Bank of America Chicago Marathon earns World Athletics Heritage Award
has been awarded the World Athletics Heritage Plaque by World Athletics, the marathon announced on Wednesday, Sept. 25 --- the anniversary of the marathon's inaugural race in 1977.“It is an honor to receive such a prestigious recognition from World Athletics," Executive Race Director of the Chicago Marathon Carey Pinkowski said in a statement."The Bank of America Chicago Marathon started as an idea and has grown into one of the greatest road races in the world.
In 1976, a small cohort of avid runners met at the Metropolitan YMCA on LaSalle Street to discuss their plan to host a marathon in Chicago. The founding group watched its idea come to life in 1977 when it hosted 4,200 local participants in the first Chicago Marathon. Chicago Marathon participants have raised more than $322 million through The Charity Program. The program has grown from 14 charities with 1,674 runners in 2002 to over 200 charities with more than 16,000 runners in 2024.“The Chicago Marathon has an illustrious world record history poignantly highlighted in February this year by the tragic death of Kelvin Kiptum," World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said in a statement.
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