1988 Chicago Marathon

The 1988 Chicago Marathon was the 11th running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 30. The elite men's race was won by Mexico's Alejandro Cruz in a time of 2:08:57 hours and the women's race was won by America's Lisa Rainsberger in 2:29:17. It marked the return of the marathon distance at the competition, following a half marathon in 1987 due to sponsorship issues. A total of 5795 runners finished the race, a drop of over 2000 from the previous marathon-length outing in 1986.^[1][2]

Results[]

Men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Alejandro Cruz	Mexico	2:08:57
	Yakov Tolstikov	Russia	2:09:20
		Kenya	2:09:39
4	Manuel Matias	Portugal	2:10:19
5		United Kingdom	2:11:50
6	Steve Brace	United Kingdom	2:11:50
7	Gerardo Alcalá	Mexico	2:12:11
8	Derek Froude	New Zealand	2:12:40
9		Portugal	2:12:53
10	Steve Binns	United Kingdom	2:13:32
11		United Kingdom	2:14:02
12		Soviet Union	2:14:32
13		United Kingdom	2:14:38
14		Mexico	2:14:40
15		Australia	2:14:44
16		United States	2:14:58
17		Mexico	2:15:02
18		South Africa	2:17:36
19	Mark Curp	United States	2:18:05
20		Ethiopia	2:18:13

Women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Lisa Rainsberger	United States	2:29:17
	Emma Scaunich	Italy	2:29:46
	Paula Fudge	United Kingdom	2:29:47
4	Tani Ruckle	Australia	2:31:19
5	Kim Jones	United States	2:32:03
6		United States	2:32:29
7	Yelena Tsukhlo	Soviet Union	2:33:25
8	Yekaterina Khramenkova	Soviet Union	2:33:36
9	Midde Hamrin	Sweden	2:33:56
10		Soviet Union	2:35:53
11		Switzerland	2:36:50
12		Soviet Union	2:37:36
13	Marty Cooksey	United States	2:38:35
14		France	2:39:47
15		United States	2:42:15
16		United States	2:46:21
17	Blanca Jaime	Mexico	2:47:54
18		United States	2:48:49
19		Canada	2:49:16
20		United States	2:49:41

References[]

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

External links[]

• Official website