text: which marathon has the most participants?   here are the top 6 from 2005 in number of finishers:  ing new york city marathon -- 36,872 chicago marathon -- 32,995 honolulu marathon -- 24,219 city of los angeles marathon -- 19,985 marine corps marathon -- 19,110 boston marathon -- 17,549   as far as entries, chicago caps its entrants at 40,000; new york says "over 35,000" entries.