The 1998 Chicago Marathon was the 21st running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 11. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Ondoro Osoro in a time of 2:06:54 hours and the women's race was won in 2:23:57 by Joyce Chepchumba, also of Kenya.

21st Chicago Marathon
VenueChicago, United States
DatesOctober 11
Champions
MenOndoro Osoro (2:06:54)
WomenJoyce Chepchumba (2:23:57)
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Results

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1 Ondoro Osoro   Kenya 2:06:53
2 Khalid Khannouchi   Morocco 2:07:19
3 Gert Thys   South Africa 2:07:45
4 Joseph Kahugu   Kenya 2:07:59
5 Moses Tanui   Kenya 2:09:43
6 Éder Fialho   Brazil 2:09:48
7 Philip Chirchir   Kenya 2:09:52
8 Shinji Kawashima   Japan 2:10:07
9 Silvio Guerra   Ecuador 2:10:17
10 Elijah Lagat   Kenya 2:10:32

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1 Joyce Chepchumba   Kenya 2:23:57
2 Colleen De Reuck   South Africa 2:27:04
3 Elana Meyer   South Africa 2:27:20
4 Kayoko Obata   Japan 2:28:39
5 Tatyana Pozdnyakova   Russia 2:29:25
6 Irina Bogacheva   Kyrgyzstan 2:30:34
7 Gitte Karlshøj   Denmark 2:31:57
8 Kristy Johnston   United States 2:32:37
9 Linda Somers   United States 2:34:21
10 Marian Sutton   United Kingdom 2:35:41

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