Fastest time to run the Chicago marathon (male)
- Who
- Kelvin Kiptum
- What
- 2:00:35 hour(s):minute(s):second(s)
- Where
- United States (Chicago)
- When
- 08 October 2023
The fastest time to run the Chicago marathon is 2 hours 35 seconds, achieved by Kelvin Kiptum (Kenya) in Chicago, USA, on 8 October 2023.
Kiptum ran the fastest marathon in history at the 2023 event in Chicago, becoming the first runner to break the 2:01 barrier. The previous eight men’s marathon world records had all been set in Berlin.
On 11 February 2024, Kelvin Kiptum died in a road accident in Kenya. He was 24 years old.