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Close ✕The first Chicago Marathon, as the Mayor Daley Marathon
1977-09-25 · Recorded · mobility
The source states this happened, and its date is not in the future. The word the source used for it is historical.
More than 4,000 runners start a flat lakeside course, a very large field for the period. The race is named for Richard J. Daley, who had backed it and died in office the previous December; Michael Bilandic, his successor and a runner, sees it through with Park District support. Dan Cloeter wins in 2:17:52 and Dorothy Doolittle in 2:50:47.
- Source
- World Athletics Heritage · https://worldathletics.org/heritage/news/chicago-marathon-heritage-plaque
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- This record: partially verified · publisher: partially verified
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- Subject
- Chicago Marathon · Chicago
Sources polled — usgs: newest 2026-09-10 · nws: newest 2026-09-10 · jpl-cneos: states no publication time, last reached 2026-09-10 · Official source connected · Basemap: Natural Earth (public domain) — marks are drawn only from sourced coordinates