The 1983 Chicago Marathon was the seventh running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 16. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Joseph Nzau in a time of 2:09:44.3 hours and the women's race was won by Portugal's Rosa Mota in 2:31:12. Nzau edged Britain's Hugh Jones by half a second in a tight finish. A total of 5237 runners finished the race, an increase of nearly 600 from the previous year.[1]

7th Chicago Marathon
VenueChicago, United States
DatesOctober 16
Champions
MenJoseph Nzau (2:09:44.3)
WomenRosa Mota (2:31:12)
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Results

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Joseph Nzau   Kenya 2:09:44.3
  Hugh Jones   United Kingdom 2:09:44.8
  Simon Kigen   Kenya 2:10:51
4 Agapius Masong   Tanzania 2:11:57
5 Christoph Herle   West Germany 2:12:15
6 Gianni Poli   Italy 2:12:34
7 Thomas Raunig   United States 2:12:55
8 Gabriel Kamau   Kenya 2:14:20
9 Jeff Wells   United States 2:15:45
10 Henrik Jørgensen   Denmark 2:15:59
11 Giuseppe Moretti   Italy 2:16:24
12 Matt Wilson   United States 2:17:10
13 Bill McClement   United States 2:17:23
14 Greg Meyer   United States 2:17:34
15 Hank Pfeifle   United States 2:17:46
16 Joseph Sheeran   United States 2:17:51
17 Duncan Macdonald   United States 2:18:03
18 John Halberstadt   South Africa 2:18:24
19 Mervyn Brameld   United Kingdom 2:18:29
20 Mark Stickley   United States 2:18:49
Steve Jones   United Kingdom DNF

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Rosa Mota   Portugal 2:31:12
  Jacqueline Gareau   Canada 2:31:36
  Dorthe Rasmussen   Denmark 2:31:45
4 Anne Audain   New Zealand 2:32:15
5 Karen Dunn   United States 2:34:24
6 Lisa Rainsberger   United States 2:34:55
7 Anna Marie Malone   Canada 2:36:23
8 Nancy Conz   United States 2:36:44
9 Rita Marchisio   Italy 2:37:29
10 Carol McLatchie   United States 2:37:57
11 Linda Begley   United States 2:39:21
12 Joyce Smith   United Kingdom 2:39:43
13 Jeanne Lasee   United States 2:41:36
14 Ria Van Landeghem   Belgium 2:42:22
15 Bev Docherty   United States 2:44:34
16 Karen Bukowski   United States 2:44:57
17 Susan Lupica   United States 2:45:29
18 Kellie Archuletta   United States 2:48:01
19 Cynthia Lorenzoni   United States 2:48:01
20 Kathy Molitor   United States 2:49:52
Laura Fogli   Italy DNF

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