Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2018: 41st edition, 44,571 finishers

Mo Farah's 2:05:11 was the story: a European record that shaved 37 seconds off Sondre Moen's 2:05:48, Farah's first marathon win, and the first British victory in Chicago in 22 years. He broke clear in the final mile to hold off Mosinet Geremew's 2:05:24, all on a wet morning when, as Farah put it, everyone was thinking about conditions rather than time. Brigid Kosgei took the women's race in 2:18:35, the third-fastest women's time in race history and her first World Marathon Majors title. A record 44,571 runners finished. The non-guaranteed drawing had run the previous autumn, but CEM publishes no selection figures, so no ballot odds are knowable here.