14	Greg Meyer	United States	2:17:34
15		United States	2:17:46
16		United States	2:17:51
17		United States	2:18:03
18		South Africa	2:18:24
19		United Kingdom	2:18:29
20		United States	2:18:49
—	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	DNF

Women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:31:12
	Jacqueline Gareau	Canada	2:31:36
	Dorthe Rasmussen	Denmark	2:31:45
4	Anne Audain	New Zealand	2:32:15
5		United States	2:34:24
6	Lisa Rainsberger	United States	2:34:55
7	Anna Marie Malone	Canada	2:36:23
8	Nancy Conz	United States	2:36:44
9	Rita Marchisio	Italy	2:37:29
10		United States	2:37:57
11		United States	2:39:21
12	Joyce Smith	United Kingdom	2:39:43
13		United States	2:41:36
14	Ria Van Landeghem	Belgium	2:42:22
15		United States	2:44:34
16		United States	2:44:57
17		United States	2:45:29
18		United States	2:48:01
19		United States	2:48:01
20		United States	2:49:52
—	Laura Fogli	Italy	DNF

References[]

• Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-05-25.

External links[]

• Official website