 World records have been broken at Chicago four times . In 1984 , Steve Jones broke the world record with 2 : 08 : 05 . In 1999 , Khalid <unk> was the first to surpass 2 : 06 : 00 with 2 : 05 : 42 . The women 's record was broken in two consecutive years . In 2001 , Catherine <unk> broke the record in 2 : 18 : 47 , and Paula Radcliffe surpassed that mark with 2 : 17 : 18 the year after . 
