What is Chicago Marathon?
[[File:20070909 Chicago Half Marathon.JPG|thumb|right|200px|The marathon]] The '''Chicago Marathon''' is a [[marathon]] (long-distance foot race) held every October in [[Chicago]], Illinois. It is one of the six [[World Marathon Majors]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/US/ |access-date=April 22, 2009 |title=World Marathon Majors |publisher=[[World Marathon Majors]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220045724/http://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/US/ |archive-date=February 20, 2009 }}</ref> It is also a [[World Athletics Label Road Races|World Athletics Label Road Race]]. The Chicago Marathon is the fourth-largest race by number of finishers worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-chicago-marathon-economic-impact-1006-biz-20161005-story.html|title=On Chicago Marathon weekend, some businesses can't lose|first=Lauren|last=Zumbach|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=October 5, 2016|archive-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006050725/http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-chicago-marathon-economic-impact-1006-biz-20161005-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2008, the race has been owned and organized by [[Bank of America]], and is officially known as the '''Bank of America Chicago Marathon'''. ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-stub}} [[Category:Chicago]]