The 2016 Chicago Marathon was the 39th edition of the marathon race in Chicago, Illinois, United States and was held October 9. Over 37,000 runners took part in the marathon.^[1] Florence Kiplagat of Kenya defended her women's title with a winning time of 2:21:32 hours, while her countryman Abel Kirui took the men's race in 2:11:23 hours.^[2] The top finishing Americans were Serena Burla in seventh in the women's division and Diego Estrada in eighth in the men's.

The women's wheelchair marathon was won for a sixth consecutive time by American Tatyana McFadden in 1:42:28 hours, one second clear of Manuela Schär. Marcel Hug defeated the defending champion Kurt Fearnley in the men's race with 1:32:57 hours and also a one-second margin of victory.

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Abel Kirui	Kenya	2:11:23
	Dickson Chumba	Kenya	2:11:26
	Gideon Kipketer	Kenya	2:12:20
4	Paul Lonyangata	Kenya	2:13:17
5	Stephen Sambu	Kenya	2:13:35
6	Abayneh Ayele	Ethiopia	2:13:52
7	Takuya Fukatsu	Japan	2:13:53
8	Diego Estrada	United States	2:13:56
9	Koji Gokaya	Japan	2:14:34
10	Elkanah Kibet	United States	2:16:37

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Florence Kiplagat	Kenya	2:21:32
	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	2:23:28
	Valentine Kipketer	Kenya	2:23:41
4	Purity Rionoripo	Kenya	2:24:47
5	Yebrgual Melese	Ethiopia	2:24:49
6	Atsede Baysa	Ethiopia	2:28:53
7	Serena Burla	United States	2:30:40
8	Agnieszka Mierzejewska	Poland	2:32:13
9	Sarah Crouch	United States	2:33:48
10	Alia Gray	United States	2:34:00

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:32:57
	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:32:58
	Josh George	United States	1:32:59

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:42:28
	Manuela Schär	Switzerland	1:42:29
	Amanda McGrory	United States	1:47:55